Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (such as duncan hines® moist deluxe®)
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 eggs, divided
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon mexican vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips, or more to taste, divided
• 1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• combine cake mix, water, 3 eggs, and oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• blend cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg, and vanilla extract together in a blender until cheesecake filling is smooth; stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips. spoon about 1 tablespoon cheesecake filling into each cupcake.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. cool cupcakes on a wire rack.
• frost each cupcake with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over each cupcake.