Black Bottom Cupcakes

[janepain]

Black Bottom Cupcakes

Cupcakes:

1 package (2 layer size) chocolate cake mix (devil's food, whatever your favorite chocolate mix is)

Filling:

1 8-ounce package cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Mix cake mix according to package directions. Fill paper baking cups in muffin pans 2/3 full.

Cream the cream cheese with sugar, beat in egg and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop 1 rounded teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into each cupcake.

Bake according to cake package directions

Yields 2 1/2 dozen cupcakes.

No frosting necessary.

Don't want to do cupcakes? Just grease a 9 1/2 by 13 pan and pour cake batter into pan, then drop teaspoons of cream cheese mixture randomly around cake batter, bake according to cake mix directions.

[linda]

I just made these--They haven't cooled enough to try them yet, but you can tell just by looking that they won't be getting stale.

When you make these, suggest you only fill the muffin papers 1/2, instead of 2/3. When you add the additional rounded teaspoon of cream cheese/chocolate chip mixture, the cupcakes will overflow their paper liners and flow onto the muffin pan if the paper is already 2/3 full. Besides--this way you will get a few more cupcakes!
Linda

[cynthia]

Thank you for this recipe!!!!

The last time I had these cupcakes was over 25 years ago. A friend used to make them when we would go to horse shows. She called them Surprise Cupcakes.

They are wonderful!!!

[janepain]

Bringing this back up - just because I made them again today and man are they good! But I didn't have a cake mix, so I had to make the batter that goes with the recipe, so here it is:

Filling (same as above)

8 ounce package cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/8 tsp salt
6 ounces (or a little more) mini chocolate chips

Batter

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp vinegar

Mix all ingredients until everything is blended - do not over beat.

Divide batter between 18 paper lined muffin cups (will fill them about 1/2 full).

Divide filling evenly - cups will be 3/4 full or a little more.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes.

[Reds]

Oh those look sinful...

I can't wait to try them!!

[linda]

As soon as they cool, put them in sandwich baggies and hide them in the freezer. They only take a few minutes to thaw out---and they will taste just-out-of-the-oven fresh.

[Newfygirl]

I have made these and they are soooooo good!

[DreamQuest]

Wow. I'm going to have to make these! Thanks for the scratch version too!