What You Need:
CupCakes
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ⅔ cup Hershey's Cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Filling:
- 1 package ( 8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Hershey's Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips or Mini Chips
How to Make It:
Prepare filling; set aside. Heat oven to 350° F. In large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla; beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until well combined. Fill paper-lined muffin cups ( 2 ½ inches in diameter) ⅔ full with batter. Spoon 1 level Tbsp filling into center of each cupcake. Bake 20-25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake portion comes out clean. Cool. About 2 ½ dozen cupcakes.
Filling:
In small mixer bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and salt; beat until smooth and creamy. Stir in chocolate chips.
Goblin's Delight Filling: Add 2 teaspoons grated orange peel, 4 drops yellow food color and 3 drops red food color to filling before stirring in chips.
Valentine Filling: Add 4-5 drops red food color to filling.