Cream Cheese-Filled Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 package cream cheese , 8 ounce
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 package chocolate cake mix , 18.25 ounce

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) or the temperature recommended on the cake mix package. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

2. 2

   Cream together cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth. Beat in egg until well blended, then stir in chocolate chips.

3. 3

   Prepare chocolate cake mix according to package directions, but do not bake.

4. 4

   Fill the prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with chocolate cake batter. Add 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture to the center, then top with more chocolate cake batter.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven according to package directions for cupcakes.