Cookie Dough Stuffed Cupcakes – luscious, chocolaty cupcakes filled with cookie dough and topped with a cream cheese frosting for indulgent baked treats!
Sometimes chocolate chip cookie dough is what you need to satisfy a sweet tooth…but when you want to take it up a notch, there is nothing better than chocolate chip cookie dough thrust inside of an intensely chocolate cupcake and topped with a cream cheese frosting.
For a while now, I have been looking for an excuse to make chocolate chip cookie dough and the opportunity presented itself with a surprise gift from one of my dearest friends. She loaned me – actually entrusted me with her cookie dough cookbook. So like a kid in a candy store, I got to work or should I say…to play.
This recipe is super easy to make, but the results are tremendous – a kid friendly dessert that will be a big hit at your next party. You make the chocolate cookie dough or the black magic cake in advance and whip up the cream cheese frosting at the last minute.
If you have never made cookie dough before, try it – it is sensational! Be aware there is a slight risk of getting sick from raw flour.
Recipe adapted from The Cookie Dough Lovers Cookbook.
Black Magic Cookie Dough Cake
Ingredients
Chocolate Cup Cakes
- 2 cups sugar
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 Large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 cup strong black coffee OR 2 teaspoons powdered instant coffee plus 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounce unsalted butter , softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Chip Cookie dough
- 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar , packed
- 1/4 cup milk or cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips plus 1/4 cup for decorating
Instructions
Black Magic Cake
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line muffin pan with baking cup liners
- In a large bowl mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla; Mix with a spatula or wooden spoon for about 2 minutes (Batter will be thin). Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from pan and cool them completely on a cooling rack.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in the flour, salt, vanilla, followed by the chocolate chips, until you have reached a cookie dough consistency. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. Add powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla extract.
- Using a paring knife, cut a piece shaped like a cone from the top of each cupcake; remove and save. Fill cupcakes with about a tablespoon of cookie dough and then replace tops. Generously spread or pipe on cream cheese frosting, being sure to cover the seams. Decorate with the remaining chocolate chips.
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Sally says
I want to try this recipe but can you tell me how many chocolate chips go in the chocolate chip cookie dough? Thanks!
Imma says
Hi Sally. Use 1 cup of chocolate chips for this recipe. Happy Baking.
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