Infused with a dollop of cream cheese and loaded with rich chocolate chips, these double Chocolate Chip Cupcakes are the ultimate surprise inside treat! They’re creamy, luscious, and outrageously decadent! Plus, thanks to a cake mix shortcut, they’re so quick and easy to make!
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Craving cupcakes?? Here’s a delicious Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipe that comes straight from my Grandma… her name was Gertrude.
How sweet is that?!?
We called her Grandma Trudy, and these were a bit of a Christmas specialty of hers! And let me tell you… you’re going to love this recipe!
Neta writes: "Best cupcakes ever."
Here’s the best part… you’ll only need 4 easy ingredients to create these heavenly cupcakes! How easy is that?
Think rich, moist, chocolate decadence wrapped up in a cupcake! Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Filled Cupcakes with Cake Mix for the win! YUM!
You can leave them as is, or top off with some Homemade Chocolate Frosting for an even richer, more decadent treat!
So are you ready to get baking?
Here’s what you’ll need to make these dreamy Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes…
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Ingredients
It takes just a few simple ingredients to make the BEST Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes!
- Devil’s Food Cake Mix Box
- Cream Cheese
- Sugar
- Salt
- Chocolate Chips
- Vegetable Oil
- Eggs
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
It’s actually SO easy to make these decadent cheesecake cupcakes! Here’s what you’ll do…
Start by preheating your oven.
Fill your cupcake pans with paper liners.
Mix together the Cake Mix, Oil, Eggs & Water, then set batter aside.
Combine your Cream Cheese, Egg, Sugar, and Salt.
Add in the Chocolate Chips to cream cheese mixture, and stir.
Fill your cupcake holders 2/3 full with prepared Chocolate Cake Mix.
Add a heaping teaspoon of Cream Cheese Filling into the center of each cupcake.
Then bake in your oven.
Once baked, allow to cool.
Finally… Frost & Enjoy!
See… I told you this was going to be EASY!!
Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipe…
Cameron writes: “Taste great.”
Sam writes: “These are AMAZING!”
Neta writes: “Best cupcakes ever.”
Inez writes: “Topped with homemade cream cheese frosting.” 😋
Linda writes: “These are good to put in freezer to get cold to eat . Really delicious! Made these many times! Oh yummy!”
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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 large Eggs
- 1 cup Water
For the Filling:
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees for aluminum cupcake pan or 350 degrees for nonstick cupcake pan.
- Fill cupcake pans with 21 paper liners.
- Mix Cake Mix, Oil, Eggs & Water with hand mixer or stand mixer on medium speed, then set batter aside.
- In separate bowl, mix Cream Cheese, Egg, Sugar, and Salt. Then add in Chocolate Chips and stir.
- Fill cupcake holders 2/3 full with prepared Chocolate Cake Mix. Then add one heaping teaspoon of Cream Cheese Filling into the center of each. (discard any leftover filling)
- Bake 22 – 25 minutes, or until done.
- Remove from oven, transfer to cooling racks, and allow to cool completely.
- Optional: After cupcakes have completely cooled, frost with chocolate frosting or cream cheese frosting & ENJOY!!
Notes
- For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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I’ve made these quite a few times and they are always a hit! As a side note, be careful when using the Betty Crocker SuperMoist Butter Recipe Chocolate mix. The batter is very light and you’ll find that you only need to fill the cupcake holders halfway with the chocolate batter (2/3 full leads to a mess!). I imagine this has to do with butter being used instead of oil, like in traditional cake mixes. They are still wonderful!
Great tip – thanks for sharing!
Amanda… ooh ~ let me know how they turn out using peanut butter chips!
~ Heidi
Jen ~ what a fun idea ~ Rudolph Cupcakes… I’ll have to try that!
~ Heidi
Yum-O! I think I’m gonna make these using peanut butter chips! Won’t THAT be fabulous????
These are SO good and SO easy! Thank you! They are delicious as is. However, we frosted some of ours with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting and then decorated them to make rudolph the red-nosed reindeer cupcakes. They turned out SO cute! Thank you!
Wow! Those look so good, bookmarked the recipe, will try it soon, thanks.
You’re very welcome!
These were terrific and so easy to make!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Elyse ~ thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad to hear that the gals at your women’s retreat loved the cupcakes!!
~ Heidi
Wanted to tell everyone that I made these cupcakes for a woman’s retreat last week. More then 100 woman attended and each brought a snack to share. There was A LOT of snacks. I set these out on Friday afternoon and they were gone by Friday evening. They were one of the few homemade things and they were a BIG hit! So easy to make too!
Thanks for making me look good for the weekend with a great dessert! 😉
they are originally made in the mini muffin pans, i have been making them for over 20 years I’m from Maryland and we call them “Black bottoms”, the recipe is almost exactly what I have used except I add a little bit of vanilla to the cream cheese mixture, and I like the chocolate fudge cake mix (using real butter). They also freeze well to have at a later date.
I grew up on these too! Starbucks used to make them as well, or at least they did in the DC area. So delicious!
They really are SO yummy!
Great tip – thanks for sharing!