Cookie Dough Cupcakes with Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl Cream Cheese Frosting

Another pin I've added also comes from Your Cup of Cake, but again, I have slightly adapted the recipe.  I must say, these cupcakes are the moistest, most delicious cupcakes I've ever made.  I will be following this simple box mix preparation in the future!

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Yield: 24 cupcakes

Vanilla Cake:

3 eggs

1/3 cup oil

¾ cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

¾ cup sour cream

Vanilla Cake Mix (not white cake mix)

Cookie Dough Filling:

4 tablespoons butter, softened

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1 ¼ cup flour

7 oz sweetened condensed milk

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Buttercream:

8 oz cream cheese, softened

½ cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups powdered sugar

½ cup unsweetened cocoa

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 20-22 cupcake liners.

In a large bowl, gently combine eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix in sour cream.  Add cake mix and mix until smooth.

     

      Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.

      Filling: Beat butter and brown sugar until creamy and smooth.  Add flour and let mix.  Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.  Stir in Chocolate chips.  Place in a small Tupperware and let refrigerate until ready to use. 

Cookie Dough filled cupcakes

     When cupcakes are out of the oven, cut a cone shaped piece from the top of each cake. 

      Remove the filling from the refrigerator and stuff about 1 ½ -2 teaspoons of filling into each hollow cupcake. 

      Buttercream: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy.  Add vanilla and powdered sugar.  Adjust the consistency using milk if it is too thick.  Remove half of the buttercream from the bowl (this will be the vanilla).  Add cocoa to the remaining half and beat well. 

      Fill your piping bag by filling one side with vanilla and one side with chocolate.  It is a little tricky, but it can be done! Pipe over cookie dough hole and top with mini chocolate chips or chocolate chip cookies (I left mine plain, because the frosting was so beautiful!) 

Cupcakes are frosted!

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