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Chocolate "Stuffed with Love" Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Ingredients:

CupCakes

* 3 cups all purpose flour
* 2 cups sugar
* 2/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups water
* 2/3 cup vegetable oil
* 2 tablespoons vinegar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Filling:

* 1 package ( 8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup Hershey's Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips or Mini Chips

* Red food coloring

Directions:

Prepare filling; set aside.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. 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 1/2 inches in diameter) 2/3 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 1/2 dozen cupcakes.

Filling Directions:

In small mixer bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and salt; beat until smooth and creamy. Add 4-5 drops red food color to acheive your desired color. Stir in chocolate chips.

4 comments:

  1. Yum! I feel a baking day coming on.

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  2. oh, this looks absolutely YUMMY! I think I will make these tomorrow!!!!

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  3. Thanks for stopping by Linda and C. R. Morris!

    We plan to make these in the morning also along with some of the cookies I have posted recipes for.

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  4. My wife will be baking tomorrow :) I would ask her to try this recipe. Thanks.

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