Chocolate Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Filling

If you love chocolate and cream cheese, here is the PERFECT combination. It's a little time intensive, but completely worth it.

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (minis work really well)
1 chocolate cake mix

Preheat the oven to 350 and optional: line cupcake tins with cupcake papers.

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

In separate bowl cream together cream cheese and sugar until smooth.

Beat in the egg until well blended, and then stir in chocolate chips. 

Fill 1/3 full with chocolate cake batter. Add 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture to the center, and top with more cake batter. 

Bake according to package directions for cupcakes. 

Cool cupcakes and optional: frost with chocolate or cream cheese frosting.

Now enjoy your fabulous chocolate cream cheese cupcakes!