Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cupcakes

I came across cookie dough cupcakes a few months ago but was finally motivated to make them after the recent gift of a cupcake corer. I had previously seen some recipes online that had a vanilla cupcake stuffed with the cookie dough and with a cookie dough frosting but being a chocoholic, I decided to switch it up and use a Devil's food cupcake instead.

And again, being that I was sharing these with my vegan friends I made these vegan by using a Devil's Food Duncan Hine's mix for the cupcake and margarine instead of butter and soy milk instead of milk. And of course, gotta love the Trader Joe's chocolate chips!

All the steps are easy but it is a long process putting it all together so give yourself time!

Here we go....

Devil's Food Cupcakes

Buy a box of your favorite brand of Devil's food mix (or make your own if you have the extra time) and follow the directions.

Let the cupcakes cool before coring. I used my new Williams-Sonoma corer.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

See our previous blog on the best eggless cookie dough around (I used half the recipe for the cookie dough center but feel free to make the whole batch so you can nibble away while baking!)

Make sure the dough has been chilled for a least an hour in the freezer before making teaspoon-sized cylinders for the dough centers.

Place the cylinders in the cupcake core and make sure the top of the cupcake is even.

Cookie Dough Frosting


Ingredients:

1 c. unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. brown sugar
3 c. confectioners sugar
1 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. milk
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix all the ingredients (except the chocolate chips) in a mixer or with a hand blender until smooth. Put frosting into a piping bag with your favorite tip. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcake and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 package of chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine the butter, sugar and egg. Add the flour mix to the sugar mix and add the vanilla. Stir to combine. Add chocolate chips and mix evenly.

Place tablespoons of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes. Let the cookies cool and place in the middle of the icing.

You can keep the cookie dough center a secret and give your guests an extra surprise when they bite in!

Good luck eating just one!