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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes - A delicious vanilla cupcake topped with chocolate chip cookie dough frosting with a cookie dough surprise in the center. These are one of my favorite cupcakes I've ever made!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 vanilla cake mix plus ingredients to make it
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • 24 cupcake liners

For the Cookie Dough Frosting

  • 1 c. unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2 1/2 c. powdered sugar
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1/2 c. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2-3 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

For the Cookie Dough Center

  • 1/2 c. butter softened
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 1/2 c. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 24 mini chocolate chip cookies

Instructions

  • Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding buttermilk instead of the water called for.
  • Place cupcake liners in muffin tins and fill with batter 2/3 full. Bake according to directions on the box; remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.
  • Prepare the cookie dough by creaming butter and sugar together; add vanilla, milk, and salt. Then add flour. Stir in mini chocolate chips.
  • Using the large side of a frosting tip or something similar, make a hole in each cupcake by pressing it right into the center.
  • Use a spoon to get enough cookie dough that it can be rolled into a little cylinder to fit into the hole in the cupcake. Press the dough right into the cupcake.
  • Use a toothpick to push the cake out of the frosting tip. Tear the top off and press it right on top of the cookie dough to cover it.
  • Prepare the frosting by creaming together butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and 2 Tbsp milk. Slowly add powdered sugar 1/2 c. at a time to avoid making a huge mess. Then add salt and flour.
  • Pipe frosting on to each cupcake using a 1M star tip. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips and top with a mini cookie.