Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Pumpkin Filling Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: For Pumpkin Cream Cheese Filling:; 8 oz cream cheese; ⅓ cup white sugar; 1 egg; 2 tbsp pumpkin; 6 drops yellow food coloring; 3 drops red food coloring; ⅛ tsp salt; ½ cup Chocolate Chips; For Chocolate Cupcakes:; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup white sugar; ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; ⅓ cup Vegetable Oil; 1 cup water; 1 tsp white vinegar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

How To Make Chocolate Cupcakes with Pumpkin Filling

Indulge in delectable chocolate and cream cheese goodness with our Chocolate Cupcakes with Pumpkin Filling Recipe! Serve these at Thanksgiving dinner.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 25 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling:

8ozcream cheese,(1 package) at room temperature
⅓cupwhite sugar
1egg
2tbsppumpkin,100% pure
6dropsyellow food coloring
3dropsred food coloring
⅛tspsalt
½cupchocolate chips,semisweet, or more to taste

For Chocolate Cupcakes:

1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1cupwhite sugar
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1tspbaking Soda
½tspsalt
⅓cupvegetable oil
1cupwater
1tspwhite vinegar
1tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
Place cream cheese, ⅓ cup sugar, egg, pumpkin, yellow food coloring, red food coloring, and salt in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until thoroughly combined and no lumps remain. Stir in chocolate chips.
Whisk flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt together in a large bowl. Mix in water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract until batter is well blended.
Fill muffin cups ½-full with batter. Top with 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Serve and enjoy for Thanksgiving dinner!