CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

I know you must be gathering over the top

recipes for your holiday gatherings!

This is one I discovered in one of my cookbooks

from the past and let me tell you....

these are DIVINE!

CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

1 (8 ounce package) of cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 t. salt
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 t. vanilla

Mix cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar and salt with hand mixer.
Blend in chocolate chips and set aside.

Mix all remaining ingredients
in a medium sized mixing bowl.
Prepare muffin pan with cupcake liners.
Spoon cake batter into each liner
filling to one half full.
Drop a big spoonful of cream cheese mixture
in the center of each cupcake.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 20 minutes.
Make sure center is completely set.
Cook slightly before serving.