Emmie’s Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

1 Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake mix prepared according to directions and set aside.

Cream cheese mixture:
Mix together 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1/3 cup of sugar and beat til creamy then add 1 egg and beat mixture. Fold in 6 oz of chocolate chips. {This is the surprise!}

Spoon cake mixture into muffin tins filling them ½ full then place a dollup of cream cheese mixture in center of each cupcake.

Bake at 350 degrees til done

Chocolate cream cheese frosting:

1 stick butter (softened)

1 8 oz cream cheese (softened)

1 pound confectioners sugar

½ cup cocoa + ½ tsp vanilla

Enough cream to make creamy

(You can eliminate the cocoa if you would like a cream cheese frosting. That’s what I did here and I added a little food coloring.)