Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cupcakes

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 3 eggs
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/3 cup canola oil

Recipe

• 1 cookie dough balls:.
• 2 whisk together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt set aside.
• 3 beat the butter, sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
• 4 add 1 egg and the vanilla extract, and beat until smooth. mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• 5 fold in the chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• 6 form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls. place onto a baking sheet, and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.
• 7 preheat an oven to 350.
• 8 line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• 9 cupcake mix:.
• 10 beat 3 eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer to break up.
• 11 add the cake mix, water, and canola oil. continue beating for 2 minutes on medium speed.
• 12 spoon into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each 2/3 full.
• 13 place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.
• 14 bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes.
• 15 cool in the pans for 10 minutes, before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.