Bleeding Cupcakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 egg
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• red food coloring
• 6 ounces chocolate baking squares, chunks
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 1/4 cups water

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to the specified temperature in your cupcake recipe.
• 2 line muffin tins with foil or paper liners.
• 3 beat the egg in a medium bowl.
• 4 beat in the softened cream cheese and mix until smooth.
• 5 add the sugar and mix until smooth.
• 6 add the coloring until the desired color is reached. make the color several shades darker than the desired end result as the color will lighten as it bakes.
• 7 fold in the chocolate chunks.
• 8 prepare the cupcake batter.
• 9 fill the cups 2/3 full with the cake batter.
• 10 place about 1½ teaspoonful of the filling in the center of each cupcake.
• 11 bake, cool, and frost as directed in the cupcake recipe.