Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes


Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 cups water
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line
24 muffin cups with paper liners. In a large bowl, mix
together flour, 2 cups sugar, cocoa, 1 teaspoon salt
and baking soda. Stir in oil, water, vinegar and vanilla
until blended. Pour mixture into prepared muffin cups,
filling each 2/3 full. To make the filling: In a medium
bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg, 1/2 cup
sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt until light and fluffy. Stir
in chocolate chips. Drop a heaping teaspoonful of the
cream cheese mixture into each cupcake. Bake in the
preheated oven for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.




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