Cupcake Surprise

I made these for a school carnival, they turned out great. I did not need to frost them. To do something different, divide cream cheese filling into 4 different parts and tint each part a different color. Feel free to get creative with the surprises!

Original recipe makes 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 (6 ounce) package chocolate chips
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
4 maraschino cherries
4 milk chocolate candy kisses
4 walnut halves
1 (1.4 ounce) bar chocolate covered toffee bars, chopped
1/8 cup raisins
1/4 cup candy coated peanut butter pieces

PREP

15 mins
COOK

30 mins
READY IN

45 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners. In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, and egg together until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside.
Prepare cake mix according to package instructions. Fill each cup half full. Drop a heaping teaspoonful of cream cheese mix in center of each cupcake. Press one cherry, or chocolate kiss, walnut half, toffee piece, a few raisins or peanut putter pieces in the center of each cupcake.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.