Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Buttercream Frosting

Pre heat your oven to 350° F. Line your cupcake pans with paper liners (24 total). Get your mixer out and follow these instructions.



3 sticks of softened butter




Add 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed. Beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.




Mix in 4 large eggs, one at a time.




Beating well after each addition and scraping down teh sides of teh bowl as needed.




Combine 2 2/3 cups of all purpose flour, 1 tsp. baking soda and 1/4 tsp. salt in a medium bowl. Stir together to blend.



Add the dry ingredients tot he mixer bowl on low speed, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.





This is what it looks like before you start adding the milk.




Hailey had to pose.




After you've mixed in all of dry ingredients and milk, then blend in 2 tsp. vanilla extract.




Using a 3 tbsp scoop, fill the prepared cupcake liners 2/3 full with the cupcake batter.






While you are baking them at 350° F for 16-18 minuets, your kids can lick the spatula.




They can even get it all over their faces.




No, really... now you'll want to make the frosting.



Combine 3 sticks melted butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in 3 1/2 cups powedered sugar until smooth. Beat in t1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. milk and 1 tsp. vanilla extract until smooth and combined.






Get the finished cupcakes out of the oven, stick a toothpick in them and pull it out. If no batter is on the toothpick, they are done.




You'll want to pipe in some icing in the center of the cupcakes. Just stick your tip in the center of the cupcake and pull out when the icing starts to overflow.




Then start adding your icing to the top. I put my icing into a ziplock baggy and cut a tip off of the corner and pipe the icing like so.






While you are doing this, your little ones can lick the icing off of the spatula and they can get a sugar high before they even eat the cupcake. Maybe not the best idea, but they sure do love it!




Then add mini chocolate chips to the top.




You'll end up with a tasty looking treat like these.




They will be heavy, moist and delicious! Chow down!


The recipe for these cupcakes were a variation of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes found on Kevin & Amanda blog. I just left off the cookie dough because I didn't have time to wait an extra day for the dough to freeze and I was trying to cut down on some calories. These were made for my boss' birthday party. We ended up with a TON of icing left over, so you could probably cut the frosting recipe in half.


For the cupcakes:
3 sticks softened butter
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
4 large eggs
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract

For the frosting:
3 sticks softened butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:
To make the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 350° F. Line two cupcake pans with paper liners (24 total). In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter and brown sugar. Beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir together to blend. Add the dry ingredients to the mixer bowl on low speed, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, mixing each addition just until incorporated. Blend in the vanilla.

Using a 3 tbsp scoop, fill the prepared cupcake liners 2/3 full with the cupcake batter. Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.
Bake at 350 for 16-18 mins.

To make the frosting, combine the butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth. Beat in the salt, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and combined.
Frost the cupcakes and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips!

Makes 24 cupcakes

If you would like to try them with Cookie Dough in them instead of the icing, you can visit that recipe here.

If you make these, let me know how you like them!! :)