Candy Cane Cupcakes Cream Cheese Filled Food

CREAM CHEESE FILLED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven and prepare cake mix according to box directions. Grease and flour cupcake pan and and fill cups 2/3 full. Cream softened cream cheese together with sugar. Beat in egg and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop one rounded teaspoon of cheese mixture into each cup. The cake will bake up around the cheese. Bake as directed for cupcakes on the cake mix box. Cool and frost with desired frosting or powdered sugar.

CREAM CHEESE STUFFED CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Make the Fudgy Frosting: Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Stir in the sugar, cocoa, and salt. (It may look grainy or sandy.) In a bowl combine the cream, sour cream and coffee. Whisk into the cocoa mixture and continue heating on low while stirring to dissolve the sugar grains. The mixture should get hot to the touch but never simmer or boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Let cool until it thickens and becomes spreadable, about 3 hours. If too thin, stir in some confectioners' sugar.
• Make the Filling: In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese. Add the sugar, egg, and vanilla and blend. Add the chips and mix a few seconds on low to just fold in.
• Make the Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. In a large measuring cup combine the water, oil, vinegar, instant coffee, and vanilla. Whisk it into the dry ingredients until just combined and don't worry if there are a few lumps.
• Line 2 muffin tins with cupcake papers and fill each 2/3 full of batter. Drop a heaping teaspoon of the filling into the center of each. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cupcakes completely. Frost the cupcakes with the frosting.

CANDY CANE CUPCAKES (CREAM CHEESE FILLED)

Steps:

• Line cupcake pans with liners.
• Make cake as directed on box with the addition of peppermint extract. Fill cupcake liners with cake batter as directed on box. Set aside. Don't bake yet!
• Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, egg, and 1 tsp peppermint extract. Stir in chocolate chips and 1/4 c. candy canes.
• Drop cream cheese mixture over cupcakes. Each cupcake will get approximately 1 Tablespoon.
• Bake cupcakes as directed. Cool.
• FROSTING:
• Mix butter, powdered sugar, salt, peppermint extract,and 2 T milk together. Add more milk as needed to adjust consistency of frosting.
• Ice cupcakes.
• Put remaining crushed candy canes on a plate. Roll edges of cupcakes in candy canes.
• NOTE:
• After a few hours candy canes will start to "melt" on the icing. They still taste amazing but aren't as pretty as when they are first decorated. You can always make the cupcakes ahead of time then frost and roll in candy canes a little bit before serving.

CREAM CHEESE CANDY CANE COOKIES- PILLSBURY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, egg; blend well.
• Add cake mix; mix until well blended.
• Divide dough in half.
• Add coloring to half of dough; blend well for even red color.
• For each cookie, measure 1 teaspoon white and 1 teaspoon red dough.
• Roll out each into 4 inch ropes.
• Place ropes side by side.
• Lightly roll together; twist.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; shape each to resemble a candy cane.
• Bake at 350 for 7 to 9 minutes.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheets.