Yesterday we made Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and today we put that cookie dough to use! These beauties got sent to my husband’s office along with some other treats and people came up to him saying “I didn’t expect the cookie dough in the middle!” That is what these delicious cupcakes are, an awesome cupcake with an even more awesome surprise inside. I know what you are thinking, “Sabrina you’re killing me here! How are we going to go from baked beans to onion rings to bbq chicken and now CUPCAKES?!” It seems like we go from one delicious, rich dish to the next. Don’t worry, you don’t have to make EVERY recipe on this page! In between these delicious posts you see is a lot of egg white omelets and salads for lunch you don’t get forced to see. Oh the salads. My patented unpopular low-calorie dressing that makes my husband’s mouth pucker because it is 5 parts vinegar to 1 part olive oil covered with grilled chicken breast on top and piled high with veggies. Those are the things I do every day so that after I have gotten through it all, I can enjoy this. delicious. insane. cupcake (and still lose over a pound last week!).And guess what? It is totally, 100% worth it! Because I don’t need every meal to have one of these cupcakes in it. But as a chef I need flavor and craziness in my food day, even if it is just one item, or if truly a fattening dish, maybe only two bites of it. It makes me a much calmer, happier person. One who doesn’t dream about french fries (you laugh, but when I was on a restrictive diet in my younger days, I would often dream about the food I never let myself have….or worse I would dream about it and wake up panicked that I had actually eaten it!). So go ahead and work these cupcakes into your meal plan. 😉
Before we go any further with this recipe, pretty please heed this warning. Make sure your ingredients are room temperature. Every single one…. EXCEPT…the cookie dough, which should be frozen solid in small chunks. I want so badly for you to make this cupcake and sing its praises and in one of my trial runs for it I neglected to use room temperature ingredients and it tasted drier and way less tender.
Okay so back to our regularly scheduled programming here, let’s get started.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and 2 sugars on high-speed until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. I know 5 minutes sounds a bit nuts, but trust me. Don’t stop at 3 and say “oh hey, that looks fluffy enough!”
We will skip pictured for the rest of this mix, since it is pretty standard. Mix the eggs and vanilla in a measuring cup. Add it to the mixture in thirds. This cuts down the amount of time your mixer is on since the motor is probably not happy with you at this moment. Separately, combine the buttermilk, sour cream, and coffee. Lastly, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. On low alternate adding wet and dry ingredients in thirds to the mixer bowl, starting with the wet. Do this as quickly as possible because even we took time in the beginning with the butter, taking time with flour is BAD! Leads to heavy cupcakes.
Now, for a couple more pictures! Using a ¼ cup ice cream scoop, diving the batter into the cupcake liners.
Press in a chunk of your frozen cookie dough. FROZEN solid. if it is not you will not love the outcome.
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Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the cake springs back when touched.
I use the recipe for chocolate frosting right here on the site, but I just wanted to throw a tip out there for all the people who hate making frosting because of flying powdered sugar… I used two stand mixers for this recipe because, well, my husband was nice enough to bring my backup in from the garage and to offer to clean them! To prevent flying powdered sugar, I do this…and then put a tiny piece of tape on the back. After you’ve mixed your frosting, you can use the paper towels for clean up but folding the powdered side into itself. Now here is a shot of our frosting!Now make sure the cupcakes have cooled before icing, and top with flaky sea salt if you like salted chocolate!
And another shot of our delicious cupcakes for good measure!
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar , packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons brewed coffee
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder (regular cocoa powder will work too, it just won't be as dark)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- sea salt (optional, for sprinkling on top)
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and 2 sugars on high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. I know 5 minutes sounds a bit nuts, but trust me. Don't stop at 3 and say "oh hey, that looks fluffy enough!"
- Mix the eggs and vanilla in a measuring cup.
- Add it to the mixture in thirds. This cuts down the amount of time your mixer is on since the motor is probably not happy with you at this moment.
- Separately, combine the buttermilk, sour cream, and coffee.
- Lastly, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- On low alternate adding wet and dry ingredients in thirds to the mixer bowl, starting with the wet.
- Do this as quickly as possible because even we took time in the beginning with the butter, taking time with flour is BAD! Leads to heavy cupcakes.
- Using a ¼ cup ice cream scoop, diving the batter into the cupcake liners.
- Press in a chunk of your frozen cookie dough. FROZEN solid. if it is not you will not love the outcome.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the cake springs back when touched.
I love the idea of adding sea salt to chocolate desserts. These look great, and I think that I’ll have to make these soon!
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These. Look. Phenomenal. WOW. When I get that next chocolate craving, I know just what to make now. Thanks.
Thanks!
The title of these are literally all of my favorite sweets. They sound DIVINE!!!
I know right? They are all that is good in dessert rolled into one!
These look so fantastic! Gosh….I seriously need to try these!
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Wow this looks absolutely delicious. Love the two layers to the cupcake!
Thank you!
OMG I DROOLING! I love cookie dough so for you to incorporate inside this cupcake got my heart!
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Oh my. My brain is still trying to process all of this yummy good stuff. SO many wonderful tastes in one compact little cupcake.
Haha, thank you!
These look and sound amazing! I would love to try these sometime!
Aww how sweet, thank you! I hope you love it if you get to try it!
I think this is the cutest cupcake I have ever spotted. I bet it is extra tasty too!
Thank you! Let me know if you try it!
Oh my goodness! What a great use of chocolate chip cookie dough!
Thank you! The cookie dough is super easy to make, too!
OMG. Those cupcakes look to die for. I’m so making those.
Yes, the pictures came out really well, but more importantly, it was delicious! I hope you enjoy them!
I don’t even know what to say here. I’m speechless. OK, these sound seriously amazing! Yummiest cupcake I think I’ve ever seen before!
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WOW! These look so rich and SO perfect! I agree that it’s incredibly important to make sure everything is at room temperature or frozen; especially with cookie dough. I always ignored those directions until I actually started to take my time baking and understand how everything reacts with each other. I’m excited to try out your recipe! Thanks for the post!
Thank you so much! You’re right, it’s easy to ignore the cooling step in baking instructions, but it’s usually important to the recipe not to skip that step. I hope you enjoy them!
Okay, first…let me wipe the drool from my chin. Second, OMG, I need like, 15 of these in my belly NOW! Pinning now and making soon. I can’t even stand how delicious these look!
Thank you! I hope you like them!
This looks amazing! I will most certainly have to try this out.
Thanks! Let me know how they turn out for you!
Oh lordy Sabrina.. Yes, you were in my head.. Enough with these amazing recipes!! I might have to try these!! Thanks!!
Thanks!
This might be the most delicious cupcake I ever heard of. Cookie Dough. Salted chocolate. Are you serious? It is legal to have that much yumminess in one cupcake?
I’ve checked the penal code and, surprisingly, it’s legal in most states! Just be careful who you share them with. 😉
All of my favorite things in one bite! These cupcakes look sooo good!
Thank you!
Oh my word, I’m pretty sure these are illegal! I’ve got to try these now! Pinning for later!
Guilty as charged!
Oh man. These look incredible. I need to make these asap, because now they are all I’m going to think about. Yum.
Thanks! I hope you love them!
It looks like a delicious dessert. Thank you for sharing the recipe it is amazing!
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed seeing it 🙂
You can’t be serious! That is so much goodness all in one little cupcake. I know I could not eat just one. I will have to make these for sure.
I hope you love it as much as we do! if you roll it in saran wrap into a log shape, you can just slice off pieces when you want some! Not that I do that or anything…
My mouth is watering because these look delicious. I love cookie dough so that had my interest right away. I can’t wait to give them a try!
I hope you love them!
Oh my gosh, yum! Your photos are stunning.
Thank you! So sweet!
Those cupcakes looks so tasty. I would love to try one!
Come visit in Sacramento 😉
Oh I am so in love with this. Will keep this recipe.
Awesome! Thanks!
It is always a treat to see your delicious recipes but you have outdone yourself with these. They are everything right with the world all in one cupcake!
Hahaha I love this! I just read this aloud to my husband and he laughed and agreed.
I’m in LOVE with these! Cookie dough is my weakness!
Thank you! Me too, I use it on everything now… this may be my downfall…
What a great way to use that cookie dough. I really need to try making some of that dough so I can make treats like this!
If you do get to make it, I hope you love it!
OMG these look incredible!!! Pinned!
How sweet! Thank you for the pin!
The cupcakes look so yummy. These will be perfect for a bake sale I am helping with.
Wonderful! I hope you sell out of them!
Those definitely look quite rich. I can imagine they were quite the hit!
Haha yes, my hubby said his office loved them!
Holy Moly! That’s the fanciest cupcake in all of Fancy Town! That looks delicious!
Ok now I want to live in fancy town!
I could eat about 30 of those right now. Holy god do they look awesome.
Thanks!