Bleeding Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 egg
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• red food coloring
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks, chocolate
• 1 (18 ounce) box cake mix
• 1 chocolate fudge frosting mix

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to the specified temperature in your cupcake recipe.
• 2 line muffin tins with foil or paper liners.
• 3 mix together the filling before mixing together the batter.
• 4 beat the egg in a medium bowl.
• 5 beat in the softened cream cheese and mix until smooth.
• 6 add the sugar and mix until smooth.
• 7 add the coloring until the desired color is reached.
• 8 make the color several shades darker than the desired end result as the color will lighten as it bakes.
• 9 fold in the chocolate chunks.
• 10 prepare the cupcake batter.
• 11 fill the cups 2/3 full with the cake batter.
• 12 place about 1 1/2 teaspoonsful of the filling in the center of each cupcake.
• 13 bake, cool, and frost as directed in the cupcake recipe.