Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Total Time: 47 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (1 lb) package frozen refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
• frosting, of choice for decorating

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350*f. grease 24 muffin pan molds or line with paper liners.
• 2 combine the cake mix, pudding mix, milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl; blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. scrape down sides of bowl.
• 3 increase mixer speed to medium and blend another 2 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed.
• 4 scoop a heaping 1/4 cup batter into each cupcake well, filling at least 2/3 full. (you should get between 22 and 24 cupcakes; remove any empty paper liners).
• 5 cut the frozen cookie dough pieces in half to make 24 pieces (or enough for how many cupcakes you wind up with); place a dough chunk on top of each cupcake.
• 6 bake until cakes are golden and spring back when lightly touched, 23-37 minutes.
• 7 cool on wire racks for 5 minutes, then carefully remove cupcakes from pans and cool another 15 minutes before frosting (they may sink a bit in the center). serve warm.
• 8 store cupcakes in a cake server at room temperature for up to 3 days or up to 1 week in the refrigerator. bring to room temperature and then microwave for about 8 seconds to "re-goo" the texture.