Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Oh. My. Cookie DOUGH!!! If you like cookie dough, you will go crazy for these cupcakes! Not even kidding. Pure insanity. I found a few different recipes for Cookie Dough Cupcakes, and morphed them together. Creating the most delicious cookie dough concoction ever created. Seriously.

Let's start with the cookie dough. I made the cookie dough first because you have to freeze it before using the dough in the cupcakes. The freezing helps get the cookie dough cold enough that it gets warm in the oven, but not hot enough to bake it. . . Creating heaven in your mouth. The cupcake batter is enough to bake 30 cupcakes, but you'll have enough cookie dough to do about 48 cookies, so use 30 dough balls in your cupcakes, and bake the rest as cookies to garnish your cupcake with.

Now let's chat a little bit about the cake batter. . .which also tastes like cookie dough. Not even kidding, you'll have to slap your own hand for digging in and eating the batter. I couldn't quit. I was seriously embarassing myself. But it's so so good.

And now frosting. . .yummy. . .delicous. . .cookie doughy. . .frosting. Make it. Eat it. Love it. It's as simple as that. The unique thing about this frosting, is that it contains flour. Which you don't often find in frostings or buttercreams. But it's the combination of vanilla, brown sugar, and flour, that give this frosting the cookie dough taste you're looking for.

I beg. . .don't take my word for it. Make these cupcakes yourself and see. You won't regret it. You'll thank me. Honestly.

CAKE BATTER:
1½ cups (3 sticks) room temp. unsalted butter
1½ cups packed light brown sugar
4 eggs
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
¼ t. salt
1 cup milk
2 t. vanilla extract
24 frozen cookie dough balls (MUST BE FROZEN!)
1 recipe of Cookie Dough Buttercream (RECIPE BELOW)

1. Cream together butter and brown sugar. Beat on medium speed for about five minutes.

2. Add in eggs one at a time.

3. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

4. Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk.

5. Stir in vanilla extract.

6. Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.

7. Put 1 Tbsp of batter in each liner.
8. Top with 1 frozen cookie dough ball.
9. Cover with 2 Tbsp of cake batter.

10. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.
COOKIE DOUGH FILLING:
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cup flour
1 cup mini chocolate chips

1. Cream together butter and sugars.

2. Add in eggs one at a time.

3. Mix in baking soda and vanilla.

4. Stir in flour until combined.

5. Add in chocolate chips.

6. Scoop, by TBSP onto baking sheet and freeze for at least an hour.
COOKIE DOUGH BUTTERCREAM:
3 stickes butter, room temp
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3 1/2 cups powder sugar
1 cup flour
3/4 tsp salt
3 Tbsp milk
2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Combine butter, brown sugar, and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.

2. Beat on high speed until whipped and fluffy.

3. Slowly add in flour and salt.

4. Mix in milk and vanilla, and whip a few more minutes.

5. Frost cupcakes, and garnish with chocolate chips and cookie pieces.