Chocolate Cookie Dough Cupcakes with Caramel Butter Cream

Makes 24 cupcakes 

Ingredients-For Cupcakes

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 package break and bake cookie dough (squares)
  

Ingredients-For Caramel  

• 8 tbsp. (1 stick) unsalted butter 
• 1/2 cup heavy cream 
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar

Ingredients for Frosting

• 2 cups confectioner’s sugar 
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 
• 1/3 cup of the caramel sauce you make
• 1 tablespoon cream

Ingredients-For Garnish

• Mini Chocolate Chips for sprinkling
• Mini Chips Ahoy cookies in tub with plastic lid

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 

Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl. Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl.  Pour wet ingredients into bowl of dry ingredients and stir until combined.  Fill cupcake liners 1/2 full, drop one cube of cookie dough into each cupcake liner and bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

 

Let the cupcakes cool completely before icing them.

nTo make the caramel sauce, combine the butter, heavy cream and brown sugar in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat.  Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.  Once it reaches a boil, lower the heat to medium and continue to boil until the mixture is thickened, about 8 minutes.  Remove from heat and let cool. 

nTo make the frosting, mix together sugar and butter in a stand mixer fitted with a whisk. Mix on low speed until well blended, add in 1 tablespoon heavy cream to pull butter & sugar together, and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.  Add 1/3 cup of your prepared, cooled caramel sauce and continue to mix on medium spend for 1 minute until blended.

Frost cupcakes with a piping bag with the end snipped off.  Sprinkle with mini chips and 1 mini chocolate chip cookie.

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