Cupcake Surprises

Photo: flickr user Nono Fara

Ingredients

1 pkt Swiss chocolate cake mix - (18.25 oz)

2 pkts cream cheese - (3 oz ea) softened

cup sugar

1 lrg egg lightly beaten

1 pkt milk chocolate morsels - (6 oz)

cup flaked coconut

Preparation

Prepare cake batter according to package directions; set batter aside.

Stir together cream cheese, sugar, and egg. Stir in chocolate morsels and coconut.

Spoon cake batter evenly into 24 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each half full. Drop cream cheese mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls evenly into center of cupcakes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 19 to 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans, and cool completely on a wire rack.

This recipe yields 2 dozen.