Because everything is better with a bag of chocolate chips!

1/9/11

I was not a huge fan of cake--until I figured out what ♥chocolate chips♥ could do.

 These, specifically.

 

 Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

by Melissa Yoder

1 box chocolate cake mix

1 12 oz. bag Toll House semi sweet mini chocolate chips*

1 cup cherry preserves**

1 container chocolate frosting

Prepare cake mix as directed--stir in entire bag chocolate chips. Put cherry preserves in a fine sieve and strain out about half of the jelly--leaving some plus the cherry chunks behind. Stir into the batter and bake as directed. Cool and frost with chocolate frosting. Yield: 3 dozen cupcakes.

*I use mini chips because the regular sized ones sink to the bottom. If you can't find mini chips--use a knife to chop regular ones into smaller pieces.
**If you want more cherry goodness to be in every bite, chop the cherries a little smaller

Easy, huh? :D Also, check out my Chocolate Orange Cupcakes, which is a chocolate cake mix improved by the addition of mini chocolate chips and orange marmalade. And here's the first version I came up with years ago--it's so good I've never made cupcakes the same again:

 

 Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

 by Melissa Yoder

1 package white cake mix ( I like Duncan Heinz Classic White)

1 12 oz. bag semi sweet Toll House mini morsels

1 container chocolate frosting (I like Betty Crocker Whipped Milk Chocolate)

Prepare cake mix as directed, stirring in entire bag of mini chips. Bake, cool and frost with chocolate frosting.

So simple I'm sure hundreds of people have thought of the same thing--but YUM! I think I'll go have another one....