Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bottomed Vanilla Cupcakes.
You know.
Do blueberries taste good in mojitos?
Wait, really… did I buy these skinny jeans?
Do people really drink that wine after squishing the grapes between their stubby toes? Really… ?
What’s gonna happen to Vincent Chase come September?
Do I want a cookie or a cupcake?
What was I smoking when I bought those jeans?
Can I get away with both a cookie and a cupcake?
How much longer must I ellipticize tomorrow if I have a cookie and a cupcake?
Or… two cookies.
And a cupcake.
?
Why didn’t the sales associate warn me that these skinny jeans came with the Fat Booth app built in?
Ahhh. Life is darling.
And since I’m not quite prepared to discuss jeans that make you shimmy and shake and turn water into wine just to get a leg in or the impending finish of Vincent Chase we’re going to chat about these cupcakes.
I like these cupcakes. They have split personalities.
I made them look cute with bright sprinkles in a non-orderly fashion. And even cuter with a chewy cookie chunk shoved atop their fat frosting. Because they deffffinitely needed more calories. They have a chocolate chip cookie butt too. I like I like I like.
They were made for thatguyIlivewith* who promptly ate three after his well-balanced lunch of a double burger + a side of protein bar. And thatguyIlivewith* ate seven burgers this weekend. I’m requesting a new life insurance policy for thatguyIlivewith.*
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bottomed Cupcakes
makes 18-20 cupcakes
cookie layer:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together and set aside in a bowl.
Beat butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer until it’s light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Add in dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Line a muffin tin with liners and give each a quick spritz of non-stick spray. Using a spoon also sprayed with non-stick spray, press about 1 1/2 tablespoons of cookie dough into the bottom of each liner.
cake layer:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 whole eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add half of the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Add the milk. Once mixed, add remaining dry ingredients. Using an ice cream scoop, drop batter on top of cookie dough mixture. Bake cupcakes at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
Top with you favorite frosting, sprinkles, and chocolate chip cookies.
Note: Vanilla frosting recipe HERE. I double the chocolate chip cookie recipe above and used the second half to bake cookies. That is what I threw on top of the frosting.
*names have been changed to protect the innocent guilty.
181 Comments on “Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bottomed Vanilla Cupcakes.”
I did this recently but just used cake mix and pre-made cookie dough:-) Yours look fantastic!
I want sprinkles.
OMG Jessica, these look absolutely delicious. I agree – who can choose between cookie or cupcake…its tough. Your frosting always looks so fluffy. Do you just whip the heck out of it, or do you use more butter than I do? Might have to try your recipe next time…it always looks so good!
I whip the heck out of it!! :)
I’ll be making these for breakfast, lunch and dinner this entire week.
I can’t wait to make these. After my wedding dress fitting.
I think we need a bite shot. i wanna know what they look like inside!
Yes, I was thinking the same thing!
I took a few but none of them turned out!
Thankfully I didn’t buy the skinny jeans. I must have known these were coming.
Your frosting always looks so yummy on top –what do you do to get it it in those perfectly unperfect mounds?
I pipe it on with the tip that is just a big hole.
Looks great! I’ve made a cookie dough stuffed cupcake before… you freeze the cookie dough before baking the cupcakes, that way it doesn’t get cooked all the way through. Kinda like a cookie dough blizzard. Man, now I want ice cream for breakfast.
sometimes split personalities are a good thing! Wow, I need one of these now.
The cupcakes look good, but do blueberries taste good in mojitos? That is something I need to try! It will be a hot one today, I think a little drink experimenting is in order!
Sounds like the perfect Monday to me.
Who needs skinny jeans — I want cupcakes and cookies.
mmm. I love the idea of a chocolate chip cookie bottom. I usually think the top of a cupcake is the best….but here it would certainly be the bottom. And this is a huge question in our house: What’s gonna happen to Vincent Chase come September?!
I KNOW!
Why didn’t the sales associate warn me that these skinny jeans came with the Fat Booth app built in?
HAHAHAHA. LOVE YOU.
ooh yum! often i can’t decide between chocolate and vanilla so these are perfect. ps. Thatguyyoulivewith might have a protein heart attack, so I think it would be wise for you to send all remaining cookie/cupcakes to me. just sayin’ ;)
Apparently the layers of cookie, brownie and blondies were not enough ;) I challenge you to make a cheesecake, red velvet and super chocolate layer cake!
Oh, and I love the idea of using a cookie as a garnish! Too cute.
Mmm these look awesome. I made a similar one only I stuffed a ball of chocolate chip cookie dough in the center of the cupcake. You really can’t beat cookies and cupcakes…and you should really never have to choose between the two ;)
These look amazing!! :) And now I want them for breakfast….
Wow! Very creative!
ROFL!!! ” They have a Chocolate Chip Cookie butt, too.” Jessica, you’re hysterical!! And “Names have been changed to protein the innocent guilty.”
What a wonderful way to start my morning, thank you so much! ;-)
Yum. I think have of my clothes have a Fat Booth app built in – or maybe it’s my butt? Oh well, cupcakes and cookies all around!
What a great idea!! Yum. Bookmarking. :)
These look PERFECT.
I always ask myself what was I thinking? when I put on skinny jeans that looked amazing in the store and look bad at home. Those store mirrors are deceiving! But these coocake (a word I just made up for cookie+cupcake) pictures are not deceiving at all. I need this deliciousness in my life!
ahh, I saw something like this on the food network channel! It was one of those challenges. combining 2 of my favorite desserts, now I actually have a recipe for them :)
the people who live with you are SOO lucky to get to eat all these tasty baked goods!! :)
I like anything with a split personality :-)
I would love to see a bite shot of these :)
I took a few but none turned out!
My husband wants to know if you can send him a thousand of these by tomorrow?
Sorry, he just changed his order to a million.
What can I say – he eats a lot.
But he can wear skinny jeans. So not fair.
Ugh. Men.
I’m sure you already know this, but you are a genius!
Look at that frosting! I’d eat that on its own, no need to bother baking :)
….Cookie, or cake?!?! ….That’s like margarita or wine?!?!!! Who can choose!!!
Seriously!
This is gluttony at its finest. I’ll take five.
very cute written post and I love your creativity with this recipe!! looks so delicious and the fat scoop of frosting and chocolate chip cookie on top are def. necessary!
OMG… thatguyyoulivewith is one lucky boy!
I just love your ideas. This one- the whole chocolate chip cookie in a cupcake thing- is a brilliant one!
Oh my gosh. You are the BEST! A Cupcake AND a Cookie?! You are so smart. :)
I am laughing so hard right now! “*names have been changed to protein the innocent guilty.” Haha!
This cupcake? Oh my gosh…everytime I think you have out-done yourself, you do it again! A cookie and a cupcake all in one? Genious! :-)
A chewy chocolate chip bottom is the best thing I’ve heard of this Monday… Now if I can only have one (or three) of those cupcakes magically appear in front of me right now, my life would be perfect ;)
Incredible!! I can’t make these because I would never actually stop eating them — but they look AMAZING.
You are awesome! :D Definitely will be making these soon!!! Oooh and maybe a version with a pb cookie crust and chocolate cupcake?
YUM.
These look amazing!! I have been on the search for delicious dessert recipes to try for my birthday. Yes recipes in plural. It’s my birthday so I’m making as many desserts as I want!
As you should!
That Pinterest button at the top right is going to get a lot of use from me. Starting with these cupcakes. Yum!
Ooh this looks dee-vine. Also, are two cookies and two cupcakes acceptable? Man I hope so.
C’mon girl……. cut into one of those bad boys. Bite shot! Bite shot! Bite shot!
hahah I did take a few, but none of them turned out!
These look like the perfect cure for the Monday blues.
Who’s Vincent Chase? I’m so out of touch
Hehehe he’s the main character on Entourage. It’s ending this season.
To “protein” the guilty? Lolz. The menwelivewith would seriously get along. By the way, nothing beats Oreo crust. I think you need to make Oreo bottomed cupcakes. When I was younger, my mom made an ice cream cake for everyone’s birthday, and she ground Oreos and butter together (nothing else) to make the bottom layer. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I don’t know how it would taste baked…but if anyone can figure out how to make it work, it’s you.
when I die, I like to think St. Peter will be waiting for me with a tray of these, and they will be calorie free.
I did this recently too and you are right…best of both worlds. And skinny jeans and me…never get along. But cake and cookies, we are the best of friends:-)
Cookie or cake is always a dilemma for me, but the cookie always wins. Now I can eat both :)
I KNOW. That’s why I cut all my skinny jeans and made…well, skinny shorts. And then threw them away. And then cried. And then dug them out. And then opened a bottle of wine. Okay 2 bottles.
It felt good.