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.”
Love that big blob of frosting on top!! YUM :)
These look delicious :)
look like a lot of fun .. hah *excited* :D
I have no words, except….do these ship well? :) They look SO good!
These look so good! Anything with a chocolate chip cookie involved is my favorite.
Hooray for another dessert which doesn’t require me to decide between!
You’ve outdone yourself again, Jessica. Haha…thatguyyoulivewith* is one lucky guy! ;-)
How do you get your frosting to look so divine on your cupcakes? Do you pipe? Blob it on? These are things I really need to know.
This is really not helping me get through my detox Monday! :)
In this cake I piped it on, but sometimes I just blob it on, like these: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/06/homemade-funfetti-cupcakes/
Well I’ll be. You can have your cake and cookie, and eat them too, at the same time!
Suzanne
Vanilla cake with vanilla frosting? Eff the skinny jeans and give me the cupcakes!
You’re killing me with these hybrid cookie cupcakes, and frankly that’s not a bad way to go.
Yum! These look awesome!
Aah these are so fun! Do you have any cross-section pics? I would love to see how the “cookie butts” look when these babies are cut open! (Or bitten into…)
I do have a few that I didn’t like enough to post with the recipe. Maybe I’ll post them on Facebook!
The mounds of frosting on top of them looks soooooo amazing! I need that in my life. NOW! :)
Love the creativity! Oh man.. there needs to be snickerdoodle cupcakes with one of your fat fluffy snickerdoodles at the bottom.
That is brilliant.
I now never have to decide between a cookie and a cupcake. Brilliant!
I was going to go to the gym tonight, but…I might have to stay home and make these instead.
I love when I don’t have to choose between two desserts!
You are so clever. I think I’ll make these tonight!
I’m always up for an occasion to eat a cookie and a cupcake simultaneously. Also, the way you mound that frosting up on top of your cupcakes kill me…in a really good way. Makes me want to dive right in.
why hellloooo lover
Ok maybe a dumb question, but cocoa is in the instructions but I don’t see it in the ingredients. Is it supposed to be in there, and how much? I can’t wait to make these! Looks awesome!
Ah sorry Ariel! Not dumb at all – typo on my part.
Thanks for the clarification =)
Why have I never thought of this?
Great post!
Cupcake and cookie in one?! Loving it! :P
IfthemanIlivewith. only ate sweets! These look ammmmaaaaazzzziiiinnnnggg!!!!
Oh my GOSH, what will you dream up next Jessica? I literally think about Vincent Chase every day. CAN. NOT. WAIT.
I’m in heaven! This is an awesome cookie cup cake!
Getting into those jeans is a workout right? Bring on the cookies and cupcake!
These look great! I’m adding them to the section on my blog called “Things I NEED TO MAKE & EAT!”. Thanks for sharing!
Where do you come up with these amazing things? And when are you coming out with a cookbook/restaurant/bakery/to my house to be my chef?
These look seriously wonderful!!
Best of both worlds, right here! Seriously, you are a genius!
I don’t know how you do it. Awesome.
Hi Jessica!! If I just wanted to make the cookie part of these (for a quick, choco chip cokie fix!), do you think it would work??
Definitely!! I did that for the top cookies and they are delish.
you’re such a genius!!! these look orgasmic haha
and i’m soooo excited for Entourage too lol :)
I love cookie/cupcakes! I came upon that happy accident after I attempted a Cookie Cake for one of my kid’s b-day’s and didn’t have enough dough. I grabbed a cake mix box out of the cupboard (yes, I know I’m horribly lazy) and added that to the top. The day was saved! We like to add cookie dough chunks (flatten so they don’t squish the cake-ish mixture too much) to the top half way through the baking and finish with choco frosting. :) Erg…Now I want choco chip cookies! Love your site!
That looks delicious! Check out the famous Hong Kong egg tart, which is a delicious dessert: http://hongkongintern.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/egg-cellence/
Those sound crazy!!!! (In a good way). I can’t believe you combined the goodness of cupcakes with the perfection of a chocolate chip cookie :-)
Pretty cool….I love both cookies and cupcakes! I have to admit to living under a rock…I had to Google Vincent Chase. All I could think of was there was a politician I’ve didn’t know of….AND…elections are held in November! …that and those are some pretty amazing cup/cookie/cakes!
LOL!
Great idea! Best of both worlds. It’s inspired. You’re inspired :)
Diggin the cookie/cake and miss Vinny and the boys. We ditched HBO.
I LOVE this idea, and the fact they both cook together rather than just putting a cookie in the bottom, means its one smoooootthh flow of yumm. You are so full of amazing ideas, really inspirational (if only i cared about my degree as much as i do about baking cakes and cookies together..haha) :)
Yum! Reminds me of cookie bottomed mini cheesecakes, which my husband would easily sell his soul for. I shudder to think what he’d do if I made these…
This my kind of cupcake-full of sweet goodness!
What an interesting Idea! Love the combo!
You are ruining my weight loss success one blog post at a time, you know.
I LOVE how you frosted your cupcakes!!!! Can you please give some details on how you achieved that look? Thank you!!
I just piped it on! I used the Wilton tip #12.
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You’re bloody clever, aren’t ya? And funny to boot! I’m so glad I stumbled upon your blog :)
Omg I love your blog because you obviously have a big sweet tooth like me. Although, I, unlike you, will just look at these pictures and drool for the time being instead of going to the effort of making those delicious treats..ty for going to that effort though. Hopefully one day when I have more of a baking budget I will try some of these recipes. :)