This is a chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes recipe made with a chocolate chip cookie dough cake and a rich cookie dough buttercream frosting topped with mini chocolate chips.
These cupcakes are for all those chocolate chip cookie dough lovers to revel in. The cake itself is a chocolate chip cake and it’s topped with a buttercream frosting that tastes just like cookie dough!
Cookie cupcakes are my favorite flavor or cupcakes. If you’re as big of a fanatic as I am here are some more cookie cupcakes to bake:
- Biscoff Cookie Butter Cupcakes
- Monster Cookie Cupcakes
- Oreo Cookie Cupcakes
- Peanut Butter Cookie Cupcakes
- Samoa Cookie Cupcakes
- Snickerdoodle Cookie Cupcakes
- Sugar Cookie Cupcakes
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
- Shortening
- Granulated Sugar
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Milk
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Egg Whites
- Mini Chocolate Chips
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Shortening
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Milk
- All-Purpose Flour
- Confectioners’ Sugar
- Mini Chocolate Chips
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a regular-sized cupcake pan(s) with 24 cupcake liners.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, mix sugar and shortening together until creamy. Add vanilla extract.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Begin slowly adding dry ingredients and milk, alternating until each is well blended.
- Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl and the paddle attachment to allow all ingredients to combine evenly. Add chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, add egg whites and whip until they form stiff peaks. Fold egg whites gently into the batter.
- Fill each cupcake liner with approximately 3 tablespoons of batter. Bake for 15-18 minutes until cupcakes are cooked through the center.
- Test with a toothpick in the center of a cupcake to check for doneness. Allow to fully cool before icing.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting
- Cream together butter, shortening, and brown sugar. Add vanilla extract and milk. Add flour and slowly add confectioners’ sugar until desired consistency.
- Mini chocolate chips can be mixed into the frosting or they can be sprinkled on top.
- If you plan to pipe the frosting I recommend sprinkling on top of each cupcake as the tiny morsels easily clog decorator tips.
Which tip to decorate cupcakes?
I used Wilton’s 6B tip for these cupcakes in the photos, but you can also use 1M which is more versatile and allows you to pipe a taller stack of frosting.
How do you decorate a cupcake?
If you plan to use decorator tips, I recommend not adding chocolate chips to the frosting. The mini chocolate chips clog the tips, even with the largest tip opening I had it still clogged it.
The best way to go about this is decorating the cupcake and then sprinkling mini chocolate chips on top. They will look just as pretty!
Check out my cupcake baking guide that answers all of your questions about baking, ingredient substitutes, and decorating the perfect cupcakes!
Try these other tasty treats!
- Hershey’s Chocolate Cupcakes
- M&M Cupcakes
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- Oreo Bottom Cupcakes
- The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Thick Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- ½ cup Butter
- 1 ½ cups cup Light Brown Sugar
- 2 ½ cups cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 ¼ cup cup Milk
- 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 4 Egg Whites
- ¾ cup Mini or Regular Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting
- ½ cup Butter
- 2 tablespoon Shortening
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 tablespoon Milk
- ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 4 ½ cups cups Confectioners’ Sugar
- ¼ cup cup Mini Chocolate Chips, for topping
Instructions
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, or in a bowl with a hand mixer, cream shortening and sugar together. Add vanilla extract. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Begin slowly adding dry ingredients and milk, alternating until each is well blended. Add chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, add egg whites and whip until they form stiff peaks. Fold egg whites gently into the batter.
- Fill each cupcake liner with approximately 3 tablespoons of batter. Bake for 15-18 minutes until cupcakes are cooked through the center. Test with a toothpick in the center of a cupcake to check for doneness. Allow to fully cool before icing.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting
- Cream together butter, shortening, and brown sugar. Add vanilla extract and milk. Slowly add confectioners' sugar until desired consistency.
- Mini chocolate chips can be mixed into the frosting or they can be sprinkled on top. If you plan to pipe the frosting I recommend sprinkling on top of each cupcake as the tiny morsels easily clog icing tips.
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