Easy Black Bottom Cupcakes

*1 Milk Chocolate Cake Mix

         Mix up cake batter according to directions on package.

*1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

*1 egg

*1/3 cup white sugar

*1/8 teaspoon salt

*1 cup chocolate chips (can use semi-sweet or milk chocolate)

         Combine cream cheese, egg, sugar, salt and chocolate chips.

Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Place about 1 TBS of cream cheese mixture in each cup. Make sure there are a couple chocolate chips in each one. Fill the cup to 2/3 full with cake batter. Bake according to cupcake baking time on cake mix package. Let cool and frost with your favorite chocolate frosting!

**Do you know how kids only take cupcakes so they can eat the frosting?...Well, not with these! The kids gobbled the whole thing up! They went really fast!

**I used the Hershey Kiss Chocolate Chips because I liked having the little bit bigger chocolate chip in them. Definately making these again soon.

**I give credit to my Sister, Julianne for this recipe and also, Allrecipes. com. Julianne made some like these for a family gathering a few years back and I LOVED them. So I searched for the recipe, found the cream cheese part on Allrecipes. com and put them together.

Mini Chicken, Bacon, Cream Cheese Taquitos

1/3 of a 16-ounce package bacon (about 6 slices), chopped
1/2 of an 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
2 cans (12.5 ounces each) Swanson® Premium White Chunk Chicken Breast in Water, drained (or leftover cooked chicken)
8 flour tortillas (10-inch)
Vegetable oil

1.Cook the bacon in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon from the skillet and drain on paper towels.

2.Stir the bacon, cream cheese and chicken in a medium bowl.

3.Cut each tortilla into 3 (3-inch) circles using a round cutter. Spoon about 2 teaspoons chicken mixture in the center of each (one) tortilla round. Roll the tortillas around the filling and secure with toothpicks.

4.Pour the oil into a heavy 4-quart saucepan to a depth of 3 inches. Heat the oil to 350°F.

5.Add the taquitos to the saucepan in batches and cook until well browned on all sides. Remove the taquitos from the saucepan and let drain on paper towels. Let cool for 5 minutes. Remove the toothpicks before serving.

 

*This recipe is one that I had pinned and ACTUALLY made it!! I found it here on the "Mommy, I'm Hungry!" blog. It is a VERY EASY recipe to put together. You could have the kids help put them together and then an adult do the frying.

**We definitely will be making these again. I would suggest adding some seasoning to the chicken mixture. I added a little onion powder and some chives. My Girls loved them...especially dipped in some Ranch.

Who still Checks My Food Blog???

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Jello Cake

1 White Cake Mix

1 pkg. jello (4-serving size) Your favorite kind!

Dissolve Jello in 3/4 cup boiling water. Then add 1/2 cup cold water. Set aside. Mix and bake cake as directed on cake package. Cool cake for 20 minutes. Poke holes in top of cake. (I used a fork). Pour jello over cake making sure you pour it over the holes you made. Refrigerate cake for 3-4 hours. Frost with cool whip, buttercream frosting, or some other really creamy light and fluffy frosting! ENJOY!

*This cake was my Daughters Birthday Cake. She is past wanting the barbie cakes. Adding the jello in the cake made it so the kids ate the cake too and not just the frosting! It's a very light and refreshing cake.

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