Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes: chocolate cupcakes with a delicious pumpkin cheesecake center and a cinnamon white chocolate frosting on top. Perfect cupcake for any fall party.
Dear News Crew,
Thank you so much for deciding to visit my house for an interview on neighborhood crime today. I am so glad that I did not shower, was sporting a pony tail and decided to wear barely any makeup. That should be a pretty sight on the evening news tonight. At least I wasn't in pajamas or sweats.
Love,
The Vain Lady Who Hopes No One Recognizes Her
Dear Ankle,
It's time you suck it up and stop hurting. I have given you 4 weeks of rest. In return, you have allowed the brownies and cupcakes to take up residence in places I don't like. I have decided to make you go back to the gym, so don't even try to start hurting again because I'm not listening.
Love, The Exercise Deprived Lady with Cupcake Buns
Dear Elliptical,
Why do you always cause me to think about cookies and cupcakes when I visit you? Next time I am there, please make sure to fill my head with visions of salad instead. Thank you for helping me out with this weakness of mine.
Love, The Lady with Cupcake Visions
Dear "Empty Cupboards",
Where did all the food come from? I told my husband we had "nothing" to eat for dinner last night, but he was able to pull a few different cans of vegetables, rice, and V8 out of you for a soup. What gives? I was hoping for pizza or take out. At least the throw together soup was actually pretty good. Next time I will make sure you are really empty before confessing there is nothing in the house.
Love,
The One Who Doesn't Like To Cook
Dear Dog of Mine,
What possessed you to bite our mail lady on the foot? You see her every single day. She is so nice and how do you repay her? By sneaking up on her and sinking your big teeth into her shoe. You are lucky she didn't pull out the can of pepper spray...that would have taught you a lesson. Next time Animal Control probably won't be so nice. How is house arrest going?
Love,
Your Disgruntled Pet Owner
Dear Pumpkin,
I know I said I was kind of over you, but obviously I was wrong.
Thank you for showing me that I can't live through the rest of fall without using your wonderful orange-ness in just about everything I make. You were the perfect compliment to these chocolate pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes.
Thank you for not letting me stop using you to bake with.
Love,
The Orange Obsessed Pumpkin Lover
Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes recipe:
Recipe
Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes baked with a pumpkin cheesecake layer and topped with a white chocolate cinnamon frosting.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup brewed coffee, cooled
- 1 - 4 ounce box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- ⅓ cup oil
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
For the Cheesecake
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the Frosting
- 6 ounces baking white chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons cinnamon sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Place 30 cupcake liners in a 24 and 6 count muffin pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, 4 eggs, oil, coffee, and yogurt. Beat on low speed for 1 minute. Then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Batter will be thick. Set aside.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add the egg, pumpkin, salt, and cinnamon and mix until fully blended.
- Fill cupcake liners half full with chocolate cake batter. Top with 1 tablespoon cheesecake batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- In a small saucepan combine the chopped white chocolate and heavy cream. Heat on low until melted and smooth. Let cool to room temperature.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, cooled chocolate mixture, and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar until all is mixed in. Beat on high until light and fluffy. Pipe onto cupcakes and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Keep refrigerated when not being served. Best served at room temperature. Makes 30 cupcakes.
Katie
gah... these look fabulous! I'm officially in full pumpkin mood!
Kelly @ Semi Homemade Mom
Jocelyn, what a fun post!! And the cupcakes look amazing, will have to try. 🙂
Chandra@The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen
I think that I have written very nearly those same letters in the past few weeks. All except the dog bitting one.... my guys are so little that they couldn't get their teeth around an ankle! BTW these cupcakes look like they are to die for!!!!
Jocelyn
It's so fun when you get started writing these funny dear john letters!
Aubrey Stacey
I may have just fallen in love with these cupcakes! I cannot wait to read all your other posts and then try to find something in my pantry right now to satisfy the craving you've caused. Tomorrow will be a baking day!
Jocelyn
I hope you were able to find something sugary sweet to eat and hooray for baking days!!!
Ami Allison
ACK!!! This is so funny! Say, I did a whole pumpkin, chocolate cheesecake thing too! LOL!! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me that sweet comment! 🙂
Averie @ Averie Cooks
pumpkin, cheesecake, chocolate - all in one adorable cupcake. Yes, you have all my fave flavors going in one!
Jocelyn
These are three of my favorite flavors too:-) Gotta love them all together!!!
Alderberry Hill
Congrats on the move! I will still be following - don't want to miss out on a thing, like these wonderful cupcakes!!
Jocelyn
I'm glad to hear you will still be following:-)
sally @ sallys baking addiction
cheesecake batter, chocolate batter... I love the sounds and looks of those two swirled together into a cupcake Jocelyn! And pairing it all with PUMPKIN! You are a gal after my own heart! I just made pumpkin/chocolate cookies last night. 🙂 LOVE the two together!
Jocelyn
Pumpkin and chocolate together is really my favorite way to eat pumpkin too! I can't wait to see your cookies:-)
Tanya-Lemonsforlulu.com
Ha ha very funny post!!!! So the elliptical makes you think of cupcakes? Looks like you came up with the perfect cupcake then! I mean this has pumpkin and made with yogurt!!!! It's health food!!! Mental health at the very least! These would make me happy!
Jocelyn
haha yes, I think about sweets just about every time I work out:-) It is a real problem. I like the way you think...these cupcakes must be healthy because they have yogurt in them:-)
The Miller Five
OMG...cupcake buns? That is sooo stinking funny!
Lori @ Intoxicology 101
My husband ran across these and started drooling. Going to try and make them soon. Awesome photos by the way! Cheers
Jocelyn
Thank you so much!!! I hope you enjoy the cupcakes as much as we did!!
Michelle's Tasty Creations
Jocelyn,
Too cute! I love this post. You should be writing books! How fun would those cookbooks be with your wit and stories? I'd buy the lot of them. I'm posting this deliciousness on FB and Pinterest and making them soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Michelle
Shiloh Barkley
I'm liking this flavor combination for cupcakes.
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
Okay, this post made me giggle! Also, I'm glad that you admitted that you're not quite over pumpkin yet because I'm not ready to give it up yet. These cupcakes look AMAZING. I love the chocolate/pumpkin swirl, and then the cinnamon swirl topping??? I die.
Jocelyn
I thought I was over it but I was so wrong. There are still quite a few more pumpkin recipes that I have to share! And the frosting on these was probably my favorite part:-)
Julie @ Table for Two
this looks so good! i love all the yummy chocolate and pumpkin combination topped with the cheesecake! don't you hate when people show up unexpectedly? it's ok - you can give them these cupcakes 🙂
Jocelyn
Thanks:-) I'm not sure I want to encourage people to stop by unexpectedly by sharing sweets...although that is a good idea.
Summer
I love yor header! This post made me lol and smile at the same time! You should link up to my Sunshine project with this post its so Sunshine'y! Um tell your pooch to not bite the mailman no matter how freaky they look sometimes lol ours looks like the one from the Crazy Town movie and our mail reeks of cigars lol! Oh and we don't get it til like six in th evening ha! I am loving the looks of those cupcakes. I have never tried anything pumpkin accept seeds but those make me want to try them! I love this post! I hope your ankle gets better! I will totally try to link up I am doing the Halloween Party for Kelcee's class and have lots of cute ideas up my sleeve thank you pinterest ha! xoxo
Shelly
Oh, these look good! I found you via Happy Hour Link party and am a new follower! Thanks, Shelly
Betty@SouthernGrace
Oooo girl...you know I love these too. Adding to the growing list. I'm on the pumpkin kick lately too. Just can't get enough!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
Eek, I love your stories 🙂 seriously--I wish my family was as inventive as your husband when it comes to finding things to eat. I cook dinner nightly, and when I want a night off or something, they claim there's nothing to eat when there's seriously a pantry FULL at all times and a freezer full. You can't have a hotdog!? What gives?!
Also, I love you're obsessed with pumpkin because that obsession leads to deliciousness like this!
rocketmommy
I'm relatively new here and after scanning through all of the amazing looking recipes I've come to the conclusion that the fact that I just joined Weight Watchers Online was NOT well timed lol. ;0)