Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Batter:

cups flour

2 cups sugar

½ cup cocoa

2 cups water

2/3 cups oil

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla2

2 tsp. baking soda

2 Tbs. Vinegar

Filling:

8 oz. cream cheese

1 egg

1/3 cup sugar

¼ tsp. salt

6 oz. chocolate chips
Note: I prefer to make half again as much on the filling.

Batter: Mix ingredients in order given, beat until smooth. Put 1 Tbs. of batter in each midget cupcake paper and top with scant tsp. of filling. Bake at 350-degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. (this makes 60 to 75 midget cupcakes, freezes well for storage.)

Filling: Beat all ingredients except chocolate chips until very smooth. You can either stir bits into batter, or drop 4 or 5 bits into cream cheese in cupcake.