When I was taking a picture of these, my husband was like, “You haven’t blogged these yet?!”

I’ve been making them since we were in college. It’s one of those quick and easy desserts that everyone seems to like, so I keep going back to them. They look like standard cupcakes, but when you bite into them, you find a fun center of cheesecake and cherries.

They got made, again, as part of this year’s holiday treats binge – and were gobbled up by the end of the family party.

Black Forest Cupcakes
(from Kraft Recipes)
Makes 2 Dozen

1 box chocolate cake mix + ingredients to prepare
1 (8 oz. ) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 (20 oz.) can cherry pie filling
1 (8 oz.) pkg. frozen whipped topping

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and line cupcake pans with liners.

Prepare the cake mix according to package directions and set aside.  In another bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg and sugar until well combined.

In each cupcake cup, spoon in about 2 Tbsp. of the prepared cake mix. Top with 1 Tbsp. of the cream cheese mixture and 1-2 tsp. of cherry pie filling. Use remaining to cake mix to cover fillings evenly.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Once cool, top with whipped topping and additional cherry pie filling.