Recipe: Brownie Cupcakes With Cookie Dough Frosting

I am not a food blogger by any means in fact I'm a beauty blogger 98% of the time and rarely dabble with fashion posts but I really want to do a post about this recipe. I got this recipe from Cooking Classy (click here for the original) and I made it for my sister's 19th birthday. They were pretty delicious so I thought I would share the recipe and show you my rendition! (above) I would absolutely make these cupcakes again, but beware, if you don't have a super sweet tooth these will not be for you.

Copied STRAIGHT from the Cooking Classy website:

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp milk 

Cookie Dough Frosting
• 10 Tbsp salted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp molasses
• 2-3 Tbsp cream or half and half
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, light-brown sugar and cocoa powder. Pour in melted butter and use a wood spoon to stir until combine. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract. Stir in milk. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combine (batter will be thick).
2. Divide batter among 12 paper lined muffin cups filling each about 2/3 full (about 1/4 cup batter in each). Bake in preheated oven 16 - 20 minutes (lesser for gooier brownies). Allow to cool in muffin tin several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely then frost with Cookie Dough Frosting. Store in an airtight container.
3. In a mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, whip together butter and light-brown sugar until pale and fluffy, about 3 - 4 minutes. Mix in flour then add powdered sugar, vanilla, molasses and 2 Tbsp cream and blend together until smooth adding an additional 1 Tbsp of cream to thin if desired. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Note that if you want a pipe-able frosting you will have to leave the chocolate chips out then simply add some of them to the top for garnish, otherwise they'll just get clogged in the piping tips.

Recipe Source: Cooking Classy

I also used a generic cookie recipe to make some cookie dough using chunks of Lindt chocolate and chocolate drops for decoration.