Cranberry Cream Cheese Surprise Chocolate Cupcakes

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 12 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups water
• 23 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 -2 tablespoon vanilla extract (I think 1 might be enough)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 13 cups sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup mini chocolate chip
• 12 cup dried cranberries
• 14 cup chopped pecans (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Line 36 standard-size muffin cups with paper liners.
2. For the batter: In a mixing bowl, whisk toghether the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Stir in the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla; mix just until batter is combined.
4. Fill muffin cups 1/2 full.
5. For the filling: Blend together the cream cheese, egg, 1 cup of the sugar, salt, chocolate chips, cranberries, and pecans (if using).
6. Spoon a generous tablespoons of the filling on top of the batter in each cup; sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoons sugar.
7. Bake 30 minutes, until tops are springy.
8. Remove cupcakes from pans and cool on wire racks.

flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt, water, vegetable oil, white vinegar, vanilla, cream cheese, egg, sugar, salt, chocolate chip, cranberries, pecans

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-cream-cheese-surprise-chocolate-cupcakes-199064 (may not work)