Filling:
1 8-oz package cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Cupcakes:
1 package (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix - or your own favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe.

Mix cake according to package directions. Fill paper baking cups in muffin pans 2/3 full.
Cream the cheese with sugar, beat in egg and salt. Stir in chocolate pieces. Drop 1 rounded teaspoon of cheese mixture into each cupcake. Bake according to cake package directions.
Yields 2 1/2 dozen cupcakes.

*Note: these make excellent lunch box desserts because they don't need frosting. The cream cheese sinks to the bottom, and is like frosting on the inside. Can also be baked as cake instead of cupcakes, just drop rounded teaspoons of cream cheese mixture randomly around cake and bake in 9"x13" pan according to cake mix directions.