Step 1. Whip Up The Batter You want to gather all of your ingredients. In a bowl, add and whisk baking soda, flour, and sea salt; set this mixture aside. Grab your butter, white sugar, and brown sugar and beat all of these ingredients into a large bowl with an electric mixer. Make sure you mix it until smooth. Add in an egg and vanilla extract until smooth before mixing it all together. Now you will want to mix in the flour mixture until it’s completely mixed together. No clumps! Make sure it’s as smooth as it can be. Next up, fold in the chocolate chips to the mixture until you have evenly combined them into the batter. Just throw them in and mix. From the dough batter you will want to form tablespoon-sized balls; place them onto a baking sheet, leaving space in between them, and freeze until solid which is generally about 2 hours.
Step 2: Preheat The Oven
Before you take your dough from the freezer, you want to make sure you preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grab your muffin pan and line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
Step 3: Mix It UpNow comes the fun and the part that really makes these cupcakes special. In a large bowl, you will add and beat in 3 eggs with an electric mixer to break up your eggs. Add the cake mix, canola oil and water into the mixture; keep beating for 2 minutes on medium speed or until smooth. Spoon into the cupcake liners you prepared, filling each ⅔ fil. Don’t forget to place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake. It is the hidden secret to the best cupcake ever!
Step 4: Bake Them & Serve Once you’ve thrown them in the oven you will want to bake them for about 2 minutes. How can you check to make sure they are done? It’s easy! Just insert a toothpick into the cake portion of the cupcake, not the cookie dough ball. If the toothpick comes out clean in the preheated oven, they are ready to come out. You will let them cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before removing them from the pan to cool completely on a wire rack. Don’t let them cool in the oven though. Make sure you take them out of the oven to cool.