Brownie-Bottom Funfetti Cupcakes...Finally!

So, I may have baked these heavy duty cupcakes as soon as I walked through the door but I definitely did not post them quite as quickly...I'm hoping that added a bit of suspense!  I promise, and I really do promise this time, that I didn't go 13 days with chocolate frosting on my fingers.  A little work, some packing, and a lot of family vacationing in Hawaii got in the way of sharing this sooner.  But, without further ado, here is the recipe for my brownie-bottom funfetti cupcakes...easy, impressive, and deadly!

Brownie Ingredients
1 box brownie mix (plus oil, water, and eggs according to instructions)
1 bag chocolate chips...I think the mini chips are great for this smaller layer of brownie, but if you have a bag of regular-sized chips in the cupboard those work great too!
A small handful of flour (for stirring into the chocolate chips so they don't all sink to the bottom!)

Funfetti Cake Ingredients
1 box funfetti cake mix (plus oil, water, and eggs according to instructions)

Frosting Ingredients
1 can milk chocolate frosting

Plus sprinkles of choice (rainbow jimmies are my favorite) for decoration

Just as easy as 2 boxes, a can, and some sprinkles!

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.  Line cupcake trays with paper cupcake liners.
3.  Prepare brownie batter according to box instructions.
4.  Mix chocolate chips in small amount of flour, just enough to dust them.
5.  Mix chocolate chips into brownie batter.
6.  Set aside brownie batter.
7.  Prepare funfetti cake batter according to box instructions.
8.  Fill cupcake liners about 1/4 full with brownie batter...ice cream scoops are quite handy for this!  Make sure to smooth out batter so it reaches all sides of the liner.

9.  Scoop funfetti cake batter into cupcake liners until about 3/4 full.  Make sure the cake batter completely covers the brownie batter!

10.  Bake for about 25 minutes.  It's perfectly fine if the brownie on the bottom is a bit gooey so pay most attention to the cake when deciding on bake time.
11.  Let cool completely...this is the hard part!

12.  Frost with softened milk chocolate frosting and decorate with sprinkles of choice.  The Sprinkle Side Roll (at the top of this post) is my favorite, perhaps my signature, style :)