Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting

I'm back :) and taking a giant leap from sugar-free to sugar-full!
You can never go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie, and there's not a thing wrong with turning the classic favorite into a cupcake smothered in brown sugar frosting.  This chocolate chip cookie cupcake combines the familiar flavor of the cookie with the fluffy texture of a cupcake.  And the sprinkles on top (I don't like those sundae cherries!) is the brown sugar frosting that tastes just like cookie dough.  Have the brown sugar and your packing spoon ready because this recipe calls for quite a bit of it.  With every spoonful of brown sugar, my stomach growled a touch louder and I could hardly wait for the final product...and I didn't.  I couldn't resist eating the brown sugar frosting straight out of the bowl.  Luckily, and a bit surprisingly, there was enough frosting to pile high on all the cupcakes and with a sprinkling of mini chocolate chips, these cookie cupcakes were ready for a hungry stomach and a glass of milk.

Cupcake Ingredients
1 1/2 cups            butter
1 1/2 cups            brown sugar (I did say these were sugar-full!)
4                       eggs
2 2/3 cups          flour
1 tsp                   baking powder
1 tsp                   baking soda
1/4 tsp                salt
1 cup                  milk
2 tsp                  vanilla
1 bag                  chocolate chips

Frosting Ingredients
1 1/2 cups            butter
3/4 cup              brown sugar (just can't get enough!)
3 1/2 cups           powdered sugar
1 cup                  flour
3/4 tsp               salt (or 1/2 tsp if you prefer!)
3 tbsp                milk
2 1/2 tsp             vanilla
+ a few handfuls of mini chocolate chips for decoration :)

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.  Line cupcake trays with paper cupcake liners.
3.  Cream together butter and sugar for cupcakes.

4.  Mix in eggs, one at a time.
5.  Mix in dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt).
6.  Mix in milk and vanilla.
7.  Toss chocolate chips in a small handful of flour so they don't sink to the bottom!
8.  Stir in chocolate chips.
9.  Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full.

10.  Bake for 18-20 minutes.
11.  Let cool, if you can!
12.  Meanwhile, get started on the frosting by creaming together butter and sugar.
13.  Mix in powdered sugar.
14.  Mix in flour and salt.
15.  Mix in milk and vanilla.
16.  Frost the cupcakes, and don't forget to taste a spoon or two for quality control :)
17.  Sprinkle each cupcake with mini chocolate chips immediately after frosting to make sure they stick.

18.  Enjoy your tongue twisting chocolate chip cookie cupcakes with brown sugar frosting and chocolate chips on top!