Chocolate Twinkies

This is a lot like Hostess cupcakes. It is fun to see the surprise on faces when they bite into one for the first time. I get many requests for this. I found this recipe in the St Peters Lutheran Church of Columbus , IN, cookbook.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 12-14 cup cakes

Ingredients

• 1  box  chocolate cake mix
• 1⁄3 cup evaporated milk
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2⁄3 cup  Crisco (white)
• 1  pinch salt
• 5  tablespoons powdered sugar
•  chocolate frosting

Directions

1. Bake your favorite chocolate cupcakes, cool completely.
2. Beat remaining ingredients with electric mixer on highest speed for 5 minutes or more.
3. Add 5 tbsp powdered sugar.
4. Beat until mixed in well.
5. Use a medium tip (for cake decorating) to make a hole in the top of the cupcake and push some of the filling inside.
6. Frost with chocolate frosting.