Sweet morsels of delicious Oreo cookies embedded in rich chocolate cupcakes, and topped with a cream cheese frosting. Plus, there’s a hidden surprise at the bottom! Can you say OMG! so good!?
Makes: 24 cupcakes Total time: 25-30 minutes plus cooling time
Ingredients
- 1 pkg (14.3 oz) Oreo Creme Sandwich Cookies (regular)
- 1 pkg Devil’s Food Cake Mix
- 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pkg (14.3 oz) Oreo Creme Sandwich Cookies (or Mini Oreos), for decoration, optional (you won’t need all the cookies)
- cupcake paper liners
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners in cupcake pans.
- Mix cake mix according to directions on package. Set aside.
- Place one Oreo Cookie in the bottom of each cupcake liner.
- Coarsely chop half of the remaining cookies; fold gently into cake mix. Fill cupcake liners with the mix.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or as directed on cake mix package (cupcakes are done when a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean).
For the frosting: In a medium size bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar and blend well. Place remaining Oreo cookies into a food processor and pulse until fine. Add to cream mixture, blending well.
Note: if frosting is too runny add a little more powdered sugar slowly, blending after each addition to test consistency. After cupcakes are completely cool, spread or pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Decorate with additional Oreo cookies (regular or mini size), if desired. You can also decorate the base of the frosting with a little finely crushed Oreo cookie.
If cream cheese frosting isn’t your thing, you can always make a cookies and butter cream frosting: Mix together 1 cup unsalted butter with 3-3 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar. Add coarsely chopped Oreo cookies (use about 24 cookies), and gently blend together.
