I haven’t made cupcakes in over a month. Can you believe it?!
These Cookies & Cream Cupcakes are my new favorite cupcakes. I love all things cookies and cream – ice cream, Hershey’s bars, everything – so of course I love these. They have a white cake base with chopped Oreo’s stirred in and they also sit on half an Oreo cookie. Cream cheese frosting and more Oreo’s for decoration make them one of the best looking cupcakes I’ve ever made.
My husband said they were like “a quadruple stuffed Oreo” because the cream cheese frosting really does taste like the Oreo cream! I cannot wait to make these again!
📖 Recipe
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 24 Oreo halves with cream filling attached
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 8 tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 ⅔ cup sugar
- 3 large egg whites at room temperature
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 20 Oreo cookies coarsely chopped
For the frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
- 6 tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 2 tbsp. heavy cream
For the garnish:
- 24 Oreo cookie halves
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350F. Line the wells of two cupcake pans with 24 paper liners. Place an Oreo halve in the bottom of each liner, cream side up. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir together with a fork to blend and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar and beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Blend in the egg whites one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, beat in half of the dry ingredients just until incorporated. Add the milk and beat just until combined, then mix in the remaining dry ingredients. Gently fold in the chopped Oreos with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated, being careful not to over-mix.
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Evenly divide the batter between the prepared cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pans 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make the frosting, combine the cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Blend in the vanilla extract. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar until incorporated and smooth, 1-2 minutes. Add the heavy cream to the bowl and beat on medium-low speed just until incorporated, then increase the speed to medium-high and whip for 4 minutes until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
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Frost the cooled cupcakes as desired. Garnish with Oreo halves.
Yvonne says
Can you use this recipe for mini cucakes? Thanks!!! These look great!
amanda says
Yeah, I’m sure you could. They even make those cute tiny Oreos that would fit perfectly in a mini liner! Just make sure you watch them when they’re in the oven – I’m not sure how long they would need to bake. Let me know if you try it! :)
Cookin' Canuck says
Oh my, these sound fantastic. I would have to battle my two boys for a bite of these treats.
Ann says
Great Cupcakes! Made them for my sons birthday and they were a HUGE hit!!! Thanks for sharing!!! : )
Rachelle says
Hello there!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I made these on Sunday and they are so delicious. Everything is just so RIGHT about them except for I halved the sugar.
Anyways I was just wondering what tip you used for the frosting?
I was always wondering how to make it so perfect and pretty like that… any suggestions?
Thanks again!
amanda says
Thank you! I used a giant star tip for the frosting. My only other tip is to make sure your frosting is pretty stiff! :)
Thanks so much for commenting and I’m glad you enjoyed the cupcakes!
Lillebi says
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I baked these today and felt like living in cupcake heaven. But I have to admit that I cut the sugar in half.
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Taylor says
I made these cupcakes today and they are the most amazing, sweetest cupcakes ever! Thanks for the great recipe. It was so easy to make and incredible once done. I have never had cupcake batter that smelled SO GOOD! And, the icing is the best cream cheese icing ever. You really out did yourself with this one.
Again, THANKS for sharing!