These cookies and cream cupcakes come together with an easy vanilla cupcake batter, plenty of chopped Oreo cookies, and creamy chocolate frosting. It’s like a slice of cookies & cream cake but with chocolate on top!
Tell Me About These Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
- Flavor: Today’s cookies and cream cupcakes are a flavorful adaptation of these very vanilla cupcakes. We’re skipping the extra vanilla flavor and folding heaps of chopped Oreo cookies right into the batter. Beyond that beloved Oreo cookie flavor, the frosting choice is up to you. You can frost them with smooth and silky milk chocolate buttercream, a frosting you may recognize from these chocolate cupcakes. We also love these cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, Swiss meringue buttercream and even chocolate peanut butter frosting.
- Texture: These cupcakes have a slightly denser and more buttery moist texture than my traditional vanilla cupcakes, which are made with creamed butter and sugar. Today’s cupcakes use melted butter which guarantees big buttery flavor and also allows us to easily mix the cupcake batter together by hand. Skip the egg yolks to ensure a fluffy crumb and don’t get nervous about crunchy cookies inside your cupcakes—the Oreo cookie pieces soften into a lovely cakey texture.
- Ease: This is a really easy cupcake recipe because the batter comes together in a flash. There’s really no crazy ingredients involved and if decorating with piping tips isn’t your thing, just use a knife to pile the frosting on top.
Overview: How to Make Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
The full printable recipe is below, but let’s quickly walk through it so you understand each step before getting started.
Avoid Greasy Cupcakes
I receive a lot of questions about keeping cupcake liners grease-free. My team and I have discovered that it really depends on the recipe. If the cupcake batter is filled with fat like oil or butter, grease could penetrate into the liners as the baked cupcakes cool. Greasy cupcakes are quite messy to eat and serve! Today’s cookies and cream cupcakes recipe calls for ½ cup of butter per 15 cupcakes and, while they’re certainly moist, they aren’t dripping with grease.
But we have another secret: we often use greaseproof liners. When shopping for cupcake liners, look for “greaseproof” on the package.
If You Love Oreos, You’ll Enjoy These Oreo Dessert Recipes:
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Cookies & Cream Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Ingredients You’ll Need
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a 12-count muffin pan with liners. This recipe yields about 15 cupcakes, so you’ll have a 2nd batch with only 3. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together until combined. Set aside. In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Whisk in the granulated sugar. Mixture will be thick. Vigorously whisk in the egg whites, yogurt, milk, and vanilla until combined and uniform in texture. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until no lumps remain. Gently fold in the Oreos.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Bake for 10 minutes if making mini cupcakes. Allow to cool.
- Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy—about 2 minutes. This creates a creamy base for the frosting. Turn speed to LOW and slowly add 3 cups of confectioners’ sugar, the cocoa powder, and salt. Beat until sugar/cocoa are absorbed into the butter, about 2 minutes. Turn mixer to medium speed and add the vanilla and cream. Once added, turn the mixer to high speed and beat for 1 minute. Add the last 1/2 cup of confectioners’ sugar if you’d like to increase the frosting’s thickness. Pipe or spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. Top with Oreo crumbles.
- Store cupcakes at room temperature for up to 3 days and in the refrigerator up to 5. I recommend a cupcake carrier for storing and transporting decorated cupcakes.
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