These Ultimate Oreo Cupcakes are triple-loaded with chocolate Oreo cookies and cream throughout! Make these for your next party or celebration with super easy ingredients and directions!
We frosted these fancy chocolate cupcakes (with chopped Oreos inside) with a simple, tempting Oreo Vanilla Frosting and we can't forget the Oreo cookie accessory on top with some decadent chocolate sauce!
Oreos are one of the most loved cookies ever! Is there a right way to eat these layered crunchy cocoa cookies sandwiched with a thick layer of cream inside?
Do you dunk or just gobble them down when they're in sight? The “twist, lick and dunk” method is the Oreo team’s winning choice. While fans might add their own steps to the process, twisting the cookie halves apart, trying the layer of cream and then dunking the Oreo into some milk is what the brand swears by.
Any way you eat them, it's all good! That's why we couldn't resist adding Oreos to cupcakes and frosting to give them a fun cookies and cream makeover! Talk about YUM!
Ingredients You Need for Oreo Cupcakes Recipe
Chocolate Cupcakes (Can also use my homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe)
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
+ ingredients (to make these a little healthier, sugar-free, gluten-free mixes can also be used)
- 36 Oreos
, chopped
Easiest Oreo Frosting
- 4 16 oz. tubs Vanilla Frosting
(Might be able to get away with 2 or 3 tubs, it just depends how much frosting you want, can also use sugar-free for healthier.)
- 10-20 Oreo Cookies crushed into crumbs (Add more or less as you wish)
For Homemade Oreo Frosting
- 10-15 Oreo Cookies
- 1 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
Toppings
- Drizzles Chocolate Sauce (I used Hershey's
, can also use hot fudge or chocolate ganache)
- 12 Oreos cut in half (24 cookie halves or whole cookies, can also use mini Oreos)
- Optional - Add some Sprinkles!!
How to Make Oreo Cupcakes the ULTIMATE way!
Oreo Cupcakes
- Preheat oven and make cupcake batter and add chopped Oreo cookies. Bake according to cake mix directions. Let cupcakes cool.
Oreo Frosting
- Using a mixer
, mix together the vanilla frosting and Oreo crumbs and place in pastry bag with large star tip for fancy swirl.
IF Making Homemade Oreo Frosting
- Crush Oreos into crumbs, if piping onto cupcakes, make sure the cookie chunks/crumbs aren't too big or they won't go through the star tip and plug it.
- Mix butter together with powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, until all blended, then add in vanilla and cream and mix together until creamy.
- Add crushed Oreo's and blend well.
- If mixture is too thick, add additional teaspoon of heavy cream one at a time until desired thickness is achieved.
- Place in pastry bag with large star tip
for fancy swirl.
Toppings
- Drizzle some chocolate sauce on top and place an Oreo cookie half on top of each cupcake. Add sprinkles if desired.
- Store covered at room temperature or refrigerated until ready to serve.
How good do these look with all that chocolate, cookies and cream going on? Wait until you taste them!
Oh Em GEEEE!!! More delish Desserts!
- Perfect Hershey's Chocolate Cupcakes
- Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
- Easy Caramel Apple Galette
- Oreo Cookie Dream Dessert
- Holiday Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies
- Ultimate Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
This Oreo Cupcake recipe is definitely awesome for Birthday celebrations, holiday parties and so easy for impressing with just using cake mix, Oreos and Oreo frosting with simple instructions!
Use a large star tip
More Fun Party Ideas!
- Oreo Chocolate Ganache Cheesecake
- Ultimate Kit Kat Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake Bars
- Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
- Raspberry Cream Jello Poke Cake
- Ultimate Baileys Chocolate Cream Pie
Oreo Cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes (for homemade chocolate cake, see above in post)
- 1 box chocolate cake mix + ingredients (sugar-free, gluten-free mixes can also be used)
- 36 Oreos, chopped
Easiest Oreo Vanilla Frosting (for homemade frosting, see in notes)
- 4 16 oz. tubs Vanilla Frosting Might be able to get away with 2 or 3 tubs, it just depends how much frosting you want.
- 10-20 Oreo Cookies crushed into crumbs
Toppings
- Drizzles Chocolate Sauce I used Hershey's, can also use hot fudge or chocolate ganache
- 12 Oreos cut in half
- Optional Sprinkles
Instructions
Oreo Cupcakes
- Preheat oven and make cupcake batter and add chopped Oreo cookies. Bake according to cake mix directions. Let cupcakes cool.
Oreo Vanilla Frosting
- Using a mixer, mix together the vanilla frosting and Oreo crumbs and place in pastry bag with large star tip for fancy swirl.
Toppings
- Drizzle some chocolate sauce on top and place an Oreo cookie half on top of each cupcake. Add sprinkles if desired.
- Store covered at room temperature or refrigerated until ready to serve.
Notes
- 10-15 Oreo Cookies
- 1 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- Crush Oreos into crumbs, if piping onto cupcakes, make sure the cookies aren't too big or they won't go through the star tip and plug it.
- Mix butter together with powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, until all blended, then add in vanilla and cream and mix together until creamy.
- Add crushed Oreo's and blend well.
- If mixture is too thick, add additional teaspoon of heavy cream one at a time until desired thickness is achieved.
Teresa Ambra says
Wow, Kim, these look so decadent!