Oreo Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

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Oreo Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are oreo-bottomed chocolate cupcakes with oreo peanut butter frosting!

So I posted a picture of these on Instagram…..HOLYBALLS. You guys get bossy for recipes love cupcakes!

I took the hint from the thousands of you begging asking for the recipe, SO! Here it is. My soup recipe will just have to wait until Monday.

I know I know. I was upset about it too. 

I’m not gonna mess around with my random life chit chat and get straight to the point before you find out where I live and come threaten me by gun-point….or whisk-point?! Either is equally dangerous, I’m sure.

Here’s how you make them:

Start out by grabbing all your ingredients for some chocolate cupcake batter. And now is about the time I explain what is up with my lovely iPhone photos. My 5 year old *insisted* she take my pictures for me since she was my child labor helper for the day. So these have Brooke written all over them. Enjoy.

For these cupcakes, I used this recipe, but halved it and added a 1/2 teaspoon baking powder to get a little more lift in the batter, but feel free to use a favorite chocolate cake recipe you have…or just get a box mix. Whatevs. My Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe would have been perfect for this. Not quite sure why I didn’t just use that one….I’m an odd duck.

Once your batter is done, pour it over some paper lined, oreo filled muffin cups.

And here marks the spot where Brooke got bored with her life/my bad jokes and gave up on this recipe.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Once you have all 18 muffin cups filled 3/4 way full, pop into a preheated oven and bake according to whatever recipe you decided to use.

And just like that, cupcakes!! Pop them onto a cooling rack to cool off faster!

While those are cooling, grind up some oreos for the frosting. Yes, friends…we’re stirring cookies into our peanut butter frosting.

Let the drooling commence.

I used a blender to grind these babies up but a food processor or knife and cutting board would work just as well.

So, for the actual frosting part, place your powdered sugar, butter, peanut butter and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Stir this together for a minute or two to disperse the butters around. Then drizzle in about 3 tablespoons of milk to get a light and creamy frosting.

It should look something like this. This is GREAT pb frosting as is, but because I’m me, I take things one step further so…….

dump in those cookie crumbs!

Stir these in for a hot second and voila! You’re ready to go. Top each cupcake generously with this peanut butter Oreo frosting.

Then for the glaze, simply melt a little peanut butter and maple syrup together until smooth.

Like so! Drizzle this over each frosted cupcake and top with an Oreo.

And just like that, you have amazing peanut buttery cookies and cream cupcakes.

Everything about these is delicious, but my favorite part is absolutely hands down this ridiculous frosting. It is seriously TO.DIE.FOR. Heaven on a cupcake….or spoon 😉

I’m not positive, but I’m 98.2% sure you need these in your life. Sweet, a little salty, really chocolatey and just dreamy to sink your teeth into.

Here’s the printable for these little devils…be sure to give them a try soon!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Oreo Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Oreo Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are oreo bottomed chocolate cupcakes with oreo peanut butter frosting!

servings 18 cupcakes

Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

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Ingredients

• ▢ Any chocolate cake recipe I halved this one and added in 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 18 Oreo cookies

frosting:

• ▢ 1/2 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 3 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 3 tablespoons milk give or take 1 tablespoon
• ▢ 6 Oreo cookies crushed

peanut butter glaze:

• ▢ 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup real maple syrup
• ▢ Oreo cookies for garnish, if desired

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Instructions

• Line muffin tin with paper liners and drop an Oreo cookie into the bottom of each one. Set aside.
• Make chocolate cake batter according to package directions. Pour batter over each cookie, filling to 3/4 way full. Bake according to package directions or until toothpick comes out clean after inserted. Set aside to cool.
• For the frosting, whip butters, vanilla and powdered sugar together, slowly drizzling milk in to moisten. Once all the ingredients have come together into a frosting, whip 2 minutes 'til smooth and fluffy. Stir in oreo crumbs. Spread generously over cooled cupcakes.
• For the glaze, microwave peanut butter and maple syrup together for 30 seconds or until warmed and thinned out. {You don't want it too hot to melt the frosting.} Drizzle over each cake using a spoon or pour into a squeeze bottle and drizzle. Top with half a cookie and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 773kcal | Carbohydrates: 112g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 407mg | Potassium: 248mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 89g | Vitamin A: 169IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 11mg

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate peanut butter cupcakes