quadruple oreo cupcakes

I am a pinterest addict. There are soooo many recipes on there! I think I spent the majority of my Christmas break poring over all of the ideas and making a baking bucket list. When I found these, I simply had to make
them.



Don't they look awesome?? There's a whole Oreo in the bottom, Oreos in the chocolate cake mix, Oreos in the frosting, AND an Oreo on top. Chocolate heaven. In a cupcake.

The recipe comes from instructables.com. I tweaked it a bit, learned a few things, and will definitely be making these Oreo⁴ cupcakes again.

Ingredients:
For cupcakes:

• 1 package regular Oreos (some of these are going in the frosting
  
• 1 package mini Oreos
  
• 1 box Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix (Duncan Hines is the best for chocolate cakes. All I use. ;)
  
• 1 1/3 cups water
  
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• cupcake liners (optional)

For frosting:
*I alwalys use Wilton's buttercream. This is their recipe. It makes for a pretty stiff frosting, so for cupcakes they recommend adding 1-2 tbsp of corn syrup. I was out, so I just added a little extra milk.*

• 1/2 cup Crisco (just the regular kind. NOT butter flavor. Trust me, butter flavored Crisco will not make for good frosting. I might have tried it before. :P)
  
• 1/2 cup butter
  
• 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
  
• 1 tsp. vanilla
  
• 2 tbsp. milk
  

Pretty simple to start. Just follow the instructions on the box and make the cake mix. Just don't bake it yet! We have to get our oreos in there ;)

First off, line your muffin tin with cupcake liners. If you're not using liners, make sure and spray the pan! Put an oreo in the bottom of each one.

Now, this is where I went wrong with this recipe. You're supposed to take half of the remaining oreos (I had 15) and chop them up to put them in the batter. I used a blender.

Not too shabby looking...but I think I went a little blender crazy. You coudln't really taste the Oreos once they baked. Think I'll be using a knife for round two.

I thought I took pictures of everything. In fact, as I was making these my sister was extremely curious as to why in the world I kept stopping every five minutes to take a picture. Somehow, I forgot pictures of the cupcakes before they got baked. Pretty simple though, just take the batter and fill 'em up!

Bake according to the directions on the package. Make sure you let them cool before moving on! Frosting hot cake is never fun.

Now for the frosting. I probably will go more into depth on this one day... but for now. I'm just going to post a link. Wilton's got it made. http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing

Once you have it all mixed and whatnot, put your leftover Oreos in the blender and go to town. Mix your cookie crumbs in your frosting, fill a piping bag, swirl and viola! Quadruple oreo cupcakes. Top with the little oreos for decoration. ;)

-Amber  ♥