#22: Cookies & Cream Cupcakes

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.

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In the Kids’ Cupcakes section of the book, there is a recipe for Cookies & Cream Cupcakes. Um, YUM!

You start by adding a bunch of crushed-up Oreo cookies to the vanilla batter.

Mix it all up…

And bake until they look like this:

LOOK at those yummy chunks of cookie. Fresh out of the oven, these cupcakes smelled a lot like cookies and cream ice cream, so I knew I was on the right track!

Then, you mix up a bunch of softened butter and cream cheese…

…and melt some white chocolate.

Cream the two together to make the most amazing white-chocolate icing to spread on your cupcakes. (It’s reminiscent of the cream filling in an Oreo).

Grab a heapin’ helping of mini Oreos.

Frost your cupcakes with the white chocolate icing and add a couple minis to decorate.

MMM.

Then, unwrap that sucker as fast as you can and dig in!!!