Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I made these cupcakes for our 14 yr old's Birthday Party. I made this in cake form before. It's one of my most searched posts. She wanted teal frosting (to match her room & decorations). Sorry I don't have any other photos, I hurried and took these literally as guests were arriving. Every bite of these had an oreo cookie piece, yum. I frosted these with a big star tip #828 and added a gumball for decoration.

Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes
makes 28 cupcakes

2 c. sugar
1-3/4 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. Hershey's Cocoa
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 c. milk
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 c. boiling water
24 oreo cookies, chopped

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare cupcake baking pans.
-Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
-Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.

-Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).

-Fold in chopped oreos.

-Pour batter very carefully into prepared cupcake lined pans.

-Bake 18 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

-Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and place onto wire racks. Let cool before frosting (below).

with a black gumball on top

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 c. butter (softened)

16 oz. pkg cream cheese (softened)

8 c. (2 lb) confectioner's sugar
2 tsp Vanilla extract

Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and extract. Beat on high speed until smooth, light and fluffy. Add desired food coloring and mix well. Frost cooled cupcakes.

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