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oreo cupcake on a wire rack with cookie pieces
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5 from 1 vote

Best Homemade Oreo Cupcakes

These Homemade Oreo Cupcakes are the BEST! A moist and fluffy white cupcake filled with chunks of Oreo cookies and topped with an Oreo cream cheese frosting!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Cakes/Cupcakes, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Dessert
Servings: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes:

  • 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1½ cups buttermilk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1⅓ cups granulated white sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped Oreo cookie pieces about 8-10 Oreo cookies

For the Oreo Frosting:

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup finely crushed Oreo cookie crumbs from about 6-8 Oreo cookies
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 12 Oreo cookies, halved for decoration

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° degrees F. Line 2 muffin pans with 24 paper liners; set aside.
  • In a medium/large bowl, combine the oil, buttermilk, egg whites, and vanilla and whisk until combined. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt and whisk until combined. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix on medium-low speed until combined and smooth, about 90 seconds. Stir in the Oreo chunks until combined.
  • Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 - 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist, but not wet, crumbs. Cool the cupcakes completely.
  • For the frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together until fluffy and smooth, about 1 minute. Add in the confectioners' sugar gradually until frosting is light and fluffy. Stir in 1/2 cup of the finely crushed Oreo crumbs and mix until just barely combined.
  • Pipe or spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. Garnish with the remaining Oreo cookie crumbs and top with an Oreo cookie half. Please note that if you're piping the frosting onto the cupcakes as high as it is in the photos, you may need to double the recipe.

Notes

This recipe was tested using regular Oreos. Double Stuf may be used as well.