Easy Oreo Cupcakes {With Cake Mix}

Easy, soft and moist chocolate Oreo cupcakes with cake mix recipe (cookies and cream cupcakes), homemade with simple ingredients. Paired with Oreo buttercream frosting and has an Oreo bottom. Full of chocolate and vanilla flavors.

If you love Oreos and chocolate as much as me, you will fall in love with today's recipe. These are great as a dessert or snack and perfect for birthday parties. Kids are crazy about the Oreo bottom and we never have leftovers. These are just as delicious as my Easy Chocolate Oreo Cake (Layer Cake) and Cookies and Cream Cake and of course this Refrigerator Cake (Chocolate Oreo Icebox Cake)

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• Key ingredients
• Variations
• How to make easy chocolate Oreo cupcakes recipe with cake mix box?
• Tips and techniques
• Recipe FAQs
• Storage
• More Oreo desserts
• Recipe

Key ingredients

Variations

• To help cut the sweetness- Use a slightly tangy frosting like Cream Cheese Frosting or Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting but be sure to mix in ½-3/4 cups Oreo crumbs. Add a little more milk or water to get the desired piping consistency.
• After cupcakes have baked, you can fill the centers. Check out this post on How to Make Filled Cupcakes (Stuffed Cupcakes) if you have never done this before. Some filling options include thick caramel sauce, Biscoff cookie butter, Nutella, chocolate ganache (LINKS)
• Pair with other frosting flavors- Such as ....mocha buttercream espresso coffee, biscoff frosting, nutella frosting...LINKS and proper titles...
• Add a drizzle on top of frosted cupcakes- This takes them over the top and makes them look so gourmet, fancy and bakery style. Try this Hot Fudge Sauce (Chocolate), Nutella Syrup (2 Ingredients), Easy Maple Glaze For Cake (Drizzle Icing), Chocolate Gravy and of course this Easy Chocolate Glaze.
• Try other cake mix flavors- Such as strawberry, red velvet, yellow, french vanilla.
• Make mini cupcakes- Use a mini cupcake pan, mini liners and mini cookies.
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How to make easy chocolate Oreo cupcakes recipe with cake mix box?

Tips and techniques

• All ingredients must be at room temperature to allow all everything to blend together smoothly and evenly.
• You can either use Devil's Food cake mix or chocolate cake mix. They both yield very good results.
• I have tested this recipe with the following brands and they all yielded great results: Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines.
• Don't replace oil with butter- Because butter will make these cupcakes very dense.
• You must use the dry pudding mix- Not the prepared Snack Pack pudding cups.
• Use full fat sour cream-Because it makes them very rich, soft and moist.
• Chocolate chips are optional- But add an extra boost of chocolate flavor. However, be sure to use mini chocolate chips instead of regular sized ones to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the liners during baking. Check out this post on How to Stop Chocolate Chips From Sinking.
• Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting them, in order to prevent the frosting from melting and making a sticky mess.
• If the frosting is too thick, thin it out by mixing in a little more milk or heavy cream.
• If the frosting is too thin, thicken it out by mixing in a little more powdered sugar.
• You must use a combination of butter and shortening for the frosting because that makes it more stable, especially in warm weather.
• Use unsalted butter in frosting to prevent it from becoming too salty.
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Recipe FAQs

• Can I put an Oreo in the bottom of a cupcake?
• Can I add crushed Oreos to a box cake mix?
• Why are my cupcakes dry and crumbly?
• Why did my cupcakes sink in the middle?
• Will the Oreos bottoms become soggy? Surprisingly they don't. They become slightly soft but don't disintegrate and still hold their shape and their crunch. It's a fun surprise for guests.

Storage

• Refrigerate- In a sealed container for up to 3 days.
• Freeze- Cupcakes and frosting can be stored in individual sealed containers for up to 1 month. When you are ready to enjoy them, thaw to room temperature and assemble, per my instructions.
• Room temperature- These can stay out for 3-5 hours away from direct sunlight, heat and moisture.
• Make ahead- These can easily be made 1 day in advance.

More Oreo desserts

• Easy Oreo Turkey Cookies (Candy Corn)
• How to Make Oreo Pie Crust (No Bake)
• Fudgy Oreo Brownies (Easy)
• Oreo Fudge (Cookies and Cream Fudge)
• Chocolate Covered Oreos (Dipped Oreos)

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