These Chocolate Candy Cane Oreo Cupcakes are the perfect combination of cookies and Christmas! Let’s be honest, Oreos go with just about anything but adding the candy cane crunch is just what Santa wants for Christmas!
I am so lucky to be working with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this Christmas season! They always have the most beautiful videos for this time of year to remind us all what it’s about. It’s not about how many fancy gifts we get, how well we can decorate our homes, outdoing the neighbors with our lighting displays or even the candy and cupcakes. It’s about taking more time love and cherish the people around us as Christ did while he was on the Earth.
Part of the challenge is that every day this month there is a new way we can #LightTheWorld . I was asked to talk about the 12th of December which is about teaching others. I decided to teach my cute little relatives down the street (my cousin’s kids) how to decorate cupcakes!
I usually just drop off a box full of treats, hang out for a few minutes and go on my way. But this time I surprised the kids by bringing a box full of decorating stuff and helped them to make their own cupcake creations. I would hold the bag and they would move the nozzle to make whatever sort of design they wanted!
Little Reuben was a champ!
He was very proud of his cupcake! But probably more excited to eat it…
Clementine started to eat her’s before I could even snap a photo!
Simon tried to eat the whole thing in one bite!
Phin’s turned out like something they would sell at the North Pole! So cute!
Their youngest sister was too little to decorate with us but I’m sure they got to taste the frosting…yum!
I am so lucky with live by my extended family. I have more than 60 first cousins on my mother’s side! Crazy, right? But it is the most fun! Family reunions are the event of the summer and we have so many different types of people who live around the world! We get together and hear stories about everyone’s adventures and time just flies by.
Today is the Worldwide Day of Service. What can you do to lighten someone’s burden today? It doesn’t have to be some grand gesture, it can simply be opening the door for something, dropping off a bag lunch to someone in need or spending time with a friend who may be lonely.
Or you can always make these Candy Cane Oreo Cupcakes to bring to someone 🙂
Candy Cane Oreo Cupcakes
Ingredients
- CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES:
- 20 Oreos
- 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil or melted butter
- 1 C. milk
- 1/2 C. sour cream
- OREO CANDY CANE FROSTING:
- 4 candy canes
- Oreos leftover from above
- 3/4 C. butter softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 3-4 C. powdered sugar
- milk if needed
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
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2. Twist Oreos to break apart and put the side with the most cream, cream-side up into each cupcake liner. (You'll put the batter on top of the Oreo later.)
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3. Sift cake mix to remove any lumps and add eggs, oil, milk and sour cream. Stir until smooth and fill cupcake liners 3/4 full over the Oreo halves.
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4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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5. Let cool.
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6. FROSTING: Finely crush candy canes (I used a blender) and finely crush the other half of the Oreos from the cake (the ones that didn't have as much cream on them). I used a sifter to shake the crushed candy canes and oreos so I only used the finest pieces. If you aren't going to use a piping bag, you don't need to do this.
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7. Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add powder sugar one cup at time until you get your desired consistency, add a little milk if it gets too thick. Fold in your finely crushed candy canes and Oreos.
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8. Frost cooled cupcakes and top with extra Oreos and larger crushed candy canes!
I love posting these behind the scenes shots because you get to see that I don’t have some fancy studio to take all my photos, just a small little office and some poster board is all it takes!
Hello!
I am wondering- how many cupcakes does this make? I can’t wait to try them tomorrow, they look fantastic!
Thanks for sharing!
-Jess
What size candy canes do you use? Small or large. I’m excited to try this recipe.
Wow it turns oreo so very familiar serve as cupcake decoration
These cupcakes were TO DIE FOR!!! I’m not really a peppermint fan per say but these cupcakes were scrumptious! Especially the frosting…. mmmmmmm… I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out amazing. One thing I was thrown off by was that the candy cane pieces I’d sprinkled on top started “melting” (from humidity or absorption of moisture from the frosting?). I was upset at first when I saw this but then everyone that ate them said they loved it that the candy cane pieces weren’t “rock hard”. THANK TOU SO MUCH for such an awesome recipe!!
Ps: just as an FYI to anone wondering how many cupcakes this recipe makes… I doubled the recipe and made 42 cupcakes (I still had extra batter and frosting left but wasn’t sure how much frosting I’d have so I stopped at 42 cupcakes)
Hey,
Just wondering are the eggs, milk, and oil/melted butter a part of the recipe, or are they the ingredients you used for the Devil’s Cake Mix. I want to try out this recipe right away, but without ruining the cupcakes!
Thank You,
Sukhmani
These cupcakes were to die for! They were so moist and the frosting was the perfect consistency. They made a little less than 24 cupcakes but I overfilled my cups a little. I stored them in the fridge overnight and took them out to thaw 2 hours before serving. They were a hit and still stayed so moist!
Even I had forgotten I put an Oreo at the bottom and was pleasantly surprised when I found it!
Is the oreo hard?
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They are amazing! Everyone at my school loves them!
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I tried it for my family and friends, this oreo cake is simple, easy to make and delicious too.
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