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Dirt Cupcakes

Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake:

  • 1 Box Devil's Food or Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 1 small box chocolate pudding mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 C. oil
  • 1 C. buttermilk or milk
  • 1/4 C. sour cream
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 13 Oreos 1 sleeve, roughly chopped

Chocolate Buttercream:

  • 1 C. butter softened
  • 3/4 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 Tbsp. milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3-4 C. powdered sugar

26 Oreos crushed

Gummi Worms

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pan with cupcake liners.
  2. 2. Sift cake mix and pudding mix together into a small bowl and set aside.
  3. 3. In a large bowl combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, sour cream and vanilla extract until smooth.
  4. 4. Stir in cake mix and pudding mix.
  5. 5. Fold in chopped Oreos.
  6. 6. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 16-22 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  7. 7. Buttercream: Beat butter for 2 minutes. Add cocoa powder, milk and vanilla extract. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency, add more milk if needed.
  8. 8. To Assemble: Place a gummi worm on a cupcake, pipe a ring over it, place another gummy, pipe some more frosting....see the photo below. Then press your crushed Oreos into the frosting and top with a final worm.