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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 50 min
  • Servings 16
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These Cookies and Cream Cupcakes get their crunch from Hershey's™ Cookies 'n' Creme cereal!
by: Baker Peabody
Updated Apr 5, 2018

Ingredients

CUPCAKES

  • 1 (15.25 ounce) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ milk chocolate cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 1/3 cup milk or water

FROSTING

  • 1/2 cup Hershey’s™ Cookies 'n' Creme cereal
  • 10 chocolate sandwich cookie pieces (filling removed)
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons milk to thin

GARNISH

  • Hershey’s™ Cookies 'n' Creme cereal
  • 16 mini chocolate sandwich cookies
  • 16 Hershey's® milk chocolate bar pieces (works out to 2 full bars, broken)

Steps

  • 1
    Prepare cake mix according to directions on the back of the box.
  • 2
    Prepare muffin pans with liners.
  • 3
    Using an ice cream scoop, divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
  • 4
    Bake according to the cake mix box directions.
  • 5
    Place cereal and Oreo™ cookie pieces into a large plastic bag that can be sealed. Using a rolling pin, crush the ingredients until they are finely ground. You need it to be pretty ground up or else it will make the frosting too chunky. Set crumbs aside for now.
  • 6
    While cupcakes are cooling, prepare frosting. Beat butter for a few minutes on medium speed in a mixer with the paddle attachment.
  • 7
    Add 3 cups of powdered sugar and turn your mixer on the lowest speed (so the sugar doesn’t blow everywhere) until the sugar has been incorporated with the butter.
  • 8
    Increase mixer speed to medium and add vanilla extract, salt, and 2 tablespoons of milk, and beat for 3 minutes. If your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add remaining sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add remaining milk, 1 tablespoons at a time.
  • 9
    Add crushed cookie and cereal mix to the frosting and beat until fully incorporated.
  • 10
    Place frosting into a piping bag (or spread on with a knife). Frost all cupcakes.
  • 11
    Decorate cupcakes with extra cereal, mini Oreo™ cookies and Hershey's™ chocolate pieces.

Nutrition Information

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More About This Recipe

  • Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme cereal finds its way into this yummy frosting, piled high on decadent chocolate cupcakes. Ooo-la-la!

    If you are like me, you love any chance to get a little dessert into your breakfast. Enter Hersey’s Cookies 'n' Creme Cereal.  While it’s amazing in a bowl with milk, I decided it would also make a great cupcake frosting!

    So with the help of a Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ cake mix, I introduce to you these yummy Cookies and Cream Cupcakes. You’ll wanna have plenty of milk around when you serve ‘em up!

    To make the cupcakes:

    Gather ingredients.

    Prepare cake mix according to directions on the back of the box.

    Prepare muffin pans by lining with cupcake liners. Using an ice cream scoop, divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake according to the cake mix box directions.

    Place cereal and chocolate sandwich cookie pieces into a large plastic bag that can be sealed. Using a rolling pin, crush the ingredients until they are finely ground. You need it to be pretty ground up or else it will make the frosting too chunky.

    While cupcakes are cooling, prepare frosting. If your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add remaining sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add remaining milk 1 tablespoon at a time.

    Add crushed cookie and cereal mix to the frosting.

    Place frosting into a piping bag and frost cupcakes (or spread on with a knife).

    Decorate cupcakes with extra cereal, mini chocolate sandwich cookies, and Hersey's chocolate squares.

    Then get out the milk and enjoy!

    Make These the Easy Way

    Is cookies and cream flavor your thing? Then you're gonna love this: Betty Crocker and the Hershey company have teamed up to bring you Betty Crocker Hershey's Cookies 'n Creme cake mix and frosting mix. Believe it -- it's real!

    So take it easy today and look for those at the store to get a head start on these cupcakes. Yes, absolutely -- you can still add the crumbled cereal and chocolate sandwich cookies from this recipe to the ready-to-eat frosting...nom!)

    Peabody loves ice hockey (she plays!) and all things baking! Check out her great stuff at her blog site Culinary Concoctions by Peabody and her Tablespoon profile.
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