Midnight Oreo Cupcakes

These sinfully delicious oreo cupcakes were made out of a whimp when my girlfriends came to stay overnight. The recipe is simple, delicious and it hides a little secret!!

Since it was a spontaneous decision, I resorted for the belgian chocolate cake mix I found in Dominique's..oh well, the cupcakes tasted just as good! Maybe I would try to make some from scratch next time.

Ingredients:
cupcake 
1 belgian chocolate cake mix (any brand)
vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

butter cream
1 package of oreo cookies
2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature
vanilla extract 1 tsp
3 cups of powder sugar
5 ml of milk

Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix packaged cake mix according to directions (do not bake).
2. Take 1/2 bag of cookies, take off the half of oreo cookie (without cream) and put them in a zip lock bag. Crush them with the rolling pin. Keep the other halves with cream aside.
3.  Line cupcake tins with liner, place a regular size Oreo cookie (the other halves with cream) in the bottom of each liner. 
4. Take 1/2 bag of remaining cookies and chop coarsely and add to cake mix. 
5. Fill the cupcake tins 2/3 full. Bake for 15 minutes (or according to box directions). While cupcakes are baking make the frosting.

Frosting

1. Use electric mixer in medium speed, cream butter and sugar until stiff and fluffy
2. add vanilla extract and milk until cream (add liquid 1 tsp at a time, make sure the frosting doesn't get too runny)
3. Mix in chopped oreo cookies in the frosting

Decoration

1. cool cupcakes on the rack 
2. pipe frosting on cupcakes 
3. garnish cupcakes with oreo crumbs and quarter oreo pieces/mini oreos (optional)