The Oreo cookie. It truly is our second love. It may come from a box and been baked by the mysterious Mr. Christie, but wow! They are good. Both of us could easily polish off a box of these bad boys in one sitting (with a tall glass of milk, of course). So it wasn't a stretch for us to test a Cookies and Cream Cupcake recipe. Chock full of Oreo cookies. We found a recipe that looked tasty and here is the result. A real treat!
Unfortunately the frosting portion of the recipe was a bust. Terrible. Too sugary, and overpowered the real star of the show. The Oreo! So I went back to our old faithful of frostings, which is the light and airy Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Much better. Almost mimics the creamy Oreo center.
I took a plate minis of this cupcake to my son's preschool Christmas concert party, and they were devoured within minutes. And I can't remember exactly how many I ate during the day. All in all, I would say they were a success!
After all these accolades, the jury is still out on if we'll be adding these to the line-up of offerings. We still have a little cost calculating to do before committing to baking them for the masses.
