Saturday 11 May 2013

The Ultimate Oreo Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcake

Rita, a talented and creative baker I know from a Facebook cooking group shared a delicious looking Oreo cupcake on the group's wall and I knew I had to try it! Here, two Oreo cookies are sandwiched with a generous amounts of peanut butter and then baked in the ultimate Oreo chocolate cupcake. It sounds sinful, but it's one of those desserts you'll forget the calories for, especially if you are a chocolate and Oreo lover. 

It's very easy to do but it'll be easier to visualise what I'm talking about through these step-by-step photos:


Spread a generous amount of peanut butter on each Oreo cookie and stack them in twos.



Place the pair of stacked cookie in a paper cup in a muffin tray.


Pour the chocolate batter over the Oreo cookies. Here's my daughter helping me with this. It's such an easy cupcake idea that kids can easily do it themselves!


Make sure the Oreo cookies are well covered, and bake them till the chocolate batter is done.


The Oreo cookie isn't as crispy as it was out of the box, but the Oreo, peanut butter and chocolate cake combination is extremely delicious! I really love this simple yet interesting cupcake idea and was thinking of making it for my daughter's birthday celebration in school. I am almost certain all the kids would be thrilled to bite into a chocolate cupcake with Oreos and peanut butter hidden inside!


The Ultimate Oreo Chocolate Cupcake (14 cupcakes)
Inspired by Rita, who was inspired by Inspiration World

Ingredients
  • 28 Oreo Biscuits
  • Peanut Butter, more or less depending on your preference
  • Any Chocolate batter (see recipe below for what I used)
Method
  • Place paper cup into a muffin tin.
  • Spread peanut butter on top of each oreo, and stack them up in twos.
  • Place each set of two into a muffin cup.
  • Fill each cup with chocolate batter till the top of the Oreo is covered.
  • Bake at an oven pre-heated to 175*C for about 12-14 minutes.
  • Let the cupcakes cool and enjoy!

Chocolate Batter Recipe
From Martha Stewart's One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcake

Ingredients
  •  3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup warm water 
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk (I added 3/4 tbsp of lemon juice to milk to make buttermilk)
  • 3 tablespoons safflower oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
  • Sift together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. 
  • Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth, about 3 minutes. 
  • Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl to assure batter is well mixed.

Bake Along is a bi-monthly blog hop hosted by Joyce of Kitchen FlavoursLena of Her Frozen Wings and Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids



38 comments:

  1. Hi Mich, what a wonderful idea! My hubby loves Oreos as well as chocolate, so I am guessing he will love this.

    Btw, Happy Mother's Day to you my dear friend xoxo

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  2. Hi Mich,
    Such a wonderful and creative idea! My kids would go ga-ga for these, they love Oreo!
    Thank you for linking to Bake-Along!
    Happy Mother's Day!

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  3. Love this creation. Can let my kids have fun with it in the kitchen.
    Happy Mother's Day!

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  4. These cupcakes look amazing! photographed very well too! I like the stripy look!

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  5. o my lord...these look seriously rich..gosh, they are calorie bombs. But you know what? I LOVE them! Peanut butter and chocolate...mmm...life is so beautiful.

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  6. OMG - these look so good. Very clever idea.

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  7. Gosh tha is one craving curbing, Oreo -peanut butter lover dream cupcake Mich! Haha, I love it too! Thanks for sharing this, fab idea. Happy Mother's Day to u my friend!

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  8. You are right Mich, this is ultimate chocolate cupcake, I love this.

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  9. These are nice cupcakes with oreo and i'm sure that chicken love this.

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  10. Wow, that looks like an absolute winner! Definitely would be a hit with kids. :D Bookmarking this to try!

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  11. Mich, Oreo, peanut butter and chocolate are all my favorite. Love these unique cupcakes!

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  12. wow, that's a superb idea and looks easy too! worth putting on the calories! LOL! thanks again for your submission and happy mother's day to you!

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  13. Darn ! Those cupcakes look SINFUL :D Such a wonderful and delicious combo !

    Happy Mother's Day , Mich !!!!

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  14. So decadent! Happy Mother's Day!

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  15. Yum! I think this is a marvelous idea for a cupcake.

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  16. Indeed, this is the ultimate oreo chocolate cupcake! The layers of the oreo biscuits & peanut butter look so delicious that it made me feel like grabbing one from the screen right now! A very clever recipe which has saved lots of time in making layers for cupcakes! Like it!

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  17. Looks so rich and yummy.

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  18. What to say: this is sooo tempting! A real treat for proper chocolate lovers. This would def. help to start the week with a smile :-)

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  19. Good grief that looks too good to be true!

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  20. So decadent: yummmmmmy :)))

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  21. Oh yes please! Anything with oreos tempts me...especially when it involves more chocolate! I wish I had one of these now! I'm too tired to bake tonight, but maybe I can make this happen tomorrow morning! Thank you for sharing!

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  22. Mich, I love oreo, must try adding oreo and peanut in, looks very sinful and delicious.

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  23. Great idea,
    my kinda simple and fancy sweet bite!!!
    i guess this is never gonna be failed...

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  24. WOW! These not only sound delicious but look so heavenly too! We're OREO fan & I must give this a go ASAP! Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe!

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  25. I love your creativity...looks great these cupcakes, soft cake and crunchy oreo cookies...yum!
    Have a wonderful week :)

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  26. Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is very addictive, very funny and very good too. Thank you Mich, I love this recipe.

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  27. Hi Mich, wow.... this look really delectable and it sure taste heavenly. Great combination, got coffee to go with your this cupcakes? :)

    Have a nice week ahead.

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  28. OMG Mich - these are look heavenly!!

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  29. Such an amazing idea...looks so sinful

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  30. This is an awesome idea and sounds so easy to make. I am sure my teenage boys and all of their hungry friends would love these. I guess it is time for me to get baking this weekend. Take Care, BAM

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  31. OMG! this is utterly delicious, Mich!
    I was literally drooling over the pics :)
    great idea!

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  32. Mich,
    This looks so heavenly!!
    Simply love it!!

    mui

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  33. Ooooo ... these are awesome.

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  34. I think you just make all of us drool like crazy! How cool is that Oreos are inside these cupcakes!

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  35. Hi Mich,

    I'm back now at Melbourne. Can't believe Singapore has changed so much again within this 6 months...

    Your ultimate PB chocolate cupcakes look wonderful. After this trip, I can double confirmed that home baked / cooked is always the best. Sad that the fact that most Singaporeans eat out most of the time. Good that you are baking and cooking well for your family.

    Zoe

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  36. Oh Wow! These look incredible Mich. I wish you could throw me one through the screen...

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  37. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, I surely will give it a tryn :)

    XoXo
    http://abudhabifood.blogspot.com

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  38. If I don't add buttermilk, is it okay?

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