Dark chocolate cupcakes topped with minty green cookies and cream frosting, then drizzled with melted chocolate and crushed oreos. These Mint Cookies and Cream Oreo Cupcakes are a mouthful, but so worth it!
Quick…what’s your favorite ice cream? If you don’t say Mint Chocolate Chip, you’ve lost some points with me. It’s seriously the best ice cream ever. I mean, you get fresh breath afterwards. That’s pretty awesome. I’ve been wanting to make cupcakes with big scoops of “ice cream” looking frosting for a while now, and since March is bringing out all the minty treats, a chocolate mint cupcake was a no brainer!
I know I totally missed the mark with not posting these within the first two weeks of March. But here they are! In all their minty oreo glory! Mint Cookies and Cream Oreo Cupcake glory that is 🙂
Mint Cookies and Cream Oreo Cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed light-brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup brewed coffee
- ¼ cup buttermilk
Mint Oreo Frosting
- 1 cup softened butter
- 4-6 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 drops peppermint extract
- 1-2 tbs milk
- 1-2 drops green food dye
- crushed Oreos
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 F and line your cupcake pan.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- With an electric mixer on low, add in vegetable oil, cream, egg and vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated.
- Pour in coffee and beat some more.
- Add in buttermilk and mix until just combined.
- Fill your cupcake liners ⅔ full and bake for 16-18 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Set aside to cool.
Mint Oreo Frosting
- Beat softened butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar one cup at a time until blended.
- Add the milk, peppermint extract, and food dye and mix on high until light and fluffy.
- Add a little more sugar if you would like it stiffer.
- Add the crushed oreos and mix until everything is mixed.
Some more goodies:
Oh, YUM! My boys love oreos and mint! That is a totally delish combo and they’d devour this in a minute. 🙂
Amy, make sure you grab a few for yourself!
I am seriously salivating here over these cupcakes. You have baked them to perfection & I CANNOT get enough of the combination of mint, oreo & chocolate.
Glad your back! These look amazing. My top three ice cream flavors would have to be mint chocolate chip, bubblegum, and graham cracker. I have a weird palate. That big scoop of frosting is making me want all of these right now.
That frosting piled high is giving me life! So yum 🙂 Cookies and cream and mint!? YUM.
Wow! These cupcakes look amazing. I love the look of the frosting. Do you do that with a cookie scoop?
Lauren, I actually used an ice cream scoop to get that big ball of frosting!
oh my gooooooooeyness. These look amazing!! And on my birthday too!?! Can you please teleport me 24 of these!?!? hahaha
OMG . . . Speechless!!!!! Amazing 🙂
Oh my goodness, yummy. Our grandchildren will love this oreo treat. Hugs!
Oh my goodness, I’m scrolling down and your treats are making me hungry! These look awesome! Oh, and mint chocolate chip is at the top of my ice cream list… 🙂
Thanks Lexi! Best Ice cream flavor ever 🙂