Do you dream in cookies and cream? + Oreo Buttercream RECIPE

Raise your hand if you love 

all things cookies and cream?! 

Okay. Put your hand back down and keep reading. 

Valentine's Day is all about getting smothered in favorite flavors. Whether you are smothering yourself, or the one you love, cookies and cream cupcakes are a splendid idea!

Behind the Apron Tip: 

Oreo buttercream is super easy to make at home. First, follow our favorite buttercream recipe. Then add your favorite cookies into a food processor. 

(Don't worry about pulverizing too many, 

you can use it as garnish!) 

Add cookie mixture into the finished buttercream and mix until combined and you're satisfied with the chocolate cookie flavor.

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Celebrity Post: Oreo Cupcakes

A cookie baked in a cupcake? Yes, please!

Thanks for sharing, Caitlin! 

Brava! 

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Spotlight On: Oreo + Peanut Butter Cupcakes!

Oreo + Peanut Butter + Cupcakes

< SWIRL >

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Bake Me a Christmas - New take on "traditional Christmas flavors"

As all of us plan our Christmas menus, traditional flavors such as gingerbread, peppermint and eggnog usually ride high on the list. 

But what came first, the favorite flavor or the tradition? My guess is the favorite flavor, and for that reason, I'm serving chocolate oreo cupcakes with white chocolate oreo buttercream frosting. It's quite a mouthful to say, but pop one in your mouth, and you'll have a mouthful of Christmas deliciousness that will put you in the holiday spirit!

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DIY gift: TRUFFLES!

What could possibly be better than truffles? 

HOMEMADE truffles!

Don't be intimidated, 

they are as delicious as they are easy! 

What you need before you get started:
Small melon-baller
Silpat parchment paper
Small bowls for toppings
teaspoons
medium saucepan
med/large bowl
wooden spoon 
serrated knife 

Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons of good vanilla extract
16 oz good quality chocolate**
1/4 cup + additional preferred toppings

 **It's uber important to use a good quality chocolate when making your own truffles. We used Callebaut, which can be found at Premier Gourmet. We decided on the semi-sweet, 51% cocoa chunks.  

Using a serrated knife, chop the chocolate into uniform sizes. (This helps it melt at the same time!) Place chocolate pieces into a medium/large bowl. 

After you chop your chocolate, bring 1 cup of heavy whipping cream to a simmer. (Be sure not bring the milk to a boil!) Pour the hot cream over chocolate. Stir the ganache with a wooden spoon until completely smooth and lump-free.


Place in refrigerator for about 1 hour, or until firm but still pliable. Using a small melon-baller and teaspoon, scoop out truffle. At this stage, you can either place onto Silpat or parchment paper and use your hands to coat the chocolates, or use the teaspoon to help coat the chocolate in your desired topping. The choice is how "hands-on" you want to be!!

For the coating, be creative! We decided to use:

1. Ground Oreos
2. Coconut
3. White non-nonpareils
4. Bacon bits (YES! Bacon bits!)
5. 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice + 4 Tbsp cocoa powder (adjust to taste)

6. 2 tsp cayenne pepper, 4 tsp cinnamon + 4 Tbsp cocoa powder (adjust to taste)

To differentiate the two flavors, we topped the pumpkin pie spice truffles with edible gold glitter, and red to the cayenne pepper truffles!

BEHIND THE APRON: The sky is the limit when it comes to flavor combinations for your truffles. Why not try mixing peppermint extract to the chocolate and roll your truffles in crushed candy canes??

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Celebrity post! My Oreo birthday cake!

When my dear friend Erin offered to bake me a cake for my birthday this year, it didn't take long to come up with my dream combination: OREO + CHOCOLATE! I lent her my 9 inch pans, and told her to include my two favorite flavors, and make me proud..... 

She sure did!! Take a look at this beauty! 

I just loved it!! It was so delicious and so perfect, I couldn't ask for anything more! She used chocolate cake mix, layered with no bake Oreo filling, covered in vanilla frosting (mixed with the no-bake Oreo crust)! Such a great recipe, so delicious!! THANK YOU AGAIN, LOVEBUG!! xoxoxo

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C is for Cookie Monster Cupcakes!

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