Oreo Cupcakes

What is better than cookies ... I mean cupcakes? (or do I?) The answer is cookie cupcakes!!!! That's right! Not only are these cupcakes, well cupcakes, but they are also cookies. Even the icing has cookies in it! 

I found this recipe awhile ago, but I didn't have anything to make it for. Tomorrow (technically today) I'm going to a picnic and thought I would bring along some of these awesome treats for people to enjoy. Basically it is a homemade chocolate cake with an Oreo cookie at the bottom, topped with a simple whipped cream icing with Oreo crumbs mixed in. 

The cake recipe called for strong coffee, but like the Italian I am I decided that strong coffee meant espresso, so the cake part tastes a little more like coffee than like chocolate. Yet I find it accents the chocolate cookie that is at the bottom and it balances the sweetness of the icing. Surprising, that was the only alteration to the recipe that I made. Next time though, I have to remember to crush the cookies that go into the icing more because they get stuck in the icing tip, which makes it impossible to make awesome designs (which I was really looking forward to making).

Verdict: I really liked the cake part, so I think I will try to adapt it so that the recipe yields two dozen cupcakes and make it more my own and use it as my main simple chocolate cupcake base. Next time I will crush the cookies in the icing more so that I will have a smoother icing.