Cool Mint Oreos and Birthday Cake Oreos inside cupcakes!

Lots of cupcake creativity going on! The Mint Oreo baked inside cupcakes are by Bahama, North Carolina home-based bakery Cakes by Becky via Flickr and the Birthday Cake Oreo (didn't know that was a kind of Oreo!) birthday surprise cupcakes are by An American Cupcake in London via Flickr.





From the blog post, where you can get the recipe:

The cupcake recipe is a nice time-saver as it uses a chocolate boxed mix for the base with a few additions (still comes out super tasty!) and I paired it with my basic buttercream recipe with finely crumbed cool mint oreos and peppermint flavoring added in.

From An American Cupcake in London:

I used a funfetti cupcake mix, which made 6 cupcakes. I put one spoon of batter into the liner and placed the Oreo in and then placed another spoon of batter on top. I made half of this frosting recipe with some vanilla paste and no food coloring.

Cupcakes or Cookies?

Do these cupcakes have you doing a double take? Well they should since they're not cupcakes at all! They're cookies! Sweet Sugar Belle tweaked and perfected this little experiment to create these amazing looking cupcakes! Most cookies shaped like cupcakes are the flat cookie cutter kind decorated to look like our favorite sweet treat but as you can see, Sweet Sugar Belle took to a new level...literally to create these 3D creations! She mentioned that she developed a tutorial for readers to recreate these themselves but check out her blog for more information!

Chocolate mint Oreo and dark chocolate mint cupcakes plus recipe links

2 cupcakes for chocolate mint lovers, plus recipes!


Chocolate mint Oreo cupcakes from Half Baked in a guest post by Lauren of Crave. Indulge. Satisfy. who writes:

The fun thing about Oreos is that they are just the right size to sneak into the bottom of your cupcake liners before adding your cake batter. The cake bakes up perfectly leaving the Oreo at the bottom of the wrapper so its completely hidden. It is not until someone takes a bite into the cupcake do they discover the surprise of the cream-filled cookie inside and that extra burst of color from the green Cool Mint! I must say these go over great with the kids…it’s like they found a hidden treasure inside their cake!

Dark chocolate mint cupcakes by The Curvy Carrot

Oreo, Cat in the Hat and Chicago cupcakes by Swirlz, plus our meetup is there March 17th

Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago celebrates the 100th birthday of the Oreo cookie with a special Oreo cupcake, today only, featuring Chocolate or Vanilla cake, filled with vanilla buttercream, layer of chocolate ganache and oreo chunks, vanilla buttercream swirl and finished with a dip in Oreo pieces, and also recently made Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat and Chicago 175th birthday cupcakes. We're hosting a meetup at Swirlz, 705 W. Belden, on Saturday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) from non to 1. Get there early; first dozen cupcakes are on us! No need to RSVP. Visit swirlzcupcakes.com and Swirlz on Facebook for more information.

5 Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes

It's Girl Scout cookie cupcake time! Here's 5 Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes. Next up: Thin Mint cupcakes! If you've made some, email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Thin Mint" in the subject and the photo, description, price (if applicable) and your URL.


Samoa cupcakes by Put a Cupcake In It


Boulder, Colorado bakery Tee & Cakes is selling these Samoa cupcakes; via their Facebook page




blogger Mama Hen's Kitchen made these Samoa cupcakes and has the recipe


Gigi's Cupcakes in Murfeesoboro, Tennessee, via Facebook: "Caramel cake with chocolate ganche filling, caramel frosting, topped with toasted coconut, a caramel and chocolate drizzle, and a somoa cookie on top."


Samoa cupcakes by blogger Kathleen's Confections. She writes:

I tried the traditional cookie recipe for this last year and absolutely loved it, and figured it could use the cupcake make-over routine. Not that the cookie needs improvement, it's just always fun to play with the flavors in a different form. The cupcake rendition does have an added frosting layer which you won't find in the cookie, but the cupcake doesn't have a crunchy cookie either. In any case, I think it's quite tasty. I chose a chocolate cupcake base to keep the flavors rich (but it might be good with a vanilla cupcake too), topped with a carmel buttercream, toasted coconut flakes, caramel swirl, and then a bittersweet ganache.

Oreo inside a cupcake, owls, Starry Night cupcake cake and flavors like energy drink poppyseed at Starry Night Cafe

Fun! An Oreo cookie inside a cupcake, available at Cupcake Wars competitors (August 2011) Starry Night Bakery in Westminster, Maryland, via their Facebook page. Visit starrynightbakery.com for more information. Other cupcake flavors include sugar free luscious lemon, salted caramel apple, VooDoo and more. These were their special Cupcake Wars flavors that were available in the bakery last year: Kona Coffee, Canned Ham Taro Root Slider, Energy Drink Ginger Poppy Seed and Pineapple Coconut. Vegan, gluten free and other custom cupcakes are also available; contact them at 410-871-9131. You can also follow them @starrynightcafe on Twitter. They're debuting new cupcake flavors today so keep up with their social media to find out what they are!

A special alert for those in their area looking for wedding cakes (or cupcakes): this Sunday, March 4th from 11-4 they are hosting a wedding cake tasting. Via their blog.





Here are a few more of their cupcakes:


owls!


custom cupcakes that say "Family is Always First" for Carroll Hospital Center


wedding cake and cupcakes


last but not least, Van Gogh's Starry Night as a pull-apart cupcake cake

Camouflage cupcakes in honor of Act of Valor and more by Little Cakes Cupcake Kitchen

In honor of the movie Act of Valor, cupcakery Little Cakes Cupcake Kitchen made their camouflage cupcakes. These and the others, including adorable cake pops, are from their Facebook page. The RIP cupcake is "zombie toffee."




Zombie Toffee cupcake! "Chocolate Butter cake with toffee baked into the crust topped with chocolate frosting, a shortbread cookie tombstone and dark chocolate arms rising from the grave."







Little Cakes Cupcake Kitchen
30 Main St. Suite 180
Vista, CA 92083
760-842-5138

Thin Mint crunch cupcake comes to Georgetown Cupcake in March! Plus our take on mint cookies and creme, chocolate², pumpkin spicea nd banana chocolate

I stopped by Georgetown Cupcake in SoHo on Saturday with a friend and co-owner Sophie LaMontagne told me that Thin Mint Crunch is coming back in March, so Thursday I plan to be there early to try it. I also told her that I couldn't wait on the extremely long line when I was in Washington, DC last year and she reminded me you can order ahead at georgetowncupcake.com and skip the line! Also, the other day I was there on a weekdayand they told me that their free cupcake specials via GTownCupcake on Twitter (and Facebook, each day they announce a special flavor they're giving away in a limited quantity for free) tend to last until around 1 pm on weekdays. Obviously, the earlier you arrive, the better your chance for a freebie, but a heads up.

Below is a review and photo from blogger Never Turn Down a Cupcake:

This Girl Scout cookie-based flavor is a chocolate cake with crushed Thin Mint cookies baked inside, topped with a chocolate ganache and decorated with fondant Girl Scout decorations.

Even though I'm not a fan of mint chocolate, this was really rich and tasted mostly of chocolate which I liked, haha. The little bits of cookie inside were interesting and added a nice texture to both the cake and the frosting.

And these are the cupcakes we tried: the mint cookies & creme, for sale on Saturdays, which is so so good in my and my friend's opinion (it tastes like mint chocolate chip ice cream!) and the chocolate², which is "Valrhona chocolate cupcake with a whipped Callebaut chocolate frosting topped with a fondant flower," was rich and wonderful. I ate half of it and felt like I'd gotten more than my share of very rich, thick chocolate frosting. I recommend them both!





And while I'm catching up on my blogging, I also tried pumpkin spice and banana chocolate. Both were very good. The pumpkin spice's official description is "Pumpkin spice cupcake with a maple-infused cream cheese frosting topped with a fondant maple leaf" and I can tell you that the maple frosting was unique and very good. I wasn't sure if I'd like it but it had this kick to it that made it amazing. The banana frosting was good too, though I liked the pumpkin spice better.

Thin Mint and Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes, plus hot cocoa, butter pecan and s'mores at Sublime Cupcakes

Sublime Cupcakes in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, does a fun promotion for its customers: when you click "like" on Facebook on a day's given cupcake photo, you're entered to win free cupcakes. Win/win, as they tell their customers about new flavors. They've been serving up Girl Scout cookie cupcakes (Thin Mint and Samoa) as well as hot cocoa, butter pecan and s'mores, among many others. You can find out more at sublimecupcakes.com.

Chocolate cake on top of a cupcake? Why not?

Sweet Cupcakes in Boston and Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, celebrated the recent holiday National Chocolate Cake Day (January 27th) with a mini slice of chocolate cake on top of ac cupcake! They also celebrated National Blueberry Pancake Day (January 28th) with a blueberry pancake cupcake and then they didn't need a holiday for their vanilla cake with with sandwich cookie-infused frosting and cookie crumble. All via @SweetCupcakes_ on Twitter. See sweetcupcakes.com for more information.

Valentine's Day heart and broken heart cookie topped lemon raspberry chocolate cupcakes

There's a lot going on with these cute Valentine's Day cupcakes by blogger Cupcakeables, where you can get the recipe! Here's the official description: "The cupcake is a light lemon vanilla cake filled with raspberry puree and topped with a dark chocolate frosting, dark chocolate drizzled on top and sugar cookie hearts that I made for the theme." And they're made with hearts or broken hearts! Love that. Via Flickr.

Oreo cupcake love for Valentine's Day

These pretty Oreo cupcakes have an Oreo cookie at the bottom too! By blogger Fresh from the Farm!

Free cupcakes and champagne tonight, plus red velvet cupcakes form Kickass Cupcakes truck!

Who doesn't like free cupcakes? As the sign below says, RSVP to 617-350-5555. Via Somerville, Massachusetts bakery Kickass Cupcakes on their Facebook page. I think this is at Boston nightclub Felt, 533 Washington Street. Visit kickasscupcakes.com for more information.



Can't make it? This is also your last weekend to enjoy their cookie cupcakes (one of which is featured below). And: "Cupcake of the day Red Velvet! Store open til 10pm, cupcake truck at Harvard til 2:30, on Clarendon after 3."






and their Chinese New Year cupcakes