Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache are delicious mini cheesecakes loaded with Oreo chunks & topped with rich chocolate ganache. They’re so tasty!

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

The first time I made these delicious Oreo cheesecake cupcakes, I realized it was a bad, bad idea! The thing is that my husband, who by the way has a sweet tooth, went completely crazy about these cute cupcakes. I have to admit that even I’m not indifferent towards this heavenly treats. But to make it every ten days is no pleasure at all!

A few days ago, after no more than two weeks since the last time I made these cupcakes I heard the hackneyed phrase:  “Vera, when are you planning on making those little, white cupcake goodies?” What was I supposed to do? Nevertheless, in order to avoid turning this activity into a run-of-the-mill job, I decided to spicy it up a bit. If you want to turn something already tasty into something even more delicious, chocolate and Oreo cookies are a perfect choice. Reese’s Chocolate is also an excellent choice, as you can see here. So, before baking them, I placed one Oreo cookie at the bottom of each cupcake and added some crushed cookies to the cheesecake base, mixing everything together. Finally, I topped this fantastic delicacy with perfect chocolate ganache.

Can you imagine what the reaction to these little Oreo- cheesecake cupcakes was! “OMG, this is absolutely fantastic!”  In a blink of an eye, a plate with 12 cupcakes was already empty.

So if you are in need of a quick and simple treat for your guests, who are about to arrive, or you just want to sweeten your day, remember- cheesecake and chocolate and Oreo are a perfect combination. But be prepared that you’ll be asked  to make them again in no time!

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache are delicious mini cheesecakes loaded with Oreo chunks & topped with rich chocolate ganache. They’re so tasty!

Ingredients

20 Oreo cookies ( 12 left whole for the bottom of cupcakes and 8 chopped for the filling)

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 lbs cream cheese

2 egg whites

pinch of salt

1/4 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners and place 1 whole Oreo cookie in the bottom of each cup.

Beat together cream cheese and powdered sugar until it’s smooth.

Add eggs whites one at a time and mix until combined but use medium speed and do not over mix it.

Add pinch of salt and mix.

Fold in coarsely chopped Oreo cookies

Fill each cup over the Oreo cookie , almost to the top

Bake for about 25 minutes (untill the centers apear set and the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean).

To make chocolate ganache, melt the chocolate and stir in the heavy cream until combine evenly.

With a spoon spread the ganache over the cooled cupcakes and let them cool completely at room temperature before store them in the fridge.