Looking for an easy baked chocolate treat recipe? Then try these moist and fluffy vegan oreo cupcakes. These are very easy to make, rich and chocolaty. They are perfect for any celebration, big or small.
Crushed cookies are mixed right into eggless chocolate cupcake batter. This gives them a delightful texture. Do try this amazing eggless cookies and cream cupcake recipe and I am sure you will love it as much as we do.
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About the recipe
I love baking cakes and cupcakes especially ones that are vegan and/ or eggless. I have a few basic baking recipes in my repertoire that I keep jazzing up for different occasions.
In that quest, I tried these easy vegan oreo cupcakes using my basic chocolate cupcake recipe. The result was absolutely amazing. We all loved how moist, rich and chocolaty these oreo cupcakes turned out even though they were eggless.
To make these, I mix in coarsely crushed oreo cookies right into the vegan chocolate cupcake batter. This not only adds lots of flavor but amazing texture to the final cupcakes.
I keep the frosting simple with just whipped coconut cream and a sprinkle of chopped cookies on top. But you can also use your favorite vegan buttercream frosting. Mixing chopped Oreo cookies into the frosting is also a great idea.
You can also bake these in mini bundt cake pan and serve them with vegan vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
Are Oreo cookies Vegan?
So the first question that comes to mind is whether oreo cookies are vegan. There are no animal based ingredients used to make them. But according to their official website "they might have cross contact with milk'. Which means they are not technically not 100% vegan.
But there are quite a few other vegan brand of chocolate sandwich cookies that you can use in this recipe.
Ingredients
For the details of the exact quantities of each ingredient and the list of ingredients needed, check the printable recipe card below.
Here are the ingredients to make easy vegan chocolate cupcakes with cookies and cream:
- All purpose flour - I sometimes add whole wheat pastry flour to add some fiber.
- Unsweetened cocoa powder - you can use either Dutch processed or regular variety here.
- Oreos or similar chocolate sandwich cookies
- Nondairy milk - I love using unsweetened almond or oat milk.
- Apple cider vinegar - can be subbed with white vinegar.
- Vegan granulated sugar
- Oil - any light flavored oil like canola or sunflower.
- Baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Vanilla extract
You will also need a cupcake pan and cupcake liners.
Instructions
For the detailed instructions on how to make the recipe with exact timings, check the printable recipe card below.
Here is the recipe for eggless oreo cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake/ muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
In a medium size bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Place the oreo cookies in a medium size ziploc bag and crush them into a coarse mixture with a rolling pin.
In a large mixing bowl, whick together nondairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside for a few minutes to curdle.Add sugar, oil, vanilla extract and beat until foamy.
Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients in 2 batches and beat the batter is almost smooth, few lumps are OK. Stir in the crushed cookies and mix until just combined.
Pour into liners up to ¾ full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Transfer to cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.
Combine non-dairy whipping cream and powdered sugar in a medium size bowl. Whip or beat the mixture until stiff peaks form. Stir in vanilla extract.
Frost the cupcakes either with a offset spatula or using a piping bag. Sprinkle with crushed or add a halved oreo cookie on top. Serve right away or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Expert Tips
- Substitute some of the all purpose flour with whole-wheat pastry flour or spelt flour or barley flour. I use up to ⅓ cup of these flours along with ⅔ cup of all-purpose flour.
- Any light flavored oil like canola, vegetable, safflower would all work.
- You can use any of your favorite non-dairy milk in the recipe. Unsweetened oat or almond milk are my favorite.
- Either Dutch processed or regular unsweetened cocoa powder will work in the recipe.
- Oreo cookies
- Some tweaks I made to the recipe for high altitude baking:
- increased the oven temperature to 375°F.
- decreased sugar to ⅔ cup.
- reduced baking soda to ½ teaspoon.
- baked for 15~17 minutes.
- Instead of mixing in crushed oreos into the batter, you can also make cupcakes with oreos on the bottom. Place 1 oreo cookie in each of the 12 cupcake liners and then add the batter on top. Bake as per the recipe.
- You can also add crushed oreo cookies to the frosting.
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Recipe Card
Vegan Oreo Cupcakes
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
- 1 cup All purpose flour*
- ⅓ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder*
- ¾ teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Nondairy Milk*
- 1 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar
- ¾ cup Granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup Oil*
- 1½ teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 10~12 Oreo cookies
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup Coconut or other non-dairy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- As needed Oreo cookies, for topping
Instructions
To make Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake/ muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
- In a medium size bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.Place the oreo cookies in a medium size ziploc bag and crush them into a coarse mixture with a rolling pin or chop them with a knife. Measure 1 cup of chopped cookies to add in the batter.
- In a large mixing bowl, whick together nondairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside for a few minutes to curdle. Add sugar, oil, vanilla extract and beat until foamy.
- Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients in 2 batches and beat the batter is almost smooth, few lumps are OK. Stir in the chopped cookies and mix until just combined.
- Pour into liners up to ¾ full. Bake 18~20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Transfer to cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.
To make Vegan Whipped Cream frosting:
- Combine non-dairy whipping cream and powdered sugar in a medium size bowl. Whip or beat the mixture until stiff peaks form, takes about 3~5 minutes with a hand mixer or 12~15 minutes with hand. Stir in vanilla extract.Frost the cupcakes either with a offset spatula or using a piping bag. Sprinkle with crushed or halved oreo cookies. Serve right away or refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Notes
- Substitute some of the all purpose flour with whole-wheat pastry flour or spelt flour. I use up to ½ cup of these flours along with 1½ cups of all-purpose flour.
- Any oil, canola, vegetable, safflower would all work.
- You can use any of your favorite non-dairy milk in the recipe. Unsweetened oat or almond milk are my favorite.
- You can also use water instead of milk in the recipe.
- Some tweaks I made to the recipe for high altitude baking:
- increased the oven temperature to 375°F
- decreased sugar to ⅔ cup
- reduced baking soda to ½ teaspoon
- baked for 15~17 minutes
- Instead of mixing in crushed oreos into the batter, you can also make cupcakes with oreos on the bottom. Place 12 oreo cookies in the cupcake liner and then add the batter on top. Bake as per the recipe.
- You can also add crushed oreo cookies to the frosting.
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Shree
ooo the cup cakes are perfect.. I just want to pick one up.. awesome clicks and loved the paper doilies 🙂
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
choclatey and delicious...so pretty how you decorated
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
choclatey and delicious...so pretty how you decorated
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
Wow its super tempting n delicious cake
Vinitha
I rarely bake vegan but there are occasions when friends request vegan recipes and I have always had issues finding fool-proof ones. I am going to take your recommendations and try these the next time
Manjula Bharath
wow so delicious cupcakes there 🙂 looks awesome !! loooks super tempting .. wud love to grab these super moist cupcakes !!
Srivalli
Pavani, you had me drooling over your delicious looking chocolate cupcakes..wow I am sure my kids would love these..now I have to get apple cider for this..of course I guess I can make it non vegan by using regular milk right..
Priya Suresh
Prefectly looking super cute cupcakes.. Love that beautiful frosting.
PJ
Cake looks so soft and yum! Beautiful pics Pavani 🙂
Priya Srinivasan
so so tempting,want to grab it straight from the pic!!!! And that frosting on top, mm totally yum!!!
Sapana Behl
Wow ! Delicious choco cupcakes ! Looks beautiful...
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Drool worthy cupcakes..
Usha Rao
Those cupcakes are very tempting and beautifully frosted And it is chocolate!
veena krishnakumar
This is so tempting!!!Lovely frosting!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Pavani, your pictures are making me drool here! So lovely!