Peppermint Fudge Center Oreo Cookie
Peppermint fudge center Oreo cookies blend the classic Oreo with a festive touch.
Ingredients
Oreo Cookies
- 2 boxes Devils Food Cake Mixes
- 4 eggs
- 1 Cup Butter Shortening
- 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Cream Cheese Peppermint Frosting
- 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 Cup Butter Softened
- 4 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Peppermint Extract
Other Ingredients
- 12 Candy Canes Smashed finely
- 1 jar Fudge Ice Cream Topping 12.8 oz jar
Instructions
Oreo Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350° with the shelf in the center of the oven.
- Mixed together cake mix, eggs, shortening, and vanilla together until well combined. This will take about 2 minutes.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop the dough. Scoop a ball into your hand and roll in your hands. Place on a parchment or silicone lined cookie sheet (you will need 2). If using a medium ice cream scoop you can get 12 cookies on one sheet. Do this will the rest of the dough.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- After you take them out of the oven lightly pat down the cookies with a spatula.
- Make the rest of the cookies and let them cool.
Cream Cheese Peppermint Frosting
- Whisk together cream cheese and butter for 4 minutes.
- Slowly mix in powder sugar until it is all combined.
- Mix in extracts.
- Place into a pipping bag with a 1A piping tip. You can just use a ziplock bag and cut the tip off as well. Make sure it is a freezer one so it doesn't explode when pipping.
Assembling the Cookies
- Take one cookie and pipe a ring around the edge of the cookie. your going to want this a little thicker so the peppermint has something to stick to.
- Add a dollop of fudge to the center of the cookie and top with the other cookie.
- Roll the sides of the cookie into the crushed candy cane.
- Make the remaining cookies.
- ***NEED TO BE REFRIDGERATED because they have cream cheese frosting.