OREO-Boston Cream Basketball Cupcakes

Name: OREO-Boston Cream Basketball Cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 24 OREO Cookies; 1 pkg. yellow cake mix; 1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix; 2 cups heavy whipping cream; ½ cup powdered sugar; ½ cup sour cream; 1 tsp. vanilla; 2 Tbsp. colored sugar; 1 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted

Basketball cupcakes can be both a fun and delicious basketball themed dessert! These Boston cream cupcakes with an OREO Cookie crust are easily decorated for the big basketball game.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 24 servings.

Ingredient list

24 OREO Cookies
1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1 pkg. (4-serving size) vanilla instant pudding mix
2 cups heavy whipping cream
½ cup powdered sugar
½ cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. orange colored sugar
1 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted

Directions

PREPARATION

Place 1 cookie in each of 24 paper-lined muffin pan cups. Prepare cake batter as directed on package; spoon over cookies. Bake cupcakes as directed on package. Cool in pans 5 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Meanwhile, beat dry pudding mix and next 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Spoon pudding mixture into pastry bag fitted with round tip. Insert decorating tip into center of each cupcake, then squeeze to fill inside of cupcake with pudding mixture. Pipe remaining pudding mixture onto tops of cupcakes.

Dip tops of cupcakes into orange sugar. Spoon melted chocolate into separate pastry bag fitted with clean round tip; use to pipe chocolate onto tops of cupcakes to resemble basketballs.