Buried Treasure Cupcakes - K - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
48 miniature Oreo cookies (chocolate sandwich style cookies)
1 1/2 cups thawed whipped topping

Preparation

PREHEAT oven to 350\u00b0F.
Prepare cake batter in large mixing bowl as directed on package; set aside.
WHISK cream cheese, egg and sugar in small mixing bowl until well blended.
SCOOP cake batter, using 1/4-cup dry measuring cup, into each of 24 paper or foil-lined medium muffin cups, filling each cup about half full.
SPOON 1/2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture over batter in each muffin cup. Top with 1 cookie.
Cover evenly with remaining cake batter.
BAKE 19 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
TOP cupcakes with whipped topping and remaining cookies just before serving. .