A photo-recipe for mind-blowing brownie cupcakes

Yeah, I know it’s a photography site, but it’s my photography site, and I quite like the way my documenting of a recent recipe experiment turned out, so I thought I’d include it here.

I saw an image of the final product online somewhere not long ago, and thought I could probably make it work. I believe the recipe (which ‘originally’ called for just peanut butter) has been circulating for a little while now, so consider this my take on it, illustrated every step of the way!

So without further ado, here’s how you make Oreo Cookie and Peanut Butter/Nutella Brownie Cupcakes!

Grab yourself a normal muffin tray and some paper cups. Preheat your oven to 350.
Grab yourself a normal muffin tray and some paper cups. Preheat your oven to 350.

Make up your favourite brownie mix. I used an out-of-the-box fudge brownie mix, because it's tasty, but if you've got a preferred from-scratch alternative, do it up!
Make up your favourite brownie mix. I used an out-of-the-box fudge brownie mix, because it’s tasty, but if you’ve got a preferred from-scratch alternative, do it up!
Take Oreo cookies by the pair, spread peanut butter or Nutella on them, and stack, like so.
Take Oreo cookies by the pair, spread peanut butter or Nutella on them, and stack, like so.
This step is optional, but having a four-year-old helping out does add a certain... excitement... to the process.
This step is optional, but having a four-year-old helping out does add a certain… excitement… to the process.
Place the stacked cookies into the muffin tray.
Place the stacked cookies into the muffin tray.
Pour over the brownie mix, and then bake for 18-20 minutes.
Pour over the brownie mix, and then bake for 18-20 minutes.

Enjoy! One word of caution: it wasn’t a huge deal when I made them, but occasionally, the paper stuck to the bottom of the cookies, so you may decide that you want to add a dollop of the brownie mix underneath them first to prevent that. Otherwise, it’s smooth, rich, thick, chewy-crunchy chocolaty sailing!

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