Joe-Joe's Cupcakes

By MaryEllen

Ingredients

• Cake
• 20 ounces of your favorite Joe-Joe's Sandwich Cookies
• 1 Box TJ's Vanilla Cake & Baking Mix
• 2 TJ's Eggs
• 1 stick (8 Tbsp) TJ's Unsalted Butter, melted
• 1 cup TJ's Milk, chilled
• Frosting
• 3/4 block (6 oz) TJ's Cream Cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 stick (4 Tbsp) TJ's Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 tsp TJ's Pure Vanilla Flavor
• 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 cups TJ's Organic Powdered Sugar, to taste
• Supplies
• Cupcake liners

Details

Adapted from traderjoes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Prepare the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the wells of 2 cupcake pans with 18 paper liners, set aside.

Coarsely chop 10 Joe-Joe’s Cookies, set aside. In a medium bowl, prepare Vanilla Cake Mix according to package instructions. Add chopped cookies to mix and gently fold in with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated, being careful not to over mix.

Evenly divide the batter into lined cupcake pan, filling each cup about 3/4 full. Bake for 16-18 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow cupcakes to cool completely.

Prepare the frosting: Combine the cream cheese, butter and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium speed until smooth, 1-3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Blend in the vanilla flavor. Add the powdered sugar in half-cup increments and blend to desired sweetness and thickness.

Frost the cooled cupcakes, then garnish with Joe-Joe cookie halves and crumbs. Enjoy!