Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

A new obsession with Pinterest has lead me to the kitchen, and we all know I don't cook, bake etc....  Not that I can't, I've just never had the desire to do so.  Peyton turned 2 on Nov 10 so I was browsing Pinterest for party ideas and decided I was going to try to make Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes.  I found the recipe here but it originated from 52 Cupcakes, originally from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes. 

Here is what theirs looked like and the recipe:

Ingredients22 Oreos: 16 left whole, and 6 coarsely chopped

2 8-oz packages cream cheese, at room temperature (Neufchatel is fine)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
Pinch of salt

Instructions
1.Preheat oven to 275 F.
2.Line 12 standard muffin tins and 4 ramekins (or 16 muffin tins, if you have them) with paper liners.
3.Place 1 whole Oreo in the bottom of each lined cup.
4.Beat the cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium. Gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla.
5.Pour in the beaten eggs, a little at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.

6.Beat in the sour cream and salt.

7.Stir in chopped cookies by hand.

8.Pour the batter into the prepared tins, filling each almost to the top.

9.Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, 22-25 minutes.

10.Cool in the pans for about 15 minutes, on a wire rack, then transfer to a plate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

Overall I think I nailed it!  They had to have used way more than 6 chopped oreo's in the mix so next time I will probably add more but they were pretty tasty!  Here's how mine turned out. 

And, since it was for Peyton's Party, I decorated them with Elmo faces.  My mom and Steph helped too!  They were pretty stinking cute if you ask me! 

{it's ELMO's world}