Black Forest Cheesecake Cupcakes. Black Forest Cheesecakes layered with an Oreo crust, a rich, velvety smooth chocolate cheesecake, sweet and fluffy whipped creamy and a slightly tart, vibrantly red luscious cherry topping. Line muffin cups with paper or foil muffin liners. Those of you who are familiar with my blog know that I love to bake mini cheesecakes.

If you want to German-ize your cupcakes and go full on Black Forest, feel free to add a tbsp or two of kirsch into your cherry filling! In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. You can have Black Forest Cheesecake Cupcakes using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Black Forest Cheesecake Cupcakes

Prepare 12 of Oreo cookies.
You need 2 (8 oz.) of pkgs. cream cheese, softened.
You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1/3 cup of baking cocoa.
You need 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
You need 2 of eggs.
It's 1 (21 oz.) of can cherry pie filling.
It's 1/2 cup of Cool Whip.

Spread half of the mixture evenly into crust. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, oil, sugars, vanilla extract and melted chocolate until smooth. This is a rich and decadent cheesecake cake recipe! I know I've shared Black Forest Cupcakes a couple times already, but these, my friends, are different…these are the BEST!

Black Forest Cheesecake Cupcakes instructions

Remove tops of all cookies, leaving cream side intact. Place cream side up Oreos in foil lined muffin cups in muffin pan..
Crush remaining Oreo tops and set aside..
In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, cocoa and vanilla until fluffy..
Beat in eggs until blended..
Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full with batter. Top with crushed oreos..
Bake at 325 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool completely. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours..
Just before serving, top each cupcake with a spoonful of Cool Whip and a spoonful of cherry pie filling. Enjoy!.

Although, I usually take the easy way out, and use a cake mix, and I do doctor it up a bit to make it taste homemade , there is something about a made from scratch batter than just taste different. This has been my go-to cupcake recipe for the last few years! I've made them for weddings, birthdays, baby showers, and always to rave reviews! I don't always do the black forest version; this is an excellent cupcake just plain as well! Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl and pour sugar mixture over cream cheese, then using an electric hand mixer set on low speed, whip mixture just until smooth.