Cookie and Cream Dream Cupcakes

1 box chocolate cake mix

1 cup sour cream

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

18-24 whole chocolate sandwich cookie, crumbled

1 recipe vanilla buttercream frosting

--Mix together cake mix, sour cream, eggs,and vanilla . Place a spoonful of batter on the bottom of each paper liner.  Place a whole cookie on the bottom lying flat.  Cover with remaining batter until ¾ full.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-28 minutes.  Allow cupcakes to cool on a rack completely.

Add crumbled cookies to buttercream frosting.  Be generous and frost cupcakes nice and high.

Vanilla Buttercream

8 Tbsp. (1 stick) butter, room temperature

3 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted

3-4 Tbsp. milk or cream

2 tsp. vanilla

Place butter in a large mixing bowl.  Beat until light and fluffly, about 30 seconds.  Stop beating before adding sugar to avoid a large mess.

Add sugar, 3 Tbsp. milk or cream, and vanilla extract.  Beat frosting starting on slow, increasing your speed until frosting is nice and creamy.  Add up to 1 more Tbsp milk or cream if frosting is too thick.