Homemade Soft "Oreos"

So these aren't really "oreos", so to speak, (they're much better :) but I have been making them forever and that's just what we call them! Bar none, these are my 6 kiddos' most favorite cookies ever. In fact, true story: My 13 year old son would not clean/keep clean his room no matter what privileges I took away, or anything I said or did. Negative consequences weren't working so I said "o.k. if you will keep your room picked up for one week, I'll make you homemade oreos." I'm telling you, no joke, he literally bolted up the stairs, cleaned his room lickety-split, and kept it clean for an entire week. Even when my mom came over to babysit my twins, she peeked in his room and said "wow, this is really clean!!!" (So I had to tell her about the bribe.)

Homemade Soft Oreos



Hopefully you can see in the pic above that I am using Betty Crocker "Triple Chocolate Fudge" Cake mix. That is my favorite cake mix with these cookies, it is filled with little mini chocolate chips that just melt in your mouth when you bite into these cream-cheese frosting filled chocolatey, dreamy cookies.

Ingredients: Makes about 3 dozen Oreos
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2 boxes Triple Chocolate Fudge or Devil's Food Cake Mix (both turn out great)
1 cup + 1 Tablespoon Butter Flavored Shortening
4 Eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs, add shortening and beat together. Add cake mixes and stir til blended well. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheets, I line mine with parchment paper.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. As soon as you take your cookies out of the oven, flatten them slightly with the bottom of a cup. They will look slightly cracked.

Cool cookies and then frost insides with Cream Cheese Frosting, recipe follows. You will just take a cookie, turn it upside-down, so that the bottom of the cookie is facing up, and frost the inside. Then take a second cookie and place it on top of the frosting with the bottom of your cookie resting on top of the frosting. So the end result is the tops of your cookies, or cracked sides, are each facing out, like the picture at the top of this post.

Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/4 cup Butter, softened
3 cups Powdered Sugar

Beat cream cheese and vanilla together til smooth. Beat in butter until lumps are gone. Mix in powdered sugar.