Mini Oreo-Peanut Butter Surprise Cupcakes

After my husband came home from work raving about the cupcakes one of the other wives made for Valentine's I had to track her down and get the recipe. I know it is the days of peanut allergies, but should you not have any in your household these are a must try to have at home!

Yields: 24

Chocolate Cupcake Recipe:
3 cups Flour
½ cup Cocoa or 5 oz unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
2 cups Sugar
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 cups Warm Water
2 tbsp Vinegar
2/3 cup Oil
2 tsp Vanilla
--Can also use box of Chocolate Cake mix. Prepare as directed.

Other ingredients:125 g (1/2 of 250-g pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Brick Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup KRAFT Smooth or Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 egg
2 Tbsp. sugar
24 Mini OREO Cookies
Directions:

HEAT oven to 350°F.
PREPARE cake batter.
Mix dry ingredients together.
Make 3 holes in dry ingredients. Add Vanilla to first. Vinegar to second. Oil to third. Pour water over all and mix for one minute. If using chocolate squares instead of Cocoa, mix water and chocolate together then pour into bowl.

For Peanut Butter Surprise. Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, egg and sugar until blended.

SPOON 2 Tbsp. cake batter into each of 24 paper-lined muffin cups; top each with 1-1/2 tsp. cream cheese mixture and 1 cookie. Cover with remaining cake batter.

BAKE 20 min. or until toothpick inserted in centres comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans 5 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

TOPPING- Top as you wish. I would do icing, but you could use whipping cream or leave them blank.