strawberry crunch topping

These delicious summer-inspired Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes are light and fluffy vanilla cupcakes baked full of fresh strawberries, topped with cream cheese frosting, and sprinkled with strawberry crunch crumble topping. Bursting with flavors reminiscent of strawberry shortcake bars, these homemade cupcakes are the ultimate dessert recipe!

Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes

all-purpose flour ((see notes for GF version)*)

baking powder

salt

unsalted butter, softened

vegetable oil (or melted coconut oil)

sugar

eggs (room temperature)

vanilla extract

whole milk ((see notes for DF version)*)

strawberries, finely chopped

cream cheese, softened

Golden Oreos

strawberries

unsalted butter, melted ((cooled slightly))

strawberries (sliced in half (for topping))

Preheat the oven and prepare a pan.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a standard 12-count cupcake pan with cupcake liners and set aside.

Combine dry ingredients.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt until evenly combined.

Beat the butter, oil, and sugar.

In a separate mixing bowl, use an electric hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the softened butter, oil, and sugar together until smooth and fluffy.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until smooth and well combined.

Combine dry and wet ingredients.

While mixing on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. When the dry ingredients are halfway combined, add the milk and continue mixing until the cupcake batter is smooth. Don’t over-mix!

Fold in fresh strawberries.

Use a rubber spatula to gently fold in the chopped strawberries until they are evenly spread throughout the batter.

Transfer the batter to the pan.

Use a large spoon or cookie scoop to transfer the cupcake batter into the prepared liners, filling each about 2⁄3 to ¾ of the way full.

Bake the cupcakes.

Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Making the Cupcakes

Beat the frosting ingredients.

Use an electric mixer or stand mixer to beat the cream cheese, softened butter, and vanilla extract together until smooth, creamy, and fluffy.

Add the powdered sugar and a frosting forms.

Gradually add the powdered sugar until a thick, pipeable frosting forms. You can adjust the consistency as necessary by adding more sugar or water.

Making the Frosting

Pulse the oreos and freeze-dried strawberries.

Add the Oreos and freeze dried strawberries to a food processor or blender. Gently pulse the mixture until it becomes thick, coarse crumbs, but not too fine that it becomes powder.

Add butter and pulse the crunch topping together.

Add in the melted butter and pulse a few times to incorporate it with the mixture. Stop pulsing when a nice coarse strawberry crumble forms.

How to Make Strawberry Crunch

Pipe the cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, use a piping bag with a star tip to pipe the cream cheese frosting on top of the cupcakes. You can spread the frosting with a knife if you don&#39;t have a piping bag.

Sprinkle with strawberry crunch topping.

Sprinkle each cupcake generously with the strawberry crunch topping and garnish with a fresh strawberry. Enjoy!

Decorating the Cupcakes

This strawberry crunch topping is the perfect garnish when you want a sweet strawberry flavor with a crisp crunchy bite. It’s perfect on top of ice cream, with yogurt, or on a Strawberry Shortcake Crumble or Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake!

Strawberry Crunch

golden oreos

butter (melted)

strawberry gelatin)

Place the golden oreos in a large ziploc bag and crush them using a rolling pin– there should be some crumbs and some small chunks. 

Transfer the oreos to a medium bowl and slowly add the melted butter, stirring constantly. Don’t add the butter all at once or it will soak into some of the oreo pieces and make them soggy! 

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