Desserts built on a package of cookies — mini cheesecakes, Oreo cream pie, easy Oreo brownies, cake pops, and a mug cake for one late-night craving.
★ dessert
P.S. We update the recipes on this page every few days. If you want to cook this recipe over and over again, we'd love it if you downloaded Pepper 🤝.
More to try
Find more recipes like this
Join 1M+ cooks discovering, organizing, and sharing their recipes on Pepper
Open in Pepper →A sleeve of chocolate sandwich cookies does two jobs at once: it's the crust and it's the crunch. Crush them, fold them in, stack them on top, and you have dessert without a single fancy ingredient.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when the kids want something sweet after supper, when a potluck sign-up sheet comes home in a backpack, or when it's nine o'clock and nobody wants to run to the store.
Every recipe here starts with cookies and cream cheese or a box of brownie mix: Mini Oreo Cheesecakes, Oreo cream cheese cookies, Oreo cream pie, Easy Oreo Brownies, Oreo cheesecake poppers, Oreo cake pops, and an Oreo mug cake when you only need one serving.
Crush cookies in a bag
Seal them in a zip-top bag and roll with a rolling pin for 30 seconds. You get even crumbs for crusts and bigger chunks for stirring in.
Soften cream cheese fully
Set the block on the counter 45 minutes before you start, or unwrap and microwave 15 seconds. Cold cream cheese leaves lumps you can't beat out.
Chill before slicing
Give cheesecakes, pie, and brownies at least 3 hours in the fridge. Cold filling cuts clean instead of smearing down the knife.
Watch the mug cake
Start at 45 seconds and check. Another 15 seconds is usually plenty, and overcooking turns it rubbery fast.