Whole World in My Hands Cupcakes

These cupcakes are delicious and fun! Because half of the batter is blue and half of it is green,
they look like miniature planet Earths in the palm of your hand. They would be fun to make for Earth
Day or just because they taste great! Eat through the continents and the oceans down the chocolate center of
the Earth. You can even place a red candy in the bottom of each cupcake liner to make the red-hot core.
BaSE:
12 chocolate sandwich cookies,
crushed
¼ cup fl our
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
¼ cup milk
¼ cup chocolate chips
EaRtH:
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons fl our
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
¼ cup oil
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vinegar
½ teaspoon vanilla
blue and green food coloring
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffi n tin with 12
cupcake liners.
For Base: In a small bowl, combine crushed sandwich
cookies, fl our and cocoa. Stir in milk and chocolate chips.
Evenly spoon the chocolate mixture into the bottom of
each cupcake liner.
For Earth: In a small bowl, combine fl our, baking soda,
baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, combine sugar
and oil. Stir in milk and vinegar, then stir in vanilla. Using an
electric hand mixer, add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
in two batches and mix until well-incorporated. Divide
batter between two bowls. In one bowl, add several drops
of blue food coloring and in the other bowl add several
drops of green food coloring until the color is very vivid
(it will fade slightly when baked). Mix each bowl well. Drop
alternating spoonfuls of batter into each cupcake liner, fi lling
the liners ¾ full. Swirl the colors using a toothpick. Bake
for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool in the muffi n tin for 15 minutes, then transfer to
a rack to fi nish cooling. Store cupcakes covered at room
temperature.
Yield: 12 CUPCAKES
Prep time: 25 MINUTES