Cookies and Cream Baked Churros
Baked churros are such a fun treat! This version has crushed Oreo cookies running all throughout the batter, plus a thick crunchy crust of cookie crumbs on the outside too. Dunk them in this easy vanilla creme dip for the full cookies and cream experience!
You guys! I have the most incredible news.
😀 😀 😀 You can add chopped Oreos to pate a choux and it still works! 😀 😀 😀
Ok ok so maybe that’s not the most incredible news, but I’m still pretty psyched about it!
You see, a couple of weekends ago we took the kiddos to see the new SpongeBob movie. My boys are big SpongeBob fans.
Side note: don’t bother asking me anything about the movie because I slept through the whole thing. I had always hoped I’d be one of those fun moms who really gets into everything their kids like? I’m so not. How do those moms do it? I feel like that part of my brain that enjoys silly, asinine humor is just dead and gone. What is my problem??? I was annoyed and bored to tears and couldn’t bear the thought of putting up with almost 2 hours of nonsense so I just turned my head and caught some zzz’s. I know, I suck.
So besides my kids having a blast there was one other good thing that came out of that afternoon. As we’re walking out of the theater, I caught a glimpse of the concessions stand in my peripheral vision. What the…?
Oreo churros? Is that really a thing? Who is the evil genius/angel from heaven that came up with this idea?
I do not know but I owe them an eternal debt of gratitude.
Of course I scurried home as fast as my stubby little legs could carry me and worked out my own version of this killer creation. I was nervous that adding crushed cookies to the batter would mess with the chemistry of the pate a choux recipe, but it worked beautifully! Happy dance!
It all starts with this recipe for perfect pate a choux (check out the full tutorial with pics). I know it sounds French and therefore fancy, but trust me, it’s really no big deal. Butter and water, simmered in a pot, stir in some flour, and beat in a couple eggs. Pipe it out and bake it in a really hot oven and that’s all there is to it. That, and chopped up Oreos of course.
If you have ever had any trouble with cream puffs or eclairs collapsing I’m pretty sure I know what the problem was. You really need to bake them well done. They need to feel almost crisp before you take them out of the oven. You see, they are hollow inside, and full of steam, so they will soften up a lot as they cool. If they aren’t really well-set, firm-textured, and dry, they can deflate. I piped these with a 4B tip, so they were only about a half-inch in diameter, and they needed a full 16 minutes in a 425-degree oven. See what I mean?
Once your little lovelies are cool enough to handle, just brush them with melted butter, and then dredge them with chocolate cookie crumbs.
And don’t forget the vanilla creme dip!
My older son was jumping-out-of-his skin excited to try these. So maybe I do have a little bit of fun mom in me….?
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Cookies and Cream Baked Churros
Ingredients
For the Baked Churros
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) water
- 4 tablespoons (59.15 g) unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 1/2 cup (62.5 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs, (large)
- 4 chocolate creme sandwich cookies,, crushed or finely chopped
For the Topping
- 2 tablespoons (29.57 g) melted butter
- 6 chocolate creme sandwich cookies,, crushed or finely chopped
For the Vanilla Creme Dip
- 1/2 cup (60 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) vanilla extract , or vanilla bean paste
Instructions
To Make the Baked Churros:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place the water, butter, sugar, and salt in a saucepan. Place over medium-high heat, until the butter is completely melted and the mixture is simmering.
- Add in the flour all at once, and continue to cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, or until a film begins to form on the bottom of the pot.
- Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl, and beat on medium speed.
- Drop in the eggs, one at a time. Allow each egg to become fully incorporated, before adding the next (about 30 seconds to a minute).
- Fold in the crushed cookies.
- Pipe the dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, allowing about 3 inches in between each churro.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on size. Remove from the oven when they are puffed, golden brown, hollow, dry, and light.
To Top the Churros:
- Brush each churro with melted butter and coat with cookie crumbs.
To Make the Vanilla Creme Dip:
- Stir the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla together.
Oreo churros??? Oh my goodness gracious these look gooooood! haha
Thanks Ashley!
Allie, I’m so glad you went to watch the movie with the kids and got the idea. And thanks to Spongebob that you can regain your energy 🙂 These churros are amazing and as a cookies-and-cream big fan, I’m dying to make these. Baked churros is my favorite!
Yep- I ended up being happy I had gone too! The recipe idea made it all worthwhile, lol! Thank you so much Linda!
Oh my god Allie.. I have no words – just that these cookies and cream churros are incredible! They look so wickedly delicious.
Thank you Thalia! I love that description- “wickedly delicious”!
These Oreo Churros look fantastic Allie! I could only imagine how they taste. Genius idea, glad that going to the movies inspired you to create these cuties!
Me too! The recipe idea was like the icing on the cake!
Haha I think I would totally fall asleep too 🙂 I am still waiting for the day my son will sit through an ENTIRE movie – 30 minutes is the max so far hehe. But OMG these churros! They’re brilliant and look incredible!
It’s so great when they can finally make it through a movie! It took such a long time for my boys to both get there. My little one still sometimes can’t but for SpongeBob… he’s a big fan 😉 Thanks so much Kelly! xo
Can I move in? Seriously. I would be no bother, and I would totally watch some crazy animated films with your kiddos (since it is my secret obsession after all). These are one of the coolest ideas ever, Allie! Pinned!
Thanks Justine and you can totally! They would probably love it. They’d talk your ear off about nonsense all day long and be in their glory. Thanks so much for the pin hon!
These are so cool!! I love the coating so much and I can’t believe you managed to keep the ridges baking them! I made fried ones the other day and pondered whether it would be possible to bake them. Looking at your recipe, the quantities for the batter are a bit different. These rock Allie! 🙂
Thank you Nagi! I made a small-ish batch so maybe that’s why the quantities are different. I’ve doubled this before (not with Oreos added though) and it works great! I’m sure it’s even better fried but ugh I just didn’t want to deal with hot oil :/
You had me at the vanilla creme dip. Yum!
Hooray! Thanks Kathleen!
What a delicious idea. I will be making these soon.
I hope you enjoy them as much as we did Janette!
What a great idea for churros! These look incredible!
Thanks Jessica! I really loved them and so did my son 🙂
I was wondering how you felt about the movie…..I could use a good nap so maybe I’ll go “see” it. Anywho….I was about to go for a quick run but it’s cold and now I need these churros. Seriously, they are epic.
Yep I am a SpongeBob Scrooge I guess 😛 You are such a good girl going out running in this horrid weather! I need to take a page from your book!
I’m so happy that the pate a choux worked with crushed oreos added in. These churros look phenomenal, Allie. And you have inspired me to play around with my pate a choux!
Yay! I know- it’s pretty exciting right? The possibilities… Have fun Jen!
Ok I absolutely LOVE these churros! They are fantastic. Gosh you are sooo talented Allie, and I love that you fell asleep during the movie haha.
Yeah, I am a big ol’ party pooper. I just couldn’t hang with all that nonsense. My inner child is just no more I guess. Thank you sweetie! I’m always so inspired by your incredible talent too!
I’ll share my secret. I hate watching Kid Movies. There I just said. And I have 3 kids. Those poor little dears.
Well, at least their momma bakes them lots of nice treats, huh?
Love these. Pure genius!
Oh thank you so much for this Melanie! I feel so much better about it all now. So it’s not just me? I swear the thought of actually paying attention to all that silliness- I just couldn’t bear it. Thank you so much my friend!
Allie, I am dying over here. . we were going to go see spongebob last weekend and I was thinking, well, I could just take a nap. . but then we took the kids to the library and out for some pizza 🙂 we’re not lame .. as long as the kids have popcorn and we’re right there next to them, all is fine 😉 haha and I love how this outing to the movies inspired this awesomeness!!! I haven’t had a churros in forever!!! LOVE these!!! and voted for you!!!!
Thank you so much Alice! I know churros are one of those things I rarely eat or make. I was so psyched to see this idea at the movies!
I really hate those kind of films to Allie, so I’d probably end up asleep right next to you. This look oh so good, and that dip..wow!
Oh I’m so glad I’m not the only Scrooge out there, lol! I just couldn’t deal. At least I got some relaxation in though, right? Thank you so much Laura!