Halloween Cupcakes are the perfect treat to sweeten up your spooky season! Each cupcake is a mini-masterpiece, topped with creamy frosting, candy eyes, or spiderweb designs that add just the right dose of Halloween charm.
These are so fun to make and even more fun to eat, making them a hit at every Halloween party or cozy night in. Imagine biting into a moist, chocolatey cupcake that’s as spooky as it is delicious—it’s a festive delight you don’t want to miss!
Serve these Halloween cupcakes with a warm Baked Apple with Oats for a cozy autumn vibe or pair them with a cup of Hot Chocolate to keep the chills away on Halloween night.
Why I Love This Recipe (And You Will Too)
- So Much Room for Creativity: Customize each cupcake with your own spooky twist, from frosting monsters to ghostly faces.
- Kid-Friendly: Perfect for little hands to help decorate and personalize!
- Incredibly Moist and Flavorful: These cupcakes are as delicious as they are adorable, with a rich chocolate flavor that everyone loves.
- Perfectly Festive: They bring instant Halloween cheer to any table and look fantastic in photos.
These Halloween Cupcakes are sure to be the star of your treat table, bringing fun, flavor, and plenty of spooky spirit to any gathering!
Halloween Cupcakes Recipe
These Halloween-themed cupcakes are as spooky as they are sweet, each decorated as a mummy, spider, pumpkin, Frankenstein, or skull for a deliciously haunting treat!
Equipment
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Cupcake pan and cupcake papers
- Mixing bowls
- Sifter
- Whisk
- Piping bags and round tips (47 flat tip optional)
- Toothpicks or point tool
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup sour cream 120g
- 1 cup buttermilk 240mL
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup hot coffee 360mL strong use a mocha pot so it’s basically espresso
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil 180mL
- 1 tbs vanilla extract 15mL
- 3 cup all-purpose flour 360g
- 2 2/3 cup granulated sugar 535g
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder 65g
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 6g
- 1 tbsp baking soda 18g
- 1 tsp kosher salt 5g
For the Buttercream:
- 3 tsp vanilla 15mL
- 1 lb confectioner’s sugar 450g
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature 250g
- 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream 45mL
- Green food coloring
- Orange food coloring
- black gel food coloring
For the Assembly:
- brown m&ms regular and peanut
- 3/4 cup melted chocolate
Instructions
- Make the Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), line a cupcake pan, and sift all dry ingredients in a mixer bowl. Whisk wet ingredients separately, combine with dry ingredients, and mix on medium for 2 minutes. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Prepare Buttercream: In a stand mixer, whip butter until smooth, then gradually add confectioner’s sugar. Add cream, vanilla, and whip until fluffy. Divide and color buttercream with green, orange, and black food colorings.
- Pipe Mummy: Pipe a black base, then add thin white buttercream lines for bandages. Attach candy eyes.
- Make Spider: Pipe ‘L’ shaped legs with black chocolate on parchment and freeze for 5 minutes. Pipe a white base, swirl black for a web, and add brown M&M’s as body and head, then attach legs.
- Decorate Pumpkin: Pipe orange bands from bottom to top. Add a green stem and black face.
- Create Frankenstein: Pipe a green base, place candy eyes, and add black details for face.
- Design Skull: Pipe a white base, then add black facial details for a spooky skull.
Nutritional Facts:
| Nutrition | Value |
|---|---|
| Calories | 150 kcal |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 13 mg |
| Sugar | 8 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
Tips that Might Be Helpful to You!
- Make frosting while baking: Prepare your frosting as the cake bakes to keep things efficient.
- Cool cupcakes fully before frosting: Let the cupcakes cool completely, or the frosting will melt right off. They should feel just barely warm to the touch before decorating.
- Test for doneness: Check if your cupcakes are done by inserting a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean, they’re ready; if not, give them a few more minutes in the oven.