Halloween Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote

These Halloween Cupcakes are filled with spooky goodness! Topped with frosting and crushed Oreos, they’re decked out as bats, ghosts, gravestones, spiders, and spiderwebs!

Prep Time20

Cook Time18

Total Time38

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cake mix cupcakes

Servings: cupcakes

Author: Chelsea Lords

Cost: $7.32

Equipment

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes

3 large eggs
3/4 cup sour cream
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
13.25 ounces Super Moist Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
3.9 ounces instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 cup hot water
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Frosting

1 batch cream cheese frosting or 1 batch chocolate frosting
10 Oreos
Cupcake decorations see note 1

US - Metric

Instructions

Chocolate Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a muffin pan with liners. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs. Add sour cream, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth. Add cake mix and pudding mix. Stir with a wooden spoon until moistened. Add hot water and mix until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full. Bake 18–23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Let cupcakes cool in the pan for 5–10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Frosting

Prepare the frosting (see links in ingredients).
Transfer frosting to a piping bag fitted with a piping tip. Frost the cooled cupcakes.
Blend Oreos into fine crumbs and place them in a shallow bowl. Press the frosted cupcakes into the crumbs to coat the tops.

Decorating

See note 1.

Notes

Note 1: Decorating:

Bat Cupcakes: Make these Halloween Bat Treats and place on frosted, Oreo-dipped cupcakes.
Gravestone: Write “RIP” on Milano cookies with black decorating gel. Insert into the frosted, Oreo-dipped cupcakes.
Ghost: Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate. Spoon melted chocolate onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Spread the chocolate with the back of a spoon to form ghost shapes. Add 2 mini chocolate chips for eyes. Freeze until set, then press into frosted, Oreo-dipped cupcakes.
Spider: Place an unwrapped Lindt candy and a Whopper candy on frosted, Oreo-dipped cupcakes. Add chocolate-covered pretzel pieces as legs.
Spiderweb: Dye cream cheese frosting in your preferred color. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate and pipe spiderweb designs onto parchment paper. Freeze and add to cupcakes with small plastic spiders.

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