Three Cute & Easy Halloween Cupcakes Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. How to make super cute and easy cupcakes for Halloween! My heart aches for and goes out to all of those affected by the shootings this week. I wish there was more I could say or a way to reach out and give hugs to all of you. But all I can do, and will continue to do, from my small corner of the internet is trying to make the world a little happier by spreading sweetness in the best way I know how… I have been anxiously awaiting October with bated breath for the express purpose of posting these cupcakes! As my children get older, I’ve found myself more and more entrenched in the world of making food look fun. It’s never particularly been my forte in the past, but kids have a funny way of broadening your interests ????. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to this sweet little trio of monstrously spooky (and simple) cupcakes! Starting with my personal favorite, mostly because he’s purple… And he’s kinda cute, right? This guy is the least easy to make. But only because using the grass tip (I used this one by Wilton) cramps up my hand a bit. There’s no way around that. But the process is quick and easy, and I think well worth the results. Plus, I highly recommend using one of Pillsbury’s Funfetti Bold Vanilla Frostings for this cupcake. For one, you can get all sorts of fun, bright colors ready-made and perfect for Halloween. For two, it’ll give your hands a break to pipe out canned frosting instead of homemade buttercream which is a little stiffer. Once the “hair” is piped all over this little monster, simply attach candy eyes to miniature marshmallows with a dab of frosting and use a toothpick to attach them to the cupcake. You could even add more than two eyes– or just one giant eye! This mummy cupcake will always and forever be my go-to Halloween cupcake. Here’s why… It’s by far and away the simplest cupcake design on the planet. You don’t even really need a piping tip for this, even though I used one. You could feasibly just snip the corner of a bag and pipe on frosting that way. Just a few sloppy stripes, and voila! Spooky! You can easily sub canned frosting for homemade buttercream without a hitch. Oftentimes, when piping decorative cakes and cupcakes, you need a stiff buttercream that will hold its shape. Not so for this mummy. While I do love a good buttercream and it certainly has its place here on Something Swanky, I appreciate the time and mess canned frosting spares me too much to ever turn my nose up at it! Despite how overly simplistic, this cupcake is super cute! Right?? Last, but not least– I adore these Black Widow Spider Cupcakes. A simple swirl of vanilla, a smattering of Halloween sprinkles, and these positively delicious candy spiders made from black melting chocolate and Cookies & SCREAM M&Ms. Below you’ll find the recipe for my favorite vanilla cupcakes and vanilla buttercream (but feel free to sub out any flavored cupcakes you’d like for these, it doesn’t matter!). I used these vanilla cupcakes as the base for all of these, and I used the homemade buttercream for the spider cupcakes. However, I used canned frosting for both the mummy and the hairy googly-eyed monster. You can find recommendations for piping tools, sprinkles, and candy in the notes section. Happy October! Continue to Content 3 Quick & Easy Halloween Cupcakes Yield: 2 dozen How to make super cute and easy cupcakes for Halloween! Print Ingredients For the Vanilla Cupcakes: 3/4 cup butter, melted 1 - 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2-1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 2-1/2 cups flour 1-1/4 cups milk For the Frosting: 1 cup butter, softened 4 cups powdered sugar 3 tbsp milk 1 tbsp vanilla Instructions Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well in between each addition. Add the vanilla, baking powder, salt, flour, and milk. Mix just until batter forms. Line or grease 2 cupcake pans and divide batter evenly among the cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Let cool completely before frosting. For the frosting: In a stand mixer, whisk together the butter and the shortening, scraping down the sides as needed, until smooth and blended. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tbsp vanilla, whisk until smooth. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tbsp milk, whisk until smooth. Repeat with remaining powdered sugar and milk, scraping down the sides as needed. Notes For the Hairy Monster Cupcakes:Wilton Grass Tip (Michaels)Wilton Candy Eyes (Target or Michaels)ToothpicksPillsbury Funfetti Bold Purple (Target)For the Mummy:Wilton Candy Eyes (Target or Michaels)Canned vanilla frostingWilton #10 round piping tip (Michaels)
After I got over the creepy crawly feeling I really loved these cupcakes. 😉 I love the poured fondant recipe, totally going to use that sometime! Pinned and stumbled!
Yuck! PERFECT for Halloween or a boy’s bug-themed birthday party. 🙂 Thanks for linking at Joy of Desserts, Ashton.
These are cute and disgusting all at the same time! My daughter is now requesting these for her Birthday party! Gasp! She’s 5! What happened to the Princesses? Found you on It’s a Blog Party!
Fantastically gross! 🙂 I’d love for you to link up to {Not So} Tough Tuesday’s on One Tough Mother – going on until Wednesday until midnight. http://www.onetoughmom.blogspot.com Hope to see you there!
I Love your recipe! Disgusting and cool! Would you come over to Cast Party Wednesday tomorrow and share your tasty recipe with us?ThanksI hope to see you there!http://ladybehindthecurtain.com
These are FABULOUS…definitely keeping your recipe to make ’em with my grand-boys…thanks! Hope you’ll be able to take some time to visit my little space in the blogosphere as well… Deborahhttp://upcyclingmylife.blogspot.com/
I LOVE it!! These are my kind of cupcakes! I will definitely be making these for my kids. I can hear the shrieks already! 🙂 -Juli @ ahenandherchicks.blogspot.com
I haven’t heard of or considered pourable fondant and am loving the effect it has with these cupcakes. Gross in such a good way.
PERFECT!! I teach fourth grade in the inner city and from time to time we actually have live cockroaches in our classroom. So these would actually be *really* scary! LOL. Also, I love all the adorable cupcake,cake pop creations out there. But with 32 students, it can get really pricey by the time you buy all the candy and stuff to decorate them. This is quick and easy and affordable!
how clever, creepy and gross! these would be great at a halloween party! would love to invite you to link up this idea & any others on my weekly child centered linky party – The Sunday Showcase (open thru Thurs.) – http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase Bern
Love your quick pour fondant recipe! These look great! Very gross and perfect for Halloween. 🙂 Mandi at BBM
We are having a Halloween Kid Treats party over at Sassy Sites! I would love for you to come by and link this up! XOXO!
