Simple Halloween Cupcakes You Can Make in Minutes
Whip up these Simple Halloween Cupcakes in minutes! Fun, spooky, and easy to decorate—perfect for parties or family baking.
Ingredients
Base cupcakes
- 24 baked and cooled chocolate cupcakes
Frosting
- 2 ½ cans vanilla or buttercream frosting (about 5 cups total), divided
- ½ can chocolate frosting
Decorations for spider cupcakes
- ½ can chocolate frosting
- 12 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 24 small candy eyes
Decorations for witch cupcakes
- Green gel food coloring
- Purple gel food coloring
- 12 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 12 plain chocolate drops or milk chocolate cones
Decorations for pumpkin cupcakes
- Orange gel food coloring
- Green gel food coloring
- ½ can chocolate frosting
Decorations for monster cupcakes
- Purple gel food coloring
- Green gel food coloring
- 24 candy eyes
Decorations for Mickey cupcakes
- Orange gel food coloring
- Yellow gel food coloring
- 24 small chocolate discs or mini sandwich cookies
Instructions
- Bake your chocolate cupcakes ahead of time, let them cool completely, and set out your frosting, food coloring, and decorations so everything is ready to go.
- For the spider cupcakes, spread white frosting on each cupcake, pipe four chocolate legs on each side with a #5 tip, press a cookie in the center, then add two small dots of frosting on top of the cookie and place candy eyes.
- For the witch cupcakes, tint about 2 cups of frosting green, pipe a flat swirl with a 1M tip, place a cookie in the center, add a small dollop of purple frosting, and finish with a chocolate drop on top to look like a witch’s hat.
- For the pumpkin cupcakes, tint about 2 cups of frosting orange, pipe stripes using a #47 tip with the flat side up, use chocolate frosting with a #5 tip to draw the face, and add green frosting for the stem.
- For the monster cupcakes, divide frosting into purple and green, pipe swirls with a 1M tip, and press candy eyes randomly over the top.
- For the Mickey cupcakes, split frosting into three parts and tint one yellow, one orange, and leave one plain, pipe a flat swirl of yellow frosting and chill 10 minutes, repeat with orange, chill again, then finish with white frosting on top, and press two chocolate discs or mini cookies into the sides for ears.
- Store the decorated cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, keeping them covered so the frosting stays fresh.