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Halloween Bat Cupcakes

October 6, 2015 by Aida 6 Comments

These Halloween Bat Cupcakes are made with a moist, rich chocolate cake, a simple chocolate frosting, and store bought cookies to create a bat-tastic Halloween treat!

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It’s the first week of October, and I have Halloween on my mind. My Halloween Pinterest board is packed with so many easy, festive Halloween treats that it was tough to choose which one to create first.

I finally decided on these easy, Halloween Bat Cupcakes. You can use a boxed cupcake mix or your favorite recipe. I went with my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe. (Which I obviously love, and I think you will too. The recipe is below). It’s made from pantry ingredients, and no mixer is needed. All you need is a bowl and a wooden spoon.

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For the frosting, I used a basic and delicious frosting recipe. It’s simply butter, cocoa powder, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, a pinch of salt and some cream. It whips up in a minute or two, and it’s a great backdrop for these Halloween Bat Cupcakes.

These Halloween Bat Cupcakes are so simple to make that my first-grader pretty much did all the decorating herself.

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The bats’ faces are made with mini-Oreo cookies. For the eyes, I used white chocolate chips; piping melted chocolate for the eyeballs on the flat side of the white chocolate chip.

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You could use pre-made candy eyes which you can buy at a craft store (Target even sells them), but they’re made with gelatin. Since we don’t eat gelatin, I came up with an easy replacement for the eyes with pantry ingredients. I glued the white chocolate chip yes to the cookie using a little dollop of melted chocolate.

Halloween Bat Cupcakes|The Crafting Foodie

Believe it or not, the bats’ wings are even easier. I simply broke a chocolate wafer cookie in half and stuck it in the chocolate frosting. Viola: Halloween Bat Cupcakes!

Halloween Bat Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Serves: 14 standard cupcakes
These Halloween Bat Cupcakes are made with a moist, rich chocolate cake, a simple chocolate frosting, and store bought cookies to create a bat-tastic Halloween treat!
Ingredients
  • For the Cupcakes:
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil (I used coconut oil, melted and cooled)
  • 1 large egg at room temperature
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 tbs white vinegar
  • For the Frosting:
  • 1 cup, unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 3 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbs heavy cream or whole milk
  • To Assemble the Bat Cupcakes
  • 14 Mini-Oreo Cookies
  • 14 white chocolate chips
  • 1/8 cup melted chocolate
  • 14 chocolate wafer cookies
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Line a standard muffin tin with 12 paper liners
  3. In a medium bowl sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt
  4. In a liquid measuring cup mix the milk and vinegar. Set aside.
  5. In a large bowl, add the oil.
  6. Slowly add the sugar, mixing as you add the sugar.
  7. Add the egg and vanilla, and mix until combined
  8. Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
  9. Add 1/2 of the milk mixture and mix until combined.
  10. Continue this process until the ingredients are all added into the batter.
  11. Fill each cup about 1/2 full.
  12. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the centers spring back when lightly touched.
  13. Allow the cupcakes to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan.
  14. Remove the cupcakes and allow them to cool completely on a cooling rack.
For the Chocolate Frosting:
  1. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until fluffy (about 3 minutes on medium).
  2. In a medium bowl, sift the sugar, cocoa, and salt.
  3. Add the confectioners’ sugar mixture and beat until combined and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
  4. Add the vanilla and cream. Beat until light and fluffy.
To Assemble the Cupcakes:
  1. Place the melted chocolate in a zip-top bag. Snip the corner of the bag to create a piping bag.
  2. Place two white chocolate chips on the top third of a min-Oreo cookie. Using a dollop of melted chocolate, stick the white chocolate chips to the cookie.
  3. Pipe a little dot in the middle of each white chocolate chip for the eyes. Do this with all 14 cookies. Set them aside as you pipe the frosting on the cupcakes.
  4. Place the frosting in a piping bag (or zip top bag) with a circular opening. Pipe the frosting on the top of each cupcake.
  5. Place a min-Oreo cookie in the front portion of the frosting.
  6. Break a chocolate wafer cookie in half. Place the cookies on each side of the Oreo cookie face.
Notes
The design for these cupcakes is from the Betty Crocker website.
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Comments

  1. Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    October 6, 2015 at 8:39 am

    Awww, these Halloween bat cupcakes looks too cute, Aida. Love how soft and moist they look. Indeed bat-tastic Halloween treat! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  2. Valerie says

    October 7, 2015 at 5:02 am

    These are adorable and I always love chocolate, pinning for later!

    Reply
  3. Raquel says

    October 7, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    These are so cute Aida! I love the you incorporated both the large and mini Oreos – I am pinning these!

    Reply
  4. Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says

    October 9, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    These are the cutest Halloween cupcakes! My son would love if I made these for him – so fun and festive πŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. tonya says

    October 12, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    Too cute! You have an “eye” for creativity! Pinned!

    Reply
  6. The Bearfoot Baker says

    October 17, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Aida!!! These are the cutest bat cupcakes I have ever seen! Pinning now! πŸ˜‰

    Reply

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