Spooky Halloween Cupcake Recipes
Make deliciously scary cupcakes for your Halloween Party
For your Halloween Party this year, have your child don oven glove and apron and help out in the kitchen creating these cupcake works of art that will make him the envy of every kid on the block - and will turn your Halloween party into the "Party of the Year".
You would already have decided on the theme for your party, so invitations, decor and costumes would be arranged already. In keeping with the spirit of the occasion (no pun intended) the recipes and cupcake decorations on this page will enhance the children's experience. Half the excitement of Halloween is in the preparation and anticipation of the occasion.
Let your little ones play a very important role in their party and help make decisions on what treats and snacks will be served to the guests.
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Pumpkin Face Cupcakes
Simple enough for the kids to make also.

- Serves: Standard package should yield 12 cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: Approx. 40 minutes
Bake cupcakes according to package directions. The package will give you an indication of any additional ingredients or preparation time.
Please always exercise adequate adult supervision when children are working in the kitchen or with hot, small or sharp objects.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. of yellow cake mix
- 1 container of vanilla frosting
- 1 tube of black decorating gel
- red and yellow icing colors
Instructions
Create orange frosting by adding the yellow icing coloring to the red a little at a time until it turns orange. Add the orange icing color mixture to the white frosting a little at a time with a toothpick until it reaches the desired shade. Let cupcakes cool then frost with orange frosting. To finish, pipe on the pumpkin's eyes, nose and mouth with the black gel.
Haunted Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
Kids can join in the fun...

- Serves: Standard Package yields 12 - 18 cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes (read package insert)
Ingredients
- Chocolate cake mix
- Candy pumpkins
- green frosting (white frosting colored with green icing color)
- Ghost cake decorations
- Chocolate Frosting
Instructions
Follow the directions on the box for making cupcakes. Let the cupcakes cool, then frost with chocolate frosting. Place a candy pumpkin on each cupcake and insert a plastic cake decorating ghost on the cupcake behind the pumpkin. For more detail, you can create vines and leaves by piping on green frosting (created by coloring white frosting with green icing color).
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Wicked Witch Cupcakes

- Serves: Makes 12-18 Cupcakes, depending on package
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 45 min (depending on package)
Bake cupcakes according to package directions. Add the green icing coloring to the vanilla frosting a little at a time until it reaches the desired shade. Let cupcakes cool. Remove the cupcake from the wrapper, place the cupcake on a plate upside down, and frost with green frosting.
Place the cone upside down on top of the cupcake. Create the witch's hair by poking one end of a liquorice string into the cupcake and twisting it to make spirals (poke the end into another part of the cupcake). Continue until you have gone around the cupcake, leaving an opening for the face. Pipe on the witch's eyes with the black gel. Frost the marshmallow and place it onto the face as the nose.
To finish, pipe on the mouth with the black gel. (Piped icing works as well as gel)
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. of yellow cake mix
- 1 container of vanilla frosting
- black liquorice shoestrings
- 1 chocolate ice cream cone
- black decorating gel
- 1 small marshmallow
- green icing color
Instructions
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Frankenstein Cupcakes
Kids will LOVE to get involved in making these cupcakes..

- Serves: Makes 24 cupcakes.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
Would any Halloween party be - well would it even be Halloween without Frankie?
Please exercise due caution and supervision while children are working in the kitchen or with small, sharp or hot objects.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. (18.25 oz.) of any flavor cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 1 1/2 cans (16 oz. each) vanilla frosting
- blue
- red
- and yellow icing colors
- 24 marshmallows (2/3 bag)
- 1 tube black decorating icing fitted with a writing tip
- 48 small gumdrops
- 24 large green gumdrops
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare, bake, and cool cupcakes according to package directions. Tint 1 can of frosting a light purple. Frost cupcakes.
Tint remaining 1/2 can frosting yellow-green. Warm frosting in microwave 10 to 20 seconds to thin. With a fork, dip 1 marshmallow at a time into frosting to coat; let excess drip off. Place on cupcake (toward an edge).
Repeat with remaining marshmallows and cupcakes.
Draw faces with the decorative icing :
TIPS:
Eyes - draw on two dots for eyes.
Eyebrows - Make one line for eyebrows. Follow the shape of the eyes, indenting the line in the center between the eyes.
Hair - Fill in the top of the marshmallow, and make squiggly lines below the top edge all the way around.
Scar/Mouth - Make a scar for a mouth. Draw a short, straight line where the mouth should be and make shorter lines across it for the stitches.
Place 1 small gumdrop on the side of each marshmallow at the base for bolts.
To make arms, cut each green gumdrop into 2 rectangles and place on cupcake (cut side down). Place them in front of marshmallow straight out like arms are outstretched.
Bake time: 25 minutes.
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Spider Web Cupcakes

- Serves: Package should yield 12-18 cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes (depending on package)
Please exercise due caution and supervision when children are working in the kitchen, or with hot, small or sharp objects.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. of chocolate cake mix
- 1 container of vanilla frosting
- 1 tube of black decorating gel
Instructions
Cook cupcakes according to package directions. Let cupcakes cool then frost with vanilla frosting. Pipe gel onto cupcakes in a spiral pattern starting from the center of the cupcake.
Drag the point of a knife across the set of circles starting from the center of the cupcake towards the edge. Repeat this process evenly around the diameter of the cupcake three more times.
Note : You can create a spider for the web by inserting thin black liquorice whips into a miniature marshmallow. Place four pieces of liquorice on each side of the marshmallow (cut the liquorice down so the legs are proportionate to the body.
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Ghost Cupcakes

- Serves: Makes 24.
- Prep Time: 40 min (incl. baking cupcakes)
- Total Time: 1 hour
A pre-prepared cupcake mix would be ideal and time-saving. Prepare cupcakes according to the package. Allow to cool before decorating.
Ingredients
- 24 baked cupcakes
- 24 Nutter-Butter cookies
- Chocolate frosting
- Vanilla frosting
- Tube of chocolate decorator's icing
Instructions
Coat each baked cupcake with chocolate frosting and partially insert a Nutter-Butter cookie into the top. Frost the remaining cookie with vanilla frosting. Draw a spooky expression on each ghost with the decorator's icing.
Spider Cupcakes

- Serves: Makes 24
- Prep Time: 40 mins (incl. baking cupcakes)
- Total Time: 1 1/2 hour
Make use of a time-saving prepared cupcake mix. Make cupcakes as per instructions on the package, and allow to cool before decorating.
Please exercise adequate adult supervision when children are working in the kitchen or with hot, small or sharp objects.
Ingredients
- 24 baked cupcakes
- 3/4 cup dry chow mein noodles
- 2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or crispy rice cereal
- White frosting
Instructions
First, make the spiders by combining the chocolate chips and milk in a glass bowl. Microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until
smooth. Stir in the peanuts or cereal and chow mein noodles.
Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper. Stick on extra noodles for spider legs and chill. Frost the cupcakes white. Then top each cupcake with a
spider.
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