You may use any recipe for chocolate cupcakes or muffins to make this treat with a Halloween theme. Any party I bring these spooky skull cupcakes to always gets rave reviews. When I made them, “Night of the Living Dead” served as my inspiration.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 35 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix (such as Duncan Hines)
- 1 cup water
- 3 eggs
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 ½ (16 ounce) packages prepared vanilla frosting
- 1 (7 ounce) pouch prepared chocolate frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners, preferably dark-colored or Halloween-themed ones.
- Combine cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed until batter is smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool tins on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from the tins and cool them completely on a wire rack before decorating, about 1 hour.
- Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of white vanilla frosting and refrigerate for 30 minutes to make decorating easier.
- Remove cupcakes from the fridge and apply a second layer of white frosting. Fill a piping bag outfitted with a small round tip with chocolate frosting and draw a skull face on the cupcakes: pipe large ovals for the eyes, two dots for the nostrils, and a large “stitched” smile for the mouth.
- The directions for making cupcakes are based on the particular brand mentioned. Follow instructions on box if using a different brand.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 276 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 25 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 234 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made them as mini cupcakes. Takes some practice/skill to get the faces to look right.
These came out great!