Just for fun, I made these cute Halloween Cupcakes to help celebrate this month. I was planning to make my chocolate cake recipe and share it with you…but then realized I didn’t have a few of the ingredients and now that it is a wee bit harder to run into the store for a really quick stop (baby+car seat)… I decided to improvise with boxed mix with some added love and homemade cream cheese frosting.
I found the Wilton decorations marked down after Halloween last year, so decided to put them to use!
**Tips to make any boxed cake mix better…add an extra egg and half a box of pudding mix! Boom..done taste better already. Homemade frosting is easier than you think. If you aren’t feeling that either just add some cream cheese to canned frosting and you’re good to go.
I made the cream cheese frosting with 1 package of cream cheese, 1 stick of butter, some vanilla, and powdered sugar. Then filled a zip lock bag, piped on the frosting, added some black edible sparkles, and topped it with the Wilton toppers. Super cute and fun!
For tips on how to decorate cupcakes check out my Decorating tips post!
I made 24 cupcakes…took half to work.. which Mike was mad at me for because he LOVES my cupcakes (that being said he ate 5 the first night lol).
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ?
Halloween Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box Chocolate cake mix
- 1 extra egg
- 1/2 pkg chocolate pudding mix
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix cake mix according to package adding one extra egg and the pudding mix.
- Bake according to instructions.
- Let cool.
- In a electric stand mixer beat cream cheese and butter until well combined.
- Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.
- Mix well and then add vanilla.
- Add frosting to a zip lock bag or piping bag and pipe onto cupcakes.
- Top with decorations of choice.
*stefseatsandsweets is a participant in the Amazon Associates program. I make a profit on purchases made through these links to Amazon at no extra cost to you!
October 6, 2021 at 8:45 am[…] or treat!” Granted, there are the old standbys like candy apples, orange-colored fruit punch, and cupcakes iced in hues symbolic of the season, but what about trying something a bit different this year like […]