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Easy Halloween Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting (12 ways)

Learn how to make these 12 Halloween Cupcake designs with vanilla cupcakes and vanilla buttercream frosting tinted with various shades. Its so easy, spooky and perfect for Halloween.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
10 min: 10 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Author: Anjali

INGREDIENTS

Vanilla Cupcake

  • 1½ cup AP Flour
  • ¼ cup Confectioner's Sugar
  • 4 Large Eggs
  • ½ cup Whole Milk
  • 1 tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ¾ cup Unsalted butter softened

Vanilla Buttercream frosting

  • 1½ cup Unsalted butter softened to room temp
  • 6 cup Confectioner's sugar
  • 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 6 tablespoon Whole milk

Toppings

  • Candy Eyes
  • Black Sprinkles
  • Halloween M&M

INSTRUCTIONS

Baking the Vanilla Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners
  • Cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add AP Flour, Eggs, Vanilla Extract, Baking Powder, and milk. Fold until combined. Do not overmix the batter.
  • Transfer to the lined muffin tin and bake for 15-18 minutes or until the centers are springy upon touch
  • Allow them to cool down completely before you add the frosting

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together. Add the confectioner's sugar in two batches. Once combined, add the milk and vanilla extract and beat for 2 minutes.
  • Divide the buttercream frosting into seven portions in different bowls. Add Green, Orange, Brown, Purple, Pink, and red food colors to six bowls. Keep one bowl uncolored with the plain, simple buttercream frosting.
  • Continue with the instructions about each cupcake below.

Halloween Pumpkin Cupcake

  • Use the large petal tip Wilton #125 with orange-tinted buttercream frosting first to make the orange pumpkin design. Start from the edges in a vertical line and finish at the tip.
  • Use a small star tip Wilton #21 with green frosting to make two small leaf designs on the top.

Halloween Ghost Buddies Cupcakes

  • Use a round tip in a piping bag with orange-colored buttercream frosting and add it to the cupcake. Even it out using a butter knife
  • Use a tiny portion of vanilla buttercream frosting to draw two ghost shapesTop with melted dark chocolate to make the eyes and mouth of these ghost buddies.

Halloween Frankenstein Cupcakes

  • Use a round tip Wilton #1A with green-colored buttercream frosting and add it over the cupcakeUse a butter knife to smoothen the top
  • Top with black sprinkles to make the hair of Frankenstein Add Candy Eyes and Pretzel sticks around the sides to make Halloween Frankenstein Cupcakes.

Halloween Slime Cupcake

  • Use Wilton #21 with green colored buttercream frostingPipe a perfect spiral frosting over a cupcake
  • Top with Candy Eyes on the top, haphazardly and its done!

Halloween Zombie Brain Cupcake

  • For this use pink tinted buttercream frosting. I add a drop of Pink food color and about 3 drops of white food color to give the pink a pastel tint which looks quite like an open brain color.
  • Use a small round tip like Wilton #7 to pipe two vertical lines in the center of the cupcake
  • Just make wave designs around the vertical lines in a horizontal fashion to make the brain

Halloween Ghost Cupcake

  • Simply use a small round tip like Wilton #12 and vanilla buttercream frosting to make a spiral design over a cupcake
  • Top with chocolate chips to make the Halloween Ghost eyes and its done!

Jack-O'-Lantern Cupcake

  • Use a large petal Wilton #125 with orange tinted buttercream frosting to make the base. Start piping from the edge and go down vertically.
  • Use a small round tip Wilton #4 with brown tinted buttercream frosting to make the eyes and mouth of Jack-O'-Lantern
  • Use a small open star tip Wilton #21 with green tinted buttercream frosting to make the petals.

Cookie Monster Cupcake

  • Use an open star tip Wilton #21 with purple tinted buttercream frosting and make star designs on the cupcake.
  • Leave a small portion in the center to make the mouth of the cookie monsterFill it with melted dark chocolate
  • Top with three Candy Eyes on the top

Halloween Oreo Spider Cupcake

  • Use a large round tip Wilton #12 with vanilla buttercream frosting and pipe over the cupcakeSmoothen it out with a butter knife
  • Stick an Oreo to itUse some melted dark chocolate or a bit of buttercream frosting to stick candy eyes over the oreos
  • Use a small round tip like Wilton #7 with brown tinted buttercream frosting and make the tentacles of the spiders. Its nothing just three horizontal lines starting from the base of the Oreo going upto the rim of the cupcake

Witch's Hat Cupcake

  • Use a spiral round tip like Wilton #12 with green tinted buttercream frosting and pipe over the cupcake
  • Stick an Hershey's Kiss candy over an oreo with some buttercream frosting
  • Use a small round tip like Wilton #7 with orange tinted buttercream frosting and pipe it around the edge of the Hershey's kiss candy.

Halloween Mummy Cupcake

  • Use a small round tip Wilton #12 with vanilla buttercream frosting and pipe it in a zig zag fashion
  • Top with two Candy Eyes

Monster Eye Cupcake

  • Use a small round top Wilton #12 with red tinted buttercream frosting to pipe over the cupcake in a spiral design
  • Top with a green M&M and Candy Eye in the center
  • Add some red candy melts around the edges to make the nerve designs

Success Tips

  • Use gel food color for the perfect colors. Only add a drop of gel food color and a little. The color will darken over time.
  • Allow the cupcakes to sit at room temp for a few hours before you serve them
  • You can cover and store leftovers in the refrigerator for upto 5 days

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