Halloween Witch Hat Cupcakes
Halloween Witch Hat Cupcakes are a dark chocolate spooky treat for all of the little witches and warlocks. These dark chocolate witch hat cupcakes have a sweet surprise inside!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz) box Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
- 3 Eggs (or follow package amount)
- ½ cup Oil (or follow package amount)
- 1 ¼ cups Water (or follow package amount)
Cream Cheese Filling*
- 8 oz Cream Cheese (room temperature)
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
To Color the Filling Green
- 34 drops Green Food Coloring
- 3 drops Yellow Food Coloring
- 2 drops Blue Food Coloring
For the Witch Hats
- 24 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with green (mint) filling, or any type you want
- 24 Dark Chocolate Kisses Candy
- 1 (16 oz) tub Dark Chocolate Frosting
- 1 small Squeeze Tube of Green Frosting
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350° F (or follow cake mix package temperature).
- Prepare the cake mix in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Use a hand mixer to mix the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Mix just until combined.
- If you want the filling green, add the food coloring and mix just until color is even. Put the bowl of filling in the fridge to chill and firm up a little.
- Line two 12 cup cupcake pans with black cupcake liners.
- Using an ice cream scoop, fill the cupcake liners 1/3 full.
- Remove the filling from the fridge and use a small spoon to add a spoonful of the filling to each. Discard any unused filling.
- Top off the cupcake liners with the remaining batter, covering the filling.
- Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, (or follow package time for cupcakes) or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cupcakes are cooling, make the witch hats by using a small dab of the frosting to stick the kiss candy to the cookie. Then pipe a small band of the green frosting from the tube around the base of the kiss candy. It's okay if they are not perfect!
- When cupcakes are cooled, frost the tops of the cupcakes with the dark chocolate frosting, then place a witch hat on top of each.
Notes
*The cream cheese filling is optional.
Nutrition
Calories: 465kcal
