🎃Halloween Jack o'lantern Cupcake Recipe
These Halloween Jack o 'lantern Cupcakes are chocolate pinata cupcakes (filled with candies) with more candies on top! They are great for kids and adults alike and perfect for your next Halloween party or potluck!
Servings 12 cupcakes
Calories 394kcal
Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cupcakes
you can use any chocolate cake recipe, use a cake mix or store-bought cupcakes * I recommend my Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake (see NOTES) which I used for these - 2 boxes smarties ('scaries') or candies (to fill cupcake) * Scaries are the Halloween smarties
- 3 cups chocolate frosting * I recommend my Chocolate Whipped Cream Buttercream frosting (see recipe NOTES)
- 12 pieces black licorice
- variety of candies for topping * you could use leftover candy too
- 12 orange paper ice cream/dessert cups (6 oz)
- black marker
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes as per recipe instructions
- When cupcakes are cooled, use an apple corer to remove centres of cupcakes and set aside centres
- Fill cupcake with smarties or other small candies to ¾ full
- Cut centres in half and only put top half back into hole in cupcakes
Decorating
- Top cupcakes with frosting
- Draw a jack o'lantern face on each orange cup (you'll want to draw a variety of faces)
- Gently set cupcake inside orange cup.
- Add a piece of black licorice as the handle, securing on each side of the cupcake (it should slide in and stay on each side of the cupcake, but you can use a little icing to make it stick if you need to)
- Add candies to the top of each cupcake and serve!
Notes
*Please see post contents for important recipe information and tips!
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Nutrition
Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 250mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 28IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg
