Seriously Cute (and Creepy) Halloween Cupcake Ideas
Add sugar, spice, and spook to your dessert table.
The entire month of October — the 31st, especially — is basically an open invitation to eat dessert and candy all day, every day. When it comes time to host a Halloween party, festive and fun Halloween cupcakes should always be on the menu. You're in luck: Any one of these adorable Halloween cupcake ideas will easily add some fright (and sugar!) to your holiday festivities. Whether you opt for box mix, totally homemade, or a combination of the two, try these easy decorating ideas to transform chocolate, vanilla, and spiced cupcakes into a spooktacular treat fit for the most eerie occasion of the year. Bust out the candy eyeballs, plastic spiders, and colored frosting to bring these ghost, witch, zombie, and monster cupcakes back to life (from the dead, of course). Plus, since your kids get a sugar high from trick-or-treating, it's only fair that these Halloween cupcake recipes will help you get your sweet fix. Your kids (and trick-or-treaters) will love 'em, too.
Looking for more desserts to serve at your party? Add additional eeriness to your dessert table with these delicious cookie and cake recipes. Then wash it all down with one of these crowd-pleasing witches' brews or kid-friendly mocktails.
These creepy crawly cupcakes are oh-so-tasty.
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Your guests will be dying to unwrap one of these ghoulish treats.
Craft cute bats, and using a toothpick, let them fly over vibrantly frosted cupcakes.
Putting cookies on cupcakes is definitely a good idea, especially when the cookies are as cute as these skeletons.
Boo! Scarily cute ghosts are the perfect toppers for decadent chocolate cupcakes.
Set a spooky scene on top of deep dark chocolate cupcakes.
Combine two of Halloween's finest — candy corn and ghosts — in these colorful vanilla cupcakes.
Because your kids clearly didn't get enough candy trick-or-treating. Once they bite into these chocolate cupcakes, they'll be surprised with colorful chocolate candies.
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Pile on the buttercream frosting to transform these chocolate cupcakes into Halloween's greenest monster.
Just because summer's over doesn't mean you can't enjoy an ice cream cone. Fit for the cooler weather, these cones are stuffed with cake instead of ice cream.
Top these cupcakes with sugary shards of glass to give party guests a real fright.
No toilet paper here. Instead use white frosting and sugary eyes to give these chocolate cupcakes a mummified effect.
This cupcake masterpiece is giving us some major Hocus Pocus vibes. Double, double, toil and trouble...
These creepy (but cute!) cupcakes have gone 3-D with the help of toothpicks, marshmallows, and dab of frosting.
Walking Dead fans, these brainy cupcakes are practically made for you.
Cupcakes are pretty much the perfect party-friendly treat.
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Get ready for death by chocolate, complete with cookie headstones and everything.
Get the candy corn effect by piping three different icings — orange, yellow, and white —on top of store-bought cupcakes.
Can a cupcake be too cute to eat? These green guys might be just that.
Maybe you don't want your cupcakes to look creepy. Maybe you just want to pile some candy corn on top and call it a day. Fine by us.
We don't think we've been this excited to eat black licorice shaped like spiders, like, ever.
Halloween is about baking ghost cupcakes inside an ice cream cone, because why not?
These cupcakes are more of an art project than an actual recipe, which is perfect for all budding bakers. Use store-bought cupcakes, chocolate kisses, and sandwich cookies to create these witchy treats.
Make a batch of chocolate cupcakes, frost 'em, and plop some cotton candy on top for instant "spider web" action.
Eat these creepy, "bloody" cupcakes ... if you dare. FYI, the claws are made with marshmallow fondant, which means they're totally edible.
No toads, Newt's eyes, bile, or blood in these "cauldrons." Just chocolate, candy, and cake a.k.a. the good stuff.
Raise your hand if you want to eat one of these triple chocolate cupcakes.
Ding dong, the witch is de ... licious.
Use pink buttercream frosting to create edible brains. Zombies will love 'em (and so will your mini scientists).
Sink your teeth into these creamy vanilla cupcakes.
Sure, these sweets aren't as scary as the Pumpkin King himself — but that doesn't mean they won't give you nightmares.
Even muggles can appreciate these Harry Potter-inspired cupcakes.
Halloween's not all about goblins, ghosts and monsters. It's also a time for Pumpkin Spice Lattes and colorful foliage.
Sneakily "borrow" some of your kid's trick-or-treat stash to create these candy-loaded cupcakes.
Enter the only time we want to hear the words, "Eat dirt."
Stack some yogurt-covered pretzels for an instantly edible skeleton. You can also stack white chocolate-covered pretzels if that's more appealing.
The marshmallow "webbing" is made by melting down mini marshmallows and stretching them over your cupcake. Genius!
No tricks (just treats) here: This layered treat is really a brownie and cupcake in one.
Put those fancy meringue skills to good use (don't worry, it's not as hard as it seems!) and pipe out fluffy little ghosts.
First of all, these cupcakes are dyed pink. Second, these monster strawberries are too cute to handle.
These cupcakes are perfect if you a) have zero decorating skills and b) stocked up on festive cupcake liners during last year's post-Halloween sale.