Halloween Cupcakes

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Halloween might be all about the candy, but these Halloween cupcakes are fun to whip up for your spooky festivities. We’ve got creepy spiders, silly-eyed monsters, spooky mummies and cute pumpkins. Pick any one of these adorable designs to add some fun to your Halloween.

Halloween is a perfect time to try out some baking! Maybe you are throwing a Halloween dinner party with your friends or maybe your kid has a Halloween school function. These Halloween cupcakes would be a perfect addition and not to mention delicious to eat.

I’ve created four different designs that are really simple to pipe. It’s all about having the right tools to create these Halloween cupcakes and you only need a few tips to make them. I’ll share how you can create each design and what you need to make them. I used a combination of vanilla cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes, but you can choose whatever flavor you like best.

Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes

These super easy swirled pumpkin cupcakes are so easy to make. And you only need two icing tips to make them. If there is any tip that you should have in your toolkit, it is a Wilton 1M tip. Here’s what you’ll need to make the pumpkin cupcakes:

• Cupcake base
• Orange frosting (I used Americolor Orange)
• Green frosting (I used Americolor Leaf Green)
• Wilton 1M tip 
• Leaf tip 

Steps to make these pumpkin cupcakes: 

• Start with your 1M piping bag filled with orange frosting. Hold the bag straight up and begin in the center of the cupcake. Squeeze the piping bag with continuous pressure and lift the piping bag a little and moving it in a circular motion to create the swirl. Pipe a “C” motion until the connects at the top.
• Then with your leaf tip piping bag filled with a little of green frosting pipe a small leaf at the top. Do this by squeezing the piping bag and wiggling it back and forth about 3-4 times, stop squeezing the bag and then quickly pulling the piping bag away.

Googly-Eyed Monster Cupcakes

These are my favorite Halloween cupcakes. They are a bit creepy, but definitely goofy with the addition of the candy-eyes. Here’s what you need to make these:

• Cupcake base
• Black frosting
• White frosting
• Purple frosting
• Angled spatula or butter-knife
• Wilton tip #102 
• Wilton grass tip
• Candy eyes 

Steps to make these googly-eyed monster cupcakes: 

• First, with a angled spatula or butter-knife, add a small rectangle box of black frosting to the center of the cupcake. This will be the background for the mouth.
• Next you’ll add the teeth. I used the Wilton tip #102 with white icing to create the teeth. Pipe a small amount onto the black frosting and then quickly pull away to create the tapered look of the teeth. Pipe about 8 teeth on the top and repeat the look on the bottom row.
• Time to add the crazy purple monster hair. Using a Wilton grass tip (#233 or #234), pipe purple frosting onto the cupcake and then quickly pull your piping bag away to create the hair. Continue to pipe purple frosting around the mouth of the monster, covering it completely.
• Lastly, add candy eyes. You can use standard size googly-eyes or the larger candy eyes.

Mummy Cupcakes

These mummy cupcakes are really fun to make. You can add a little edible fake blood if you want. Here’s what you will need to make these mummy cupcakes:

• Cupcake base
• Black frosting
• White frosting
• Edible fake blood (optional)
• Angled spatula or butter-knife
• Wilton tip #102 
• Candy eyes

Steps to make these mummy cupcakes: 

• First, with an angled spatula add a thin layer of black frosting to the top-center of the cupcake.
• With your #102 piping bag filled with white frosting, start adding diagonal lines across the cupcake. Try to alternate starting points on the cupcake for the best effect. Keep piping until the remaining cupcake is covered.
• Add candy eyes.
• Add fake blood if you wish. In a small bowl, mix together a very small amount of corn syrup. Add a little of cornstarch until a thicker consistency. Then add a drop of red food coloring. Mix together until your desired consistency, then use a tooth pick to add it to the cupcake. If you need a recipe for the fake blood, check out this post.

Spider Cupcakes

These spider cupcakes are surprisingly easy to decorate. You can use any color for the base underneath the spider. Then you add the spider. The eyes are optional, but I thought they looked pretty creepy. Here’s what you need to make the spider cupcakes:

• Cupcake base
• Orange frosting
• Black frosting
• White frosting
• Angled spatula or butter-knife
• Wilton tip #12
• Wilton tip #3 (or any small round tip)

Steps to make these spider cupcakes: 

• First, with an angled spatula or butter-knife, add a small layer of frosting (color choice is up to you) to the base of the cupcake. Smooth it out to create a flat surface.
• Next, time to pipe the spider. You can practice piping on a piece of parchment paper first before piping onto the cupcake. With your Wilton #12 piping bag filled with black frosting, add a large circle to the back of the cupcake. Holding the piping back straight up, squeeze the bag without moving and then stop when you have enough to create the back of the spider.  Next, add another smaller circle of black frosting to create the head of the spider.
• Don’t worry if you have any sharp points on your spider. To get rid of those, simply dip your finger into a bit of water and gently pat the point down.
• Next, with your Wilton #3 piping bag filled with black frosting, you’ll want to create the legs. Starting at the back large circle, create two short curved lines on each side of the body. Then create two short curved lines on the front of the spiders body. Notice that the back legs go backwards and the front legs go towards the front.
• Next using your white frosting, create 3 small dots on the spider’s head to make the eyes. If they are pointed, dip your finger into a bit of water and pat down the sharp points.

There you have it! Four easy designs for spooky Halloween cupcakes. Hopefully the steps above gave you the tips to make these Halloween cupcakes. But most importantly, I hope you have fun creating these Halloween cupcakes. If you have any questions, please drop them down in the comments below and I would be happy to help.