Sweet and fluffy homemade chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate sprinkles and decorated with m&ms and Oreo cookies to resemble a bat. These cupcakes make a fun Halloween-themed baking treat to make with your family. The chocolate cupcakes are fluffy and delicious, and then they are decorated into a bat using halved Oreo cookies for the wings and m&ms for the eyes. Store in an air-tight container at room temperature until serving.
For the chocolate cupcakes, you can either make your own homemade cupcakes, or to save on time, you can use a boxed mix instead and prepare and bake according to package directions. Let the cupcakes cool completley before decorating. Beat all of the chocolate frosting ingredients together until fluffy. Place chocolate sprinkles into a shallow dish. Frost the cupcakes and dip each one in the sprinkles, coating to frosting fully. Decorate with Oreo cookies and m&ms.
Bat Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Ingredients for Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate sprinkles
- 12 Oreo cookies, halved
- m&ms
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder together. Add in milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract, whisk until smooth.
- Evenly divide cupcake batter between cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool completely. Beat all of the chocolate frosting ingredients together until smooth. Place sprinkles in a shallow dish.
- Frost cupcakes. Dip the tops of cupcakes in the sprinkles. Place two m&ms at the top for eyes and 2 Oreo cookie halves at the sides.
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