Halloween Black Cat Cupcakes Recipe
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 chocolate cupcakes (homemade or from a box mix)
- 1.5 cups chocolate buttercream frosting
- 12 standard Oreo cookies
- 24 yellow M&Ms or edible candy eyes
- 12 pink heart-shaped sprinkles (for the noses)
- Black sanding sugar (optional, for texture)
- Black licorice strings or chocolate sprinkles (for whiskers)
Instructions
- Ensure your chocolate cupcakes are completely cooled before you begin. If they are even slightly warm, the frosting will melt and the decorations will slide off. If you are using store-bought cupcakes, you can jump straight to the decorating phase.
- Apply a generous, smooth layer of chocolate buttercream frosting to the top of each cupcake. If you want your cats to look “fuzzy,” dip the frosted top of each cupcake into a small bowl of black sanding sugar until the surface is evenly coated. This gives them a dark, matte finish that looks like real fur.
- Take your Oreo cookies and carefully twist them apart. Scrape away the white cream filling. Use a sharp knife to gently cut each chocolate cookie wafer in half to create two semi-circles, then trim those into triangles. Press two cookie triangles into the top of each cupcake to serve as the ears.
- Place two yellow M&Ms (or candy eyes) in the center of the cupcake to create the eyes. Directly below the eyes, place one pink heart-shaped sprinkle upside down to act as a cute little cat nose. Press them gently into the frosting so they stay secure.
- Cut small pieces of black licorice strings and press three into each side of the nose to create whiskers. Alternatively, you can use long chocolate jimmies or even draw them on with a bit of black decorating gel. Your black cat cupcakes are now ready to serve!