Description
Spooky and delicious cupcakes perfect for Halloween or themed parties. These haunted house cupcakes are fun to make and decorate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus required eggs, oil, and water)
- 1 can chocolate frosting
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Black and orange gel food coloring
- 12 large marshmallows
- 24 mini pretzel sticks
- 1 tube black decorating icing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Prepare cake mix according to package instructions and fill liners 2/3 full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- Melt white chocolate chips and tint with black food coloring. Spread on parchment paper to create thin sheets for windows and doors.
- Once set, break into jagged pieces for haunted house windows.
- Frost each cupcake with chocolate frosting.
- Cut marshmallows diagonally and place on cupcakes as rooftops.
- Insert pretzel sticks as fence posts around the edges.
- Add white chocolate windows and doors.
- Use black icing to draw spooky details like cracks, ghosts, or bats.
Notes
- Let chocolate set completely before handling.
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant colors without thinning the chocolate.
- Store cupcakes at room temperature in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg