Looking for an easy treat to get you in the Halloween spirit? Check out these adorable witch hat Cupcakes that are the perfect treat for your next halloween party or bake sale!
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Halloween Witches Hat cupcakes
Looking for something to take to the party or to make for your kids this Halloween? These halloween witch hat cupcakes are sure to be a huge hit. They are delicious and the perfect halloween treats.
There are a lot of great recipes that are Halloween themed. What is great about this one is that these easy witches hat cupcakes only take a little patience and don’t require any previous decorating experience!
Everything you need to make the cupcakes can be found at the grocery store.
First things: grab your equipment:
Gather Mixing bowls
Cupcake tin or cupcake pan, and make sure you have a cupcake liner for each cupcake .
Pastry bag fitted with 1M star tip
And electric mixer ( one with or without a paddle attachment)
Witch Hat Cupcake Ingredients
1 package white cake mix (any brand)
3 egg whites
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 drop electric purple or violet gel food coloring
24 fudge striped cookies
24 Hershey’s kisses
and for the frosting you will need
2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
6 cups confectioners sugar
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 drop electric green gel food color
How to Decorate Your Witch Cupcakes
To make your frosting:
Add butter and cream cheese to a large bowl . Mix together with an electric mixer until creamy. Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix on low speed
Slowly add in the heavy cream mixing as you go.
Once your vanilla frosting is complete, Add in a drop of green food gel color to make the green icing and mix for 4-5 mins on high.
This will incorporate air and make the frosting light and fluffy.
Now it’s time to decorate the top of the cupcakes:
Fit a piping bag with a 1M star tip and add frosting to the plastic bag.
Pipe a thick circle starting in the center of the cupcake.
Place a cookie upside down on the cupcake.
Add frosting to the bottom of the Hershey’s Kiss candy and attach to the cookie.
I hope that you enjoy these witch’s hat cupcakes which are the perfect easy halloween treats!
What are you making this halloween season?
Full recipe for these easy halloween cupcakes below.
Witches Hat Cupcakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 1 package white cake mix any brand
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 drop electric purple or violet gel food coloring
- Frosting
- 2 cup unsalted butter room temperature 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 6 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 drop electric green gel food color
- 24 fudge striped cookies 24 Hershey’s kisses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
Add all of the ingredients for the cupcakes to a mixing bowl and mix. Divide the mix evenly between 24 cupcake liners
Bake for 15-18 mins until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow cupcakes to cool in the pans for 10 mins, remove and let them finish cooking on a counter or cooling wrack. - Make the frosting
- 24
Add butter and cream cheese to mixing bowl. Mix together until creamy. Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix on low.
Slowly add in the heavy cream mixing as you go.
Add in a drop of food gel color and mix for 4-5 mins on high.
This will incorporate air and make the frosting light and fluffy. - Decorating
- Fit a piping bag with a tip 1M and add frosting to the bag.
Pipe a thick circle starting in the center of the cupcake.
Place a cookie upside down on the cupcake.
Add frosting to the bottom of the Hershey’s Kiss candy and attach to the cookie.
Nutrition
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