Chocolate Mummy Halloween Cupcakes

Celebrate your Halloween with a special treat like chocolate Halloween mummy cupcakes. These cupcakes are best for this occasion due to their colors and decoration. The dark chocolate color, white frosting, and googly eyes make them a perfect Halloween structure. These mummy cupcakes will give a playful touch to your Halloween gatherings. The best thing is that it is easy to make these festive treats. Make them with the following recipe and make your event enchanting. 

Ingredients  For Chocolate Halloween Mummy Cupcakes

For The Chocolate Cake

• White sugar
• Vegetable oil
• Vanilla extract
• Dark cocoa powder
• Whole milk
• Flour
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Boiling water
• Chocolate chips 

For The Buttercream Frosting

• Unsalted butter
• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Googly eyes

Ingredient Notes and Variations

1. White sugar is one of the most common sweetening agents in baking. You can use other sweeteners like brown sugar for a distinctive flavor profile. 
2. Vegetable oil: The oil keeps the cupcake moist and tender. You can use different oils like canola, coconut, or almond oil as a substitute. 
3. Dark cocoa powder: It adds a deep chocolate flavor to the treat. You can use regular cocoa powder instead to keep the texture less intense. 
4. Whole milk: It adds richness and creates a moist texture. You can add low-fat or non-dairy products like almond milk as an alternative. 
5. Chocolate chips: They are optional. You can skip chocolate chips or can use peanut butter as an alternative.

How To Make Chocolate Halloween Mummy Cupcakes?

1: Prepare the cupcake batter

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Break the egg and collect it in a mixing bowl. Now add oil, vanilla, Sugar, and almond milk.  Mix all ingredients very well. 
3. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.  Mix it with the egg mixture. 
4. Pour the batter into boiling water and stir until you get a silky blend. 

2: Bake the batter

1. Divide the batter equally in the cupcake tin. 
2. Place the tray in the oven and let it bake. It may take 15 to 20 minutes to bake thoroughly. 
3. Let the cupcakes cool until you prepare the frosting.

3: Prepare the frosting

1. Take a bowl with a stand mixer. Beat the butter, vanilla, and sugar until they reach a soft peak. 
2. Fill this fluffy butter mixture in a piping bag and frost the cupcakes. Add the edible googly eyes on each cupcake and serve.

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Chocolate Mummy Halloween Cupcakes

Celebrate your Halloween with a special treat like chocolate Halloween mummy cupcakes. These cupcakes are best for this occasion due to their colors and decoration. 

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Author Adalynn Ward

Servings 15 Cupcakes

Calories 316kcal

Ingredients

For The Chocolate Cake

• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup dutch dark cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• ½ cup whole milk
• 1 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup boiling water
• ½ cup peanut butter or chocolate chips optional

For The Buttercream Frosting

• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar or to taste
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 24 googly eyes

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees while you prepare the cupcake batter.
• Make a bowl and then take the eggs out following the breaking of their shells. Add almond milk, vanilla, oil, and raw sugar.
• Mix all ingredients until well integrated.
• Add dry ingredients such as flour, dark cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix them in a wet mix to make batter.
• Pour the mix into boiling water and mix until it turns smooth and silky.
• Divide this batter into the cupcakes lined in the tin.
• Put the cupcake pan into the oven to bake.
• It could take between 15 and 20 minutes to bake.
• Let them cool down until you are ready to make the frosting.
• Combine sugar, vanilla, and butter into a stand mixer bowl.
• Mix and beat them until they are light and fluffy.
• Make sure to put this frosting into the pipette bags.
• Spread this frosting on the cool cupcakes, then place the two eyes of a googly on each cupcake.

Nutrition

Serving: 16Cupcakes | Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.8g | Protein: 2.8g | Fat: 19.2g | Saturated Fat: 8.9g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 25.6g | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg