Description
These festive Halloween Mini Cupcakes are perfect for celebrating the spooky season with colorful icing and themed decorations. Mini yellow cake cupcakes are baked, cooled, then decorated with vibrant green, purple, orange, and black icings, piped with various tips, and topped with Halloween-themed edible decorations and sprinkles for a fun and delicious treat.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- Favorite Yellow Cake Mix or Recipe
- Mini muffin pan with solid baking cups
Icing Colors and Decorations
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Lemon Yellow Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Leaf Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Leaf Green Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Ivory Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Ivory Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Violet Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Violet Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Orange Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Orange Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Brown Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Brown Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Black Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Black Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- White Decorator Icing – 4.5 lb.
- Halloween Pumpkin Icing Decorations
- Ghost with Candy Corn Icing Decorations, 12-count
- Skeleton Edible Cupcake Toppers
- Skeleton Icing Decorations, 12-count
- Halloween Sprinkles Set
- Halloween Witch Pumpkin Candy Decorations
- Pumpkins Sprinkles, 3.5 oz.
Instructions
- Bake mini cupcakes: Prepare your favorite yellow cake mix or recipe batter and fill mini muffin pans lined with solid baking cups. Bake according to recipe instructions until cupcakes are cooked through. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
- Tint icing: Divide white decorator icing into separate bowls. Mix Leaf Green, Ivory, and Lemon Yellow icing colors to achieve the green shade. Combine Violet and Red-Red icing colors to create the purple shade. Mix Orange and Brown icing colors to make the orange shade. Leave some icing black by using black icing color. Tint icings accordingly to match the colors of your baking cups and decorations.
- Decorate cupcakes: Use a spatula to spread smooth icing on some of the cupcakes. Fit piping tips 1M, 2A, and 4B into disposable decorating bags and fill each bag separately with different colored icings. Pipe swirls and star shapes on the remaining cupcakes using the colored icings. Finally, top each cupcake with themed Halloween icing decorations like pumpkins, ghosts, skeletons, and witches, along with Halloween sprinkles for added festive flair.
Notes
- Ensure cupcakes are fully cooled before icing to prevent melting.
- Adjust food coloring amounts to achieve preferred icing shades.
- Disposable decorating bags make piping easier and cleanup faster.
- Use solid baking cups to prevent leakage and easy cupcake removal.
- Decorations can be swapped depending on availability or preference.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cupcake
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg