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20 Easy Halloween Cupcakes Anyone Can Make

September 23, 2019 By Sharon Garofalow Leave a Comment

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Cupcakes are one of the easiest ways to celebrate a holiday since you can decorate them with a variety of themed ideas. In this collection, you'll find 20 easy Halloween Cupcakes to make and decorate that are perfect for your next party or family celebration.super easy halloween cupcakes ideas

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Fun and Easy Halloween Cupcakes To Make

I'm not a skilled baker. And decorating them is even harder for me! This list of cool cupcakes ideas are easy and adorable. They're perfect for busy moms who want to create some holiday-inspired cupcakes but don't want to end up overwhelmed.

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20 Cupcake Ideas for Halloween

Choose from pumpkins with orange and black colors to frightful monsters and adorable mummies. Black cats, witches, spiders and spider webs are also in the mix with easy to assemble instructions and inventive food items that make decorating these cupcakes a breeze.

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese FrostingΒ 
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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese FrostingΒ 

These scrumptious pumpkins cupcakes aren't just for Halloween; you'll want to make them all season long, and by that I mean all pumpkin-spice-season long. Easily make these cupcakes from a box mix with the addition of pumpkin puree and spices. The cinnamon cream cheese frosting is deliciously easy, too. Delish!

Easy Jack-O-Lantern Cupcakes
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Easy Jack-O-Lantern Cupcakes

Forget carving a jack-o-lantern this year and make these adorable and edible pumpkin-themed cupcakes instead! These come together quickly with orange colored frosting and black decorating icing to draw the faces. Finish with green gummy candies and pretzel sticks for the leaves and stems. So simple!

Spooky Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes
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Spooky Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes

These stuffed cupcakes look impressive but are really simple to make. Just hollow out your baked and cooled cupcake, fill it with the candy bones and eyes, replace the core and frost. Top with sprinkles and you're done!

Halloween Spider Cupcakes
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Halloween Spider Cupcakes

Think you can't make spider webs? Yes you can with this easy circle and toothpick method. Your cupcakes get decorated with a thin layer of chocolate frosting that's been darkened with black food coloring. Then you pipe two circles of white frosting on and use a toothpick to pull the webs into place. Place bejeweled toy spiders on top and behold your webbed masterpiece!

Witch Hat Cupcakes
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Witch Hat Cupcakes

These high hat cupcakes are super tall thanks to piled high chocolate frosting topped with Oreos and chocolate candy kisses. Make the cupcakes green by adding a little food coloring to the batter. So creative and cute!

Frankenstein Cupcakes
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Frankenstein Cupcakes

These Frankenstein cupcakes are just perfect for letting the kids help decorate. Chocolate cupcakes get dipped in green and brown candy melts for make Frank's face and hair while red edible marker draws his scar. A fun and friendly monster!

Graveyard Cupcakes with Tombstone Milano Cookies
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Graveyard Cupcakes with Tombstone Milano Cookies

These may be the cutest and tastiest tombstones ever made that sit on top of these dark chocolate cupcakes and frosting. Pick up a package of Milano cookies so you can start decorating your graveyard cupcakes!

Halloween Swirled Cupcakes
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Halloween Swirled Cupcakes

If you've always admired multi-colored swirled frosting on cupcakes then you need to know how easy it is to achieve! Just make your frosting, divide it into thirds and add the different food colorings to each. Place all three frosting colors in a piping bag with a star tip and then squeeze and swirl away. Easy and gorgeous!

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
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Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes

These adorable cupcakes actually look like a little pumpkin, complete with a stem that's made out of a Tootsie Roll. Get a little creative with orange liners, orange icing and a little green Laffy Taffy for the leaves. Sweet!

Non-Spooky Black Cat Cupcakes
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Non-Spooky Black Cat Cupcakes

These black kitty cat cupcakes are more cute than scary, so little kids should love them! Chocolate sprinkles cover the frosting for the fur, yellow M & M's for the eyes and chocolate taffy for the ears and whiskers!

Brownie Cupcakes
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Brownie Cupcakes

These colorful orange and brown cupcakes are formed from two layers of batter: a brownie batter layer and a yellow cake mix layer with a few drops of orange food coloring. The frosting is buttercream and you finish it off with orange and black sprinkles. Super easy and perfect for Halloween.

Halloween Confetti Cupcakes
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Halloween Confetti Cupcakes

Who doesn't love confetti sprinkles? They're especially fun when they're in the actual batter for a colorful surprise when you bite into the cupcake! A purple frosting with green, orange, black and white sprinkles finishes the festive look.

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting
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Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting

These intense dark chocolate cupcakes are perfectly topped with a luscious creamy peanut butter frosting that's then garnished with the colors of Halloween, thanks to crushed Reese's Pieces. It's an orange, black, brown and yellow masterpiece of a cupcake.

Spooky Mummy CupcakesΒ 
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Spooky Mummy CupcakesΒ 

These mummies cupcakes are easy to decorate by using an icing tip to pipe on the "bandages." The messier the better because then it looks authentic!

Easy Monster Cupcakes
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Easy Monster Cupcakes

Halloween cupcakes don't get any easier than these fun monsters in purple and orange. You'll need a boxed cake mix, cupcake wrappers, purple food coloring, toothpicks, candy eyes and mini marshmallows to build these guys. Let the kids help!

Witch Hat Cupcakes with Ice Cream Cones
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Witch Hat Cupcakes with Ice Cream Cones

You can make these awesome witch hat toppers from ice cream sugar cones and black color mist food spray. This is an easy and fun project for unique cupcakes that the kids will love!

Dirt Cupcakes
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Dirt Cupcakes

These creepy crawly cupcakes use Oreo crumbs for the dirt over a dark chocolate cupcake which you can make from scratch or grab a boxed mix. Decorate with gummy worms on top and you're good to go!

Halloween Oreo Spider Cupcakes
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Halloween Oreo Spider Cupcakes

Cute spiders with the body of an Oreo cookie and legs made from pocky sticks sit on top of an Oreo frosting and a Devil's food chocolate cupcake. The silly googly eyes make these edible spiders less scary!

Creepy Cobweb Cupcakes
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Creepy Cobweb Cupcakes

Create these cobweb-inspired cupcakes easily. JustΒ pile high your chocolate frosting that's been blackened with food coloring, melt a marshmallow in the microwave and string it over the frosting for a cobweb effect. Spooky!

Cute Monster Cupcakes
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Cute Monster Cupcakes

Frosting tips and bright food coloring do most of the work to make these awesomely decorated monsters. You could use any flavor cupcake since the frosting is so lush. Add some edible eyes and your monsters are ready to party!

Make these for a kid's party or just have them for an after school snack for your kids. These cute cupcakes ideas for Halloween are sure to put smiles on everyone's faces (including yours!)

More Festive Halloween Ideas

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  • Easy Halloween Decor Idea with Plastic Fangs
  • Cute and simple wire wall sign for Halloween
  • Make this Black Vodka Halloween Punch

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Make a batch of easy Halloween cupcakes this year! Just start with a simple boxed mix and choose one of these cute, festive designs. 

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About Sharon Garofalow

Sharon lives in Southern California with her adorable family. She loves to share ideas to make mom life easier and encourage busy gals to make time for themselves too! Sharon's "me" time often includes watching Hallmark Channel movies, sipping sauvignon blanc, trying not to eat Salt and Pepper potato chips, and planning girlfriend getaways.

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