31 Wicked Good Halloween Cupcakes to Sink Your Fangs Into
Cute Halloween cupcake recipes! The fun spooky treats make the best Halloween desserts for a party, bake sale, or fun night at home.
Get ready to impress everyone with your baking and cupcake decorating skills!
From ghosts and monsters, to bats, spiders, zombie brains, and every other spooky theme you can think of …
… these creative Halloween cupcakes will be the hit of the party.
Themed cupcakes are always incredibly fun, and Halloween cupcakes make the perfect treat for:
- Party guests
- Snacking on before or after trick or treating
- School parties
- Halloween movie nights
- October potlucks
- Bake sales
Grab your baking supplies, favorite muffin tin, and a piping bag, and prepare for a ton of fun spooky treats.
Let’s check’em out!
(For even more festive ideas, take a look at these fun Halloween party foods, spooky charcuterie boards, and candy corn-themed treats!)
Cute & Spooky Halloween Cupcake Ideas
Sweet as Candy Ghost Cupcakes
Ghost cupcakes are a hit every time. Not at all scary, and sweet as candy.
The cute little decorations are a hit with the kids and adults alike.
They are simple to make, and only take about an hour from start to finish.
Frankenstein Cupcakes
These cute Frankenstein Cupcakes are the perfect Halloween treat to take along to any Halloween gathering, or sell at a Fall bake sale.
They're easy to decorate and will be the first treat scooped up on a halloween baking tray!
Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes
Halloween Cupcakes topped with fluffy chocolate buttercream frosting that are not too scary and pretty darn cute.
Decorate with chocolate tombstones, cookie dirt, colorful sprinkles, gumballs, and spooky candy eyes.
Witch's Bubbling Cauldron Cupcakes
Unleash your inner witch when you create these adorable bubbling cauldron cupcakes.
Chocolate cupcakes are topped with a fondant cauldron complete with a bubbling green potion spilling out, sitting upon a “fire” of red and orange frosting.
Ghost Cupcakes w/ Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
Ghost Cupcakes have a Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting that turns these spooky sweet treats into a fun, festive way to celebrate Halloween!
Zombie Brain Cupcakes
Halloween Cupcakes don’t have to be hard! Grab a box mix and a piping bag, and you’re well on your way to these spooky and delicious zombie brain cupcakes.
Witch Hat Cupcakes
Cute Witch Hat Cupcakes are easy to make for all skill levels!
Made with rich chocolate cupcakes, buttercream frosting, Oreo Thins, and a Hershey’s Kiss.
Black & Orange Pumpkin Cupcakes
If you’re craving a sweet treat that embodies the essence of fall, look no further than these delightful pumpkin-themed cupcakes, where moist orange and black cake meets creamy, dreamy frosting.
Severed Finger Cupcakes
These Severed Finger Cupcakes are the ultimate in creepy and gross desserts for Halloween.
Fear not though, the fingers are made with candy-dipped pretzels rods, but look eerily realistic on top of frosted cupcakes!
Spider Web Cupcakes
Halloween Spider Web cupcakes are perfect when you want a spooky treat!
The spider web design is easy to create, even if you have no previous cake decorating experience.
Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes
Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes are just like your favorite cream-filled cupcakes, only decorated with cute (and EASY) Halloween designs!
Use frosting and store-bought candy to make four different Halloween cupcake designs: monsters, vampires, mummies, and Frankenstein’s monster.
Creepy Werewolf Cupcakes
Channel your inner Little Red Riding Hood when you create these Creepy Werewolf cupcakes.
They’re equal parts scary and cute!
Candy Corn Cupcakes with Greek Yogurt Frosting
These gorgeous cupcakes require only a few ingredients: a box of cake mix, Greek yogurt, red and yellow food coloring and some water.
Even the frosting is a 3 ingredient recipe!
Eyeball Cupcakes
Eyeball Cupcakes for Halloween have a delicious and moist chocolate base, cream cheese frosting and eyeballs that consist of canned lychees, blueberries and strawberry jam “blood.”
Mummy Cupcakes
Made with soft, moist and squishy chocolate cupcakes and a royal icing topping, these cupcakes are piped to look like cute and not-so-scary mummies.
Devil Cupcakes
With rich red velvet cupcakes topped with black buttercream frosting and decorated with red fondant horns, these cute little devil cupcakes are an impish treat!
High Hat Spiderweb Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes are a year-round treat, but add some marshmallow "spider webs" and you've got a spooky Halloween treat!
Over the top in the best way, these High Hat Cupcakes need to be on your baking list!
Black Cat Cupcakes
Black Cat Cupcakes are a rich, chocolaty Halloween treat that’s perfect for parties.
Kids will have a blast helping you make each cat face using edible decorations.
Bleeding Black Cupcakes
Bleeding Black Cupcakes are delicious, black chocolate cupcakes filled with a rose flavored white chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate buttercream, tinted black.
They are so much fun to make AND eat!
Silly Monster Cupcakes
Silly Monster Cupcakes are so easy to decorate with a grass piping tip.
Add some festive googly eyes and a shake of sprinkles and wa-la!
Halloween Poke Cake Cupcakes
With the help of boxed cake mix and orange gelatin, you can whip up these festive Halloween Poke Cake Cupcakes in a matter of minutes.
Gluten-Free Halloween Ghost Cupcakes
These cute and spooky Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes are vegan, allergy-free, and the perfect treat for kids with food allergies.
Made with a simple black chocolate cupcake base and dairy-free vanilla buttercream frosting.
Vampire Bite Cupcakes
These spooky vampire bite cupcakes consist of triple chocolate cupcakes filled with strawberry jam topped with blood-bitten vanilla buttercream.
Killer Halloween Cakes
Creepy (and easy!) Killer Halloween cakes are perfect for any party or slasher movie night.
Spongy mini buttermilk bundts are drenched with red glaze and speared with candy knives.
Mini Halloween Cheesecakes
Candy Corn Mini Cheesecakes have vibrant layers resembling the iconic candy corn, these sweet and creamy mini desserts are sure to impress your guests.
Spider Cupcakes
Spider cupcakes are easy to make with a chocolate cupcake base and cream cheese frosting.
For the spiders, you need Oreos, melted chocolate for the legs and candy eyeballs.
Halloween Cupcakes with Oreo Mummies
Halloween Cupcakes with Oreo Mummies are soft vanilla cupcakes with a surprise baked-in Oreo, cream cheese icing and an Oreo mummy topper.
Graveyard Cupcakes with Meringue Ghosts
These spooktacular graveyard cupcakes are the perfect addition to your Halloween party dessert table!
Utilizing store bought ingredients and an easy meringue ghost, these cupcakes come together in no time and are perfect for decorating with the kids.
Scream Cupcakes
Scream Cupcakes are the creepy dessert you need at your next Halloween movie night party.
These bloody cupcakes are inspired by the Scream movies and will have you asking guests “Do you like scary movies?”
Broken Glass Cupcakes
If these Red Velvet Broken Glass Cupcakes don’t send shivers down your spine, I don’t know what will!
They’re visually alarming while at the same time extremely delicious.
Chocolate Bat Cupcakes
These bat cupcakes feature moist chocolate cupcakes topped with a spooky edible bat.
Fun and cute Halloween treats for kids and adults alike.
Ready to make some cute Halloween cupcakes?
I hope this list of festive Halloween cupcake recipes has given you tons of inspiration for spooky sweet treats you can make.
Everyone loves a cupcake, and they’ll be thrilled when you show up with any of these fun and tasty ideas!
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