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Vampire Cupcakes Recipe

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  • Author: Wesley
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 6 cupcakes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Delightfully spooky Vampire Cupcakes featuring chocolate cupcakes topped with swirls of black frosting, decorated with whimsical vampire faces made from White Reese’s Cups and candy melts. Perfect for Halloween or any fun occasion, these cupcakes combine rich chocolate flavors with creative, edible vampire decorations.

Ingredients

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Vampire Decorations

  • 6 White Reese’s Cups
  • 2 ounces Black Candy Melts, melted
  • 1 ounce White Candy Melts, melted
  • 3 red fruit roll sheets
  • 1 Pocky Stick (for each vampire lollipop)

Cupcakes and Frosting

  • 6 chocolate cupcakes
  • 2 cups chocolate frosting, colored black
  • 1/3 cup white frosting

Instructions

  1. Prepare Reese’s Cups: Unwrap the White Reese’s Cups carefully, ensuring they remain intact for decoration.
  2. Paint Widow’s Peak: Using a food-safe paintbrush, apply melted black candy melts onto each Reese’s Cup to create a vampire widow’s peak (hairline) detail.
  3. Add Facial Features: While the black candy melts are still soft, create two eyes, a mouth, and two eyebrows on each cup using the melted black candy melts.
  4. Harden the Candy: Place the decorated Reese’s Cups in the freezer for 1-2 minutes to allow the black candy melts to harden firmly.
  5. Add Highlights and Fangs: Using melted white candy melts, add tiny highlights to each eye and two fangs to the mouth. Let the candy harden completely.
  6. Prepare Lollipop Stick: Dip a Pocky Stick into the melted black candy melts and place it on parchment paper to dry.
  7. Attach Vampire to Stick: Place one decorated Reese’s Cup vampire on top of the Pocky Stick while the candy is still soft, allowing the stick to act as the lollipop handle. Allow to harden fully.
  8. Frost the Cupcakes: Pipe a large swirl of black-colored chocolate frosting onto each chocolate cupcake, creating a smooth dome.
  9. Insert Vampire Lollipop: Insert the Pocky Stick vampire decoration into the center of the frosting swirl on each cupcake.
  10. Add White Ruffled Shirt: Pipe white frosting over the black frosting swirl to form a ruffled vampire shirt detail.
  11. Create Collars and Bow Ties: Cut collars and bow ties from the red fruit roll sheets. Wrap a collar around the base of the frosting swirl beneath the vampire’s head and place a bow tie on the white frosting to complete the vampire look.

Notes

  • Use a food-safe brush to apply candy melts for precise decoration.
  • Freezing briefly helps candy details set quickly and cleanly.
  • Be gentle when inserting the vampire lollipops into the frosting to avoid breaking the decorations.
  • Red fruit rolls add a fun, edible accessory to enhance the vampire theme.
  • This recipe yields 6 imaginative and festive cupcakes, ideal for parties.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 500
  • Sugar: 35g
  • Sodium: 150mg
  • Fat: 25g
  • Saturated Fat: 10g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 12g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 60g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 6g
  • Cholesterol: 30mg

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