Spooky Cyclops Cupcakes

Recipe Collection: Dessert

Spooky Cyclops Cupcakes are a Halloween treat that’s as fun to make as it is to eat! These cupcakes feature a rich chocolate base topped with vibrant green frosting, transforming them into adorable one-eyed monsters. Perfect for vegetarian diets, these American-style cupcakes are a hit at Halloween parties and kids' celebrations. With potential allergens including dairy, eggs, and gluten, they’re a creative way to celebrate the spooky season.

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Overview

These Halloween Cyclops Cupcakes are a fun and spooky treat perfect for Halloween parties or a kid's birthday celebration. With a rich chocolate base and a creamy green frosting, these cupcakes are decorated to resemble one-eyed monsters, complete with candy eyes and fruit leather mouths.

Diet Type

Vegetarian

Allergies

Dairy, Eggs, Gluten

Cuisine

American

Serving Size: 12

Cooking Time: 130 minutes

Ingredients

• 9 Tablespoons (tbsp) cocoa powder, sifted
• 5 Tablespoons (tbsp) boiling water
• 0.75 Cups unsalted butter
• 0.75 Cups white sugar
• 2 Tablespoons (tbsp) white sugar
• 3 Large eggs
• 1 Cup all-purpose flour
• 2 Teaspoons (tsp) baking powder

Frosting

• 8 Ounces (oz) cream cheese, softened
• 0.25 Cups unsalted butter, softened
• 0.5 Teaspoon (tsp) vanilla extract
• 1 Cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 3 Drops green food coloring

Cyclops

• 0.68 Ounces (oz) tube black decorating gel
• 12 Blue candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
• 4 Whole marshmallows, sliced
• 3 Fruit leather, cut
• 2 Tablespoons (tbsp) confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 0.5 Teaspoon (tsp) lemon juice
• 3 Tablespoons (tbsp) silver dragees decorating candy
• 24 Whole sunflower seeds

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
2. Sift cocoa powder into a large bowl and add 5 tablespoons boiling water. Stir into a thick paste, adding more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, if needed. Add 0.75 cup butter and 0.75 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, until batter is smooth.
3. Mix flour and baking powder in a bowl and stir into the batter until well combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 to the top using an ice cream scoop.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool in muffin tin for a few minutes; transfer to wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour.
5. Beat cream cheese and 0.25 cup butter together in a bowl until creamy. Mix in vanilla extract. Stir in 1 cup confectioners' sugar gradually until frosting is smooth. Mix in green food coloring.
6. Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of green frosting and refrigerate for 30 minutes to make decorating easier. Frost with a second thin layer of green frosting.
7. Draw a small dot with the black decorating gel on each candy-coated milk chocolate piece for the pupil. Cut marshmallows into 4 slices with a sharp knife and stick 1 blue pupil in the center of each marshmallow slice.
8. Cut fruit leather into crescent shapes or semi-circles for the mouths using small sharp scissors.
9. Mix 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar with lemon juice in a bowl to make icing. Glue silver dragees onto the fruit leather mouths using a toothpick dipped in icing.
10. Assemble cyclops by placing a mouth and one marshmallow eye onto each cupcake. Stick 2 sunflower seeds on top of the cupcake for the horns.

Enjoy these spooky and delicious cupcakes at your next Halloween party!