Spooky Monster Chocolate Cupcakes

Get ready for a Halloween treat that’s both fun and festive with our Spooky Monster Chocolate Cupcakes! These vegetarian cupcakes feature a rich chocolate base topped with vibrant green cream cheese frosting and playful candy eyeballs, making them a hit for all ages. Perfect for American cuisine lovers, these cupcakes are a fantastic way to celebrate the spooky season while being mindful of common allergens like milk, eggs, and wheat.

With their moist texture and sweet, creamy flavor, these cupcakes are versatile enough for parties, school events, or family gatherings. Plus, they offer a delightful balance of taste and nutrition, making them a guilt-free treat.

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Get your baking gear ready and create these fun Spooky Monster Chocolate Cupcakes for your next Halloween celebration!

Recipe Collection: Dessert

Serving Size: 12

Cooking Time: 124 minutes

Overview

These Monster Chocolate Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat perfect for Halloween. Inspired by the movie 'Monsters, Inc', these cupcakes are topped with green cream cheese frosting and candy eyeballs, making them a hit with kids and adults alike.

Diet Type

Vegetarian

Allergies

Milk, Eggs, Wheat

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

• 0.5 Cups (cup) milk
• 1 Tablespoon (tbsp) white vinegar
• 0.5 Cups (cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 10 Tablespoons (tbsp) white sugar
• 2 Teaspoons (tsp) vanilla sugar
• 2 Large eggs
• 0.75 Cups (cup) all-purpose flour
• 1 Tablespoon (tbsp) all-purpose flour
• 0.5 Cups (cup) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 0.5 Teaspoons (tsp) baking powder
• 0.25 Teaspoons (tsp) baking soda
• 1 Pinch salt, to taste
• 8 Ounces (oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 0.25 Cups (cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 Teaspoon (tsp) vanilla extract
• 1 Cup (cup) confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 2 Drops green food coloring
• 24 Candy eyeballs

Steps

1. Combine milk and vinegar in a bowl. Let stand until milk curdles, about 5 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
3. In a large bowl, beat 0.5 cups butter, white sugar, and vanilla sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Mix 0.75 cups plus 1 tablespoon flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and curdled milk to the creamed butter mixture, mixing until batter is well blended. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes back clean, about 14 minutes. Cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
6. For the frosting, combine cream cheese and 0.25 cups butter in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in vanilla extract. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. Color frosting green with a few drops of food coloring.
7. Place green frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a grass tip. Hold the pastry bag at a 90-degree angle 1/8 inch above the surface of a cupcake. Squeeze bag to form green 'fur' by pulling tip up and away when the icing strand is about 0.5 inch high. Repeat to cover cupcake evenly with fur. Add 2 eyes to each cupcake.

Enjoy these spooky and delicious cupcakes at your Halloween party!