Halloween

Halloween cupcakes in black capsules decorated with cardboard bats.
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Spooktacular & Delicious Halloween Cupcakes

From pumpkin spice to spooky, check out these delicious Halloween cupcakes.

by Abi Berwager Schreier

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Make one or all of these Halloween cupcakes for your Halloween festivities! There’s something for everyone, and each of the recipes is actually pretty simple.

These cupcakes so dark they’re almost black, but when you add some spooky spider web frosting? You’ve got a perfect Halloween cupcake thanks to Cookie Named Desire. Cookie Named Desire
For a simple and delicious treat, these candy corn cupcakes from Damn Delicious are the perfect Halloween cupcake. With a vanilla cake and buttercream frosting, they’re big crowd-pleasers and look so cute.Damn Delicious

While these pumpkin spice latte cupcakes from the Brown Sugar Food Blog may not be spooky, they sure are festive for October and the Halloween season. And to take these cupcakes up a notch, there’s espresso inside like a real PSL.

Looking for some spooky Halloween cupcakes? These mummy dark chocolate cupcakes from A Cozy Kitchen are as delicious as they are spooky with their decadent vanilla buttercream bandages and candy eyeballs.A Cozy Kitchen

Nothing is quite as festive as a pumpkin patch for Halloween, and these pumpkin cupcakes from Your Cup of Cake are just so cute. With lots of frosting and a Tootsie Roll, you’ll have a whole patch of Halloween cupcakes.

If you’re looking for Halloween cupcakes that are kid-friendly and easy to make, check out these Halloween spider cupcakes from Damn Delicious. The furriness made with the black sprinkles really give them some character, and the black string licorice legs are the “icing on the cupcake.”Damn Delicious

OK, these keto Halloween brownie cupcakes from Dr. Davinah’s Eats are too cute. They feature adorable ghosts made out of a big ol’ dollop of cream cheese frosting on top of a dreamy delicious brownie cupcake.

These simple skeleton cupcakes from Your Cup of Cake may look intimidating, but they’re actually really easy thanks to the white chocolate-covered pretzels and marshmallow.Your Cup of Cake
OK, take your favorite chocolate cupcake, pipe on your favorite frosting, and just add Reese’s Pieces for a sweet, easy Halloween cupcake.Saibal/Moment/Getty Images

These black velvet Halloween cupcakes from Cookie Named Desire may look horrifying, but that “blood” is just raspberry jam on top of a black velvet cake.