Description
These Witch Hat Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat perfect for Halloween. Each chocolate cupcake is topped with a swirl of vibrant green cream cheese frosting and crowned with a spooky witch hat made from an Oreo cookie, a chocolate Hershey’s kiss, and colorful sprinkles. The combination of rich chocolate and tangy cream cheese frosting makes these cupcakes irresistibly delicious and visually appealing.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 12 chocolate cupcakes
Toppings
- 6 Oreo cookies
- 12 Hershey’s chocolate kisses
- 1/2 batch cream cheese frosting
- Green food coloring
- Orange food coloring
- White sprinkles
- Orange sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare the frosting: After making the cream cheese frosting, separate ½ cup of the frosting into a small separate bowl. Color the larger amount of frosting green with green food coloring, and color the smaller amount orange with orange food coloring.
- Assemble the witch hats: Gently split each Oreo cookie in half to create the base of the witch hat. Place a very small spoonful of orange frosting in the center of the flat side of the Oreo half.
- Add the hat tip: Place a Hershey’s chocolate kiss on top of the orange frosting on each Oreo half and gently press down to secure it. Sprinkle white and orange sprinkles on top as decoration. Set the assembled witch hats aside.
- Frost the cupcakes: Pipe the green frosting onto the center of each cupcake, being careful not to go all the way to the edges. Wind the frosting gently upwards into a layered swirl to create a cone shape.
- Top with witch hats: Place an Oreo witch hat on top of the green-frosted swirl for each cupcake.
- Chill and serve: Refrigerate the cupcakes covered until ready to serve to allow the frosting to set and the decorations to stay in place.
Notes
- Use a piping bag with a round or star tip to create a neat swirl of frosting on each cupcake.
- If you don’t have cream cheese frosting ready, you can use store-bought or make a simple cream cheese frosting by beating cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Handle the Oreo cookies gently when splitting to avoid breaking them into uneven pieces.
- To make the witch hats more stable, chill them briefly before placing on cupcakes.
- These cupcakes can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
