Description
Dark chocolate cupcakes topped with fluffy whipped cream, eerie cherry “blood” sauce, and crushed cookie “dirt” — spooky, sweet, and hauntingly delicious!
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour (1½ cups)
- Cocoa powder (½ cup)
- Sugar (1 cup)
- Eggs (2 large)
- Milk (½ cup)
- Vegetable oil (½ cup)
- Baking powder (1 tsp)
- Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
- Whipped cream (for topping)
- Cherry pie filling or cherry preserves (½ cup)
- Crushed chocolate cookies (for garnish)
Instructions
- Make cupcake batter: Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, and sugar. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Bake: Line muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill ¾ full. Bake 18–20 minutes, then cool completely.
- Prepare “bloody” topping: Warm cherry pie filling or preserves slightly until pourable.
- Frost: Pipe or dollop whipped cream on each cooled cupcake.
- Add spooky toppings: Drizzle cherry filling over whipped cream to look like dripping blood.
- Sprinkle cookie “dirt”: Crumble chocolate cookies on top for a graveyard effect.
- Finish: Top each cupcake with a single cherry for a haunting touch.
Notes
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- For a more intense chocolate flavor, use dark cocoa powder.
- These cupcakes can be made a day in advance; just add toppings before serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg