The Halloween season is here and it’s time to get prepared. If you don’t like all the fear factors that come with Halloween, then this recipe might not be for you. If you like all the bloody and gory things about the season then this Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcakes recipe is just what you need to add to your creepy halloween treats.
Playing with food is something we have been told since childhood, not to do. When it comes to creating the best halloween treats to make, that statement doesn’t work. This is the time to get creative and get your hands right in there to make a gory mess. Make the Halloween snacks that work for you. If you don’t want scary, why not try these creative and fun Halloween Kids snacks for school lunches.
Halloween Cupcake Decorations
There are many treats you can make for a scary Halloween party treats. First, you need to decide on what Halloween theme you are going for, scary or not so scary. Now that you have chosen the type of theme it is time to make a list. I visited the Bulk Barn recently and they have quite a bit of product to use. Even the pharmacy will have the perfect non-edible items to help you out.
- bone candy
- googly eye candies
- gummies
- food colouring/gel
- syringe
- bandaids
- cupcake liners
If you happen to be good with a piping bag then there are so many other ways to make easy Halloween cupcake decoration for school, work, or parties at home.
Chocolate Halloween Cupcake
Making cupcakes is an easy and very creative way to add to your Halloween theme. While this recipe uses chocolate Halloween cupcake and has the bloody theme in the icing, however, if you wanted them to be a bit more bloody, try red velvet cake
Bloody Halloween Cupcakes
This Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcakes recipe is not for the faint-hearted! How a little bit of red food colouring mix to some corn syrup can make it look like blood dripping. They make scary halloween cupcake toppers!
A homemade chocolate cupcake with a butter cream vanilla frosting and topped with a bloody gummy bone. This is the best halloween cupcake recipe to serve at a Halloween Party.
Ingredients for chocolate cupcake
- 1 3/4 cup Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Cocoa
- 1 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Whole Milk
- 1/2 cup Oil
- 1 cup Boiling Water
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
Bloody Bone Cupcake Directions
Line the cupcake tins with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine 1 cup of the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and mix. Scoop a tablespoon of the graham cracker crumbs into the cupcake liner. Set aside.
Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, and oil.
Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients. Mix all together until fully incorporated. Beat for 3 minutes on medium. Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water. The batter may be a little runny.
Scoop batter into cupcake lined cups until 3/4s filled. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Halloween cupcake icing: Ingredients for vanilla frosting
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 cups powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 2-3 drops of red food colouring
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1 bag of gummy bones
How to decorate halloween cupcake
Combine all ingredients except the corn syrup and food colouring. Mix on medium speed until frosting doesn’t fall off a spoon. Place into a piping bag with a star tip and frost onto cooled cupcake.
In a small bowl, combine the corn syrup and the red food dye, mix until combined.
Take a fork and dip it into the corn syrup, drizzle over the cupcakes for a blood effect. Place gummy bone on top.
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Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcake
Equipment
- Cupcake tins with paper liners
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 3/4 Cup Flour
- 2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Cocoa
- 1 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder
- 1 TSP Salt
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Cup Whole Milk
- 1/2 Cup Oil
- 1 Cup Boiling Water
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
Bloody Vanilla frosting
- 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 Cup powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 2-3 drops red food colouring
- 1 Cup corn syrup
- 1 bag gummy bones
Instructions
Bloody Bone Cupcake Directions
- Line the cupcake tins with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine 1 Cup of the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and mix.
- Scoop a tablespoon of the graham cracker crumbs into the cupcake liner. set aside
- Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, and oil.
- Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients.
- Mix all together until fully incorporated.
- Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
- Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water.
- The batter may be a little runny.
- Scoop batter into cupcake lined cups until 3/4s filled.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Frosting Directions
- Combine all ingredients except the corn syrup and food colouring
- Mix on medium speed until frosting doesn’t fall off a spoon.
- Place into a piping bag with a star tip and frost onto cooled cupcake.
- In a small bowl, combine the corn syrup and the red food dye, mix until combined.
- Take a fork and dip it into the corn syrup, drizzle over the cupcakes for a blood effect.
- Place gummy bone on top.
I love these! omg how fun! This would be so great to make for my daughters class on Halloween 🙂 bookmarked!
Hoping they like them!
I can see this recipe making it’s way into my kitchen over the next few week… Halloween here we come!!!!
Yay! Let us know how you like them!
The bloody frosting looks super cool!!
Thanks!
Wow, I’ve not seen a Halloween cupcake before that looks quite like these, creepy and yummy looking!
I agree and it’s so delicious!
OMGosh, these are great and perfect for the season. I will have to try them for the Halloween party at work.
You will be the talk of the party!
Those not only look good but sound delicious.
Thank you!
A great cupcake for Halloween they look really good, I need my daughter to make me some!!
Those cupcakes look awesome! The recipe sounds delicious too!
These are fun cupcakes, one just needs to have the ideas I guess 🙂
Oh my goodness! It’s almost that time of year already…
I think your cupcakes look a little gory but that wouldn’t stop me from eating them
These are spooky and perfect for the season!
These cupcakes are Spooktacular! They would be a perfect addition to my Halloween party.