Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcake Recipe

Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcake
Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcake
The Bloody Bone Cupcake 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! This cupcake recipe is definitely a fan favourite to serve at a Halloween Party. It’s a delicious chocolate cupcake with a butter cream vanilla frosting and topped with a gummy bone. Yummy!
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 Bone Cupcake Directions:
- Combine 1 Cup of the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and mix.
- Line the cupcake tins with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Scoope 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 Bloody Bone Cupcake
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 of red food colouring
- 1 Cup corn syrup
- 1 bag of gummy bones
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.
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Halloween Bloody Bone Cupcake


- 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
- 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 Cup 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
- Combine 1 Cup of the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and mix.
- Line the cupcake tins with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Scoope 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.
- 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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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!