Halloween Bat Cupcakes
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Made with chocolate cupcakes, Oreo wings, and candy googly eyes, these bat cupcakes are the ultimate Halloween treat—easy, fun, and guaranteed to fly off the table!
These adorable bat cupcakes are sure to be a hit at any Halloween gathering! Just like my festive owl cupcakes and ghost cupcakes, they’re easy to assemble, starting with either store-bought or homemade chocolate cupcakes. The cute design—complete with Oreo wings and candy googly eyes—makes them a fun decorating project for kids of any age, whether for a class party or just a fun afternoon at home. You can find candy googly eyes in the baking section of most grocery stores or craft stores.
What You’ll Need To Make Bat Cupcakes
- Chocolate Cupcakes: Use homemade or store-bought cupcakes as the base for this fun Halloween treat.
- Chocolate Frosting: Gives the cupcakes a rich, chocolatey finish and helps secure the decorations. My chocolate buttercream is delicious but store-bought works too.
- Candy Googly Eyes: These bring your bats to life! You’ll need two per bat. Find them in the baking section of grocery or craft stores.
- Mini Oreos: For the bat’s face.
- Regular Oreos: These are split and broken in half to create the bat wings. Make sure to have extra on hand for uneven breaks.
- Jump to the printable recipe for precise measurements
Step-by-Step Instructions
Pipe a generous layer of milk chocolate frosting on each chocolate cupcake.
To prepare the bat wings, gently twist apart 6 regular-sized Oreos and carefully scrape off the filling.
Break each half into two equal pieces to create 12 “wings.”
Make the bat faces by dab two small dots of frosting onto each mini Oreo. Press a candy googly eye onto each dot of frosting. Let them set for a few minutes to ensure the eyes stick well.
To assemble, insert two Oreo “wings” into the frosting at the top of each cupcake so that they touch each other at the center, creating the look of spread wings.
Place one mini Oreo with the googly eyes in front of the Oreo wings, centered between them, creating the bat’s face.
Make-Ahead Instructions
You can bake the cupcakes a day or two in advance and store them in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also make and store the Oreo wings and googly-eyed bat faces separately in advance, ensuring they’re ready for quick assembly later. For best results, wait until just before serving to assemble the bats so the cookies and decorations stay crisp and don’t absorb moisture from the frosting.
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Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cupcakes (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 batch chocolate frosting (homemade or store-bought)
- 24 candy googly eyes
- 12 mini Oreos, plus extra in case of breakage
- 6 regular Oreos, plus extra in case of breakage
Instructions
- Frost the cupcakes: Pipe or spread a generous layer of frosting onto each chocolate cupcake.
- Prepare the bat wings: Gently twist apart 6 regular-sized Oreos and carefully scrape off the filling. Break each half into two equal pieces to create 12 "wings." Set aside.
- Make the bat faces: Dab two small dots of frosting onto each mini Oreo. Press a candy googly eye onto each dot of frosting. Let them set for a few minutes to ensure they stick.
- Affix the bat wings: Insert two Oreo "wings" into the frosting at the top of each cupcake so that they touch each other at the center, creating the look of spread wings.
- Assemble the bats: Place one mini Oreo with the googly eyes in front of the Oreo wings, centered between them, to create the bat's face.
Notes
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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