Halloween Owl Cupcakes
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Get ready for a hoot with these adorable and easy Halloween owl cupcakes—fun to make, even more fun to eat, and always a hit with kids!
These owl cupcakes are perfect for school parties, and they’re so easy, even preschoolers can make them. The photo below, taken years ago, shows my daughter and her friend looking so happy as they made these cupcakes. Clearly, we were gearing up for the Halloween sugar rush—just look at my daughter with a cupcake in one hand, a lollipop in the other, and a cookie on her t-shirt. I’m pretty sure that’s what pure happiness looks like!
What You’ll Need To Make Halloween Owl Cupcakes
- Cupcakes: The base for these fun treats. Use store-bought or homemade—whichever you prefer. If you’d like to make homemade cupcakes, check out my chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, or red velvet cupcakes.
- Frosting: Acts as the glue to hold all the owl decorations in place, whether you choose chocolate buttercream, cream cheese frosting, Swiss meringue buttercream, or vanilla frosting.
- Oreos: Split to form the owl’s eyes. Use the creme side for the whites of the eyes, and break the non-creme side in half for the eyebrows.
- Junior Mints: These are used to create the owl’s pupils.
- Reese’s Pieces or M&Ms: Pop one of these in the center for the owl’s beak—a fun, colorful touch!
- Jump to the printable recipe for precise measurements
Step-by-Step Instructions
Frost the cupcakes: Spread a smooth, generous layer of frosting on each cupcake.
Prepare the eyes: Twist the Oreo cookies in half. Separate the halves with and without the cream filling. Place two cream-filled halves, filling side up, on top of each frosted cupcake to create the owl’s eyes. Using a dab of frosting, stick a Junior Mint onto each eye for the pupils.
Prepare the eyebrows: Break 6 plain halves into two equal pieces to create 12 eyebrows. Place the Oreo “eyebrows” into the frosting above the eyes, angling them so they stick up for a wide-eyed look.
Add the beaks: Place a Reese’s Pieces candy in the center, between the eyes, to create the owl’s beak.
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 eyes and eyebrows in advance, ensuring they’re ready for quick assembly later. For best results, wait until just before serving to assemble the owls so the cookies and decorations stay crisp and don’t absorb moisture from the frosting.
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Halloween Owl Cupcakes
Get ready for a hoot with these adorable and easy Halloween owl cupcakes—fun to make, even more fun to eat, and always a hit with kids!
Ingredients
- 12 homemade or store-bought chocolate, vanilla, or red velvet cupcakes
- 1 batch frosting
- 24 Golden or Original Oreo sandwich cookies, plus extra in case of breakage
- 24 Junior Mints
- 12 orange Reese’s Pieces or M&Ms candies
Instructions
- Frost the cupcakes: Spread a smooth, generous layer of frosting on each cupcake.
- Prepare the eyes: Twist the Oreo cookies in half. Separate the halves with and without the cream filling. Place two cream-filled halves, filling side up, on top of each frosted cupcake to create the owl’s eyes. Using a dab of frosting, stick a Junior Mint onto each eye for the pupils.
- Make the eyebrows: Break 6 plain halves into two equal pieces to create 12 eyebrows. Insert the Oreo "eyebrows" into the frosting above the eyes, angling them so they stick up for a wide-eyed look.
- Add the beaks: Place a Reese's Pieces candy in the center, between the eyes, to create the owl's beak.
- 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 eyes and eyebrows in advance, ensuring they’re ready for quick assembly later. For best results, wait until just before serving to assemble the owls so the cookies and decorations stay crisp and don’t absorb moisture from the frosting.
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I made these for my daughters Magical forest birthday party and they were such a big hit! So super cute and easy. You could make with mini cupcakes and mini oreo cookies too.
very nice
Such an easy edible activity for my granddaughters! Thank you!
wow.. very nice recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
The owls are so cute! With a partner I made 125 of these for a Halloween party at my daughters school. What a hit! They were pretty simple to assemble. Making sure the Owls looked nice and “white” was the only challenge. Thank you for sharing!
Made these with my toddler daughter today and they turned out so cute. We had a ball baking them together, thanks for the idea!