Bake up spooky Halloween cupcakes decorated with ghosts, pumpkins, bats, candy eyeballs, and festive sprinkles. This easy Halloween dessert recipe is perfect for parties, kids, and trick-or-treat celebrations. Fun, festive, and frightfully delicious, these cupcakes are the ultimate Halloween baking idea everyone will love.🎃
Why Everyone Will Love These Halloween Cupcakes
🧁 Fluffy, Moist, and Oh So Tasty
A plate full of fluffy, creamy, and creepy Halloween cupcakes will be the star of your Halloween party. Thanks to colorful frosting, spooky toppers, and other Halloween-inspired decorations, your desserts will be taken to another level!
🧁 They’re Super Easy to Make
Most of these cupcake recipes are incredibly easy and beginner-friendly. You don’t need to be a pro baker to whip up these little creamy, creepy treats!
🧁 Fun & Easy to Customize
Halloween cupcakes are all about getting creative and embracing the spooky spirit. From creepily cute ghosts to ghoulish monster cupcakes, these are as fun to make as they are to eat! Everyone loves decorating them, especially the little ones!
🧁 Incredible Crowd-pleasers for All Ages
Cupcakes are the ultimate party-pleasers! They’re easy to customize and perfect for sharing with a large crowd. No messy slicing or serving. Just grab one and enjoy!
Quick & Easy Halloween Cupcakes for Trick-or-Treat Parties! 👻🎃
Halloween Bleeding Cupcakes
Recipe by Cherry on my Sundae
Ready in ~ 1 hour
Yields ~ 12 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ These Halloween Bleeding Cupcakes are a spooky twist on the classic black forest cake, stuffed with a gooey cherry filling that oozes like ‘blood.’ Rich, chocolatey, creepy, and delicious!
Tombstone Cupcakes
Recipe by Domestic Gothess
Ready in ~ Prep: 2 hour Cook: 30 mins
Yields ~ 12 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Topped with gingerbread tombstones, cookie dirt, and royal icing bones. A creepy-cute treat that’s totally vegan and perfect for any Halloween party!
Zombie Cupcakes
Recipe by A Pumpkin and A Princess
Ready in ~ Bake: 22-25 mins
Yields ~ 16 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ These Zombie Cupcakes are made with rich chocolate frosting, drippy red icing ‘blood,’ bloody candy bones, and topped with a creepy green zombie hand. Spooky, fun, and absolutely party-ready!
Halloween Cupcakes
Recipe by Sally’s Baking Addiction
Ready in ~ 45 mins
Yields ~ 16 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ These decorated Halloween cupcakes come in 4 spooky designs, starting with your favorite flavor of cupcakes and topped with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting. Fun, festive, and frightfully delicious!
Bloody Vanilla Cupcake with “Edible” Blood
Recipe by The Chunky Chef
Ready in ~ Prep: 30 mins Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 16 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Moist vanilla cupcakes topped with smooth vanilla buttercream and finished with a drizzle of homemade edible ‘blood.’ Creepy, delicious, and the perfect spooky-sweet treat for Halloween!
Halloween Mummy Cupcakes
Recipe by Anna Banana
Ready in ~ Prep: 24 mins Cook: 25 mins
Yields ~ 12 cupcakes
Calories ~ 154kcal
Why It’s Great ~ Made with soft, moist, and squishy chocolate cupcakes, topped with sweet frosting bandages and candy eyes for the perfect spooky-yet-adorable Halloween treat!
Zombie Skeleton Cupcakes
Recipe by Sizzling Eats
Ready in ~ Bake: 18-22 mins
Yields ~ 24 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Made by blending vanilla cake mix with A&W root beer, they bake up moist and flavorful. The real fun comes from the eerie skeleton-bone toppers!
Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel Skulls
Recipe by Sugar Hero
Ready in ~ Prep: 2 hours Cook: 22 mins
Yields ~ 20 cupcakes
Calories ~ 644kcal
Why It’s Great ~ Big swirls of vanilla buttercream, a gooey caramel center, and homemade gold caramel skulls make these Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes the ultimate spooky-sweet showstopper!
Halloween Dirt Cupcakes
Recipe by Little Sunny Kitchen
Ready in ~ 50 mins
Yields ~ 12 cupcakes
Calories ~ 281kcal
Why It’s Great ~ Homemade chocolate cupcakes with rich frosting, topped with cookie “dirt” and creepy-cute gummy worms on them. These Halloween Dirt Cupcakes are spooky fun in every bite!
Black Velvet Cupcakes
Recipe by Sugar and Charm
Ready in ~ Prep: 25 mins Cook: 15 mins
Yields ~ 18 cupcakes
Calories ~ 429kcal
Why It’s Great ~ A spooky twist on a classic red velvet cake, but black! These Black Velvet Cupcakes are soft, rich, and topped with a creamy whipped cream cheese frosting, perfect for Halloween.
Bloody Eyeball Cupcakes
Recipe by Life Loz Liz
Ready in ~ Prep: 45 mins Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 14 cupcakes
Calories ~ 465kcal
Why It’s Great ~ Spooky and fun, these bloody eyeball cupcakes are topped with delicious buttercream frosting and creepy candy eyes for the ultimate Halloween treat.
Halloween Witch Hat Cupcakes
Recipe by Kathryn’s Kitchen
Ready in ~ Prep: 10 mins Cook: 12 mins
Yields ~ 18 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ These Halloween Witch Hat Cupcakes are made with only 5 simple ingredients and topped with an edible witch hat crafted from fudge striped cookies and Hershey’s chocolate kisses.
Ghost Cupcakes
Recipe by The First Year Blog
Ready in ~ Prep: 25 mins Cook: 19 mins
Yields ~ 24 cupcakes
Calories ~ 494kcal
Why It’s Great ~ These Ghost Cupcakes are topped with fluffy marshmallows and swirls of frosting, making them a cute and spooky Halloween treat!
Devil Cupcakes
Recipe by Life Loz Liz
Ready in ~ Prep: 45 mins Cook: 21 mins
Yields ~ 14 cupcakes
Calories ~ 579kcal
Why It’s Great ~ These Devil Cupcakes are the ultimate wickedly sweet Halloween treat! Rich, moist cupcakes are piled high with vibrant red frosting and finished with black fondant devil horns.
Witches Brew Cupcakes
Recipe by My Kitchen Drawer
Ready in ~ Prep: 45 mins Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 12 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Delicious black chocolate cupcakes are topped with a creamy swirl of black buttercream and witches brew green buttercream to create these magical Witches Brew Cupcakes, a spooky-sweet centerpiece for any Halloween party!
Black Cat Pumpkin Cupcakes
Recipe by Half Baked Harvest
Ready in ~ Prep: 1 hour Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 16 cupcakes
Calories ~ 538kcal
Why It’s Great ~ Extra pumpkiny, cinnamon-spiced pumpkin cupcakes made with brown sugar and warming spices, these Black Cat Pumpkin Cupcakes are a cozy yet spooky treat for Halloween!
Cauldron Cupcakes
Recipe by A Pumpkin and A Princess
Why It’s Great ~ Cauldron Cupcakes bubble over with Halloween magic topped with candy pearls, eyes, bats, and bones, plus a small pretzel stick for the perfect spooky stirrer!
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting
Recipe by Sally’s Baking Addictions
Ready in ~ Prep: 25 mins Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 12-14 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Rich dark chocolate cupcakes topped with creamy peanut butter frosting and finished with a crunchy sprinkle of Reese’s Pieces for the perfect sweet Halloween bite!
Jack Skellington Cupcakes
Recipe by Sarah’s Bake Studio
Recipe by Zen and Honey
Ready in ~ 30 mins
Why Everyone Will Love It ~ Jack Skellington Cupcakes bring The Pumpkin King to life with moist chocolate cupcakes, creamy frosting, and spooky Jack Skellington face designs perfect for Halloween!
Halloween Witch Hat Cupcakes
Recipe by Zen and Honey
Ready in ~ Prep: 1 hr 30 mins, Cook: 19 mins
Yields ~ 12 cups
Why Everyone Will Love It ~ Moist, fluffy chocolate cupcakes filled with green pudding, topped with rich, creamy buttercream, and finished with a witch hat made out of black and orange fondant! These Witch Hat Cupcakes are incredibly cute, spooky, and insanely delicious!
Halloween Zombie Cupcakes
Recipe by Foxes Love Lemon
Ready in ~ Prep: 30 mins, Cook: 15 mins
Yields ~ 24 cupcakes
Why It’s Great ~ Halloween Zombie Cupcakes look gruesome and fun with a drizzle of strawberry syrup and a smart piping trick that turns frosting into creepy, crawly brains with minimal effort!
Mini Ghost Cupcakes
Recipe by Sarah’s Bake Studio
Ready in ~ Prep: 20 mins, Cook: 20 mins
Why Everyone Will Love It ~ These mini cupcakes topped with ghoulish vanilla buttercream ghosts are the cutest little bite-sized Halloween treats ever! Sweet, spooky, and hauntingly delicious.
Spooky Spider Cupcakes
Recipe by Mom’s Dinner
Ready in ~ Prep: 20 mins, Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 18 servings
Why It’s Great ~ As easy to make with chocolate cupcakes, frosting, sprinkles, candy eyes, and pull-n-peel licorice legs for the perfect creepy-cute Halloween treat!
Halloween Bats Oreo Cupcakes
Recipe by Lemon Blossoms
Ready in ~ Prep: 10 mins, Cook: 20 mins
Yields ~ 24 servings
Why It’s Great ~ Topped with ultra-creamy cookies-and-cream frosting and decorated with Oreo cookies and candy eyes to look like adorable little bats. An easy, spooky, and irresistibly fun treat!
And there you have it – The Best Halloween Cupcakes Recipes for you to try!
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