Recipe
Easy Halloween Oreo Bat Cupcakes
Fun Halloween cupcakes decorated with Oreo bats! Moist chocolate cupcakes topped with cocoa buttercream and the cutest little cookie bats.
Prep Time 40 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Time: 1 hour 
Difficulty: Beginner
Yield: 12 cupcakesIngredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 150 g all-purpose flour
- 200 g sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 100 ml milk
- 75 ml vegetable oil (rapeseed or canola)
- 100 ml hot coffee
Chocolate Buttercream
- ½ batch of my Chocolate Buttercream with Cocoa
Royal Icing
- 30 g powdered sugar
- 1 tsp egg white
To Decorate
- 24 Oreos
- 24 candy eyes
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- In a large bowl, sift together the cocoa powder and flour to remove any lumps. Add sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and salt, and whisk until combined.50 g cocoa powder, 150 g all-purpose flour, 200 g sugar, 1 tbsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla, ½ tsp salt
- Add the egg, milk, and oil, and mix with a spoon — it doesn’t need to be completely smooth yet. Pour in the hot coffee and stir until you have a thin, even batter.1 egg, 100 ml milk, 75 ml vegetable oil, 100 ml hot coffee
- Divide the batter evenly into 12 cupcake liners placed in a muffin pan. Bake at 180 °C (356 °F) for 15–17 minutes. Check doneness with a toothpick — if it comes out clean, they’re done. Remove from the pan and let them cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
Chocolate Buttercream
- Prepare the buttercream following the instructions in my recipe for Chocolate Buttercream with Cocoa.½ batch of my Chocolate Buttercream with Cocoa
- Fill the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
Royal Icing
- Whisk together the powdered sugar and egg white until you have a smooth, slightly runny icing. This will act as “glue” for the candy eyes.30 g powdered sugar, 1 tsp egg white
To Decorate
- Cut off the bottom third of 12 Oreos with a sharp knife — these will be the bat bodies. Separate the remaining Oreos and use the cookie halves without cream. Cut each half in two to make bat wings.24 Oreos
- Pipe a generous swirl of chocolate buttercream onto the cooled cupcakes.
- Press one Oreo bat body upright into the center of each cupcake. Insert one Oreo wing on each side of the body, gently pressing them into the frosting so they stay in place.
- Dip the candy eyes into a little royal icing and “glue” them onto the Oreo bat body — tweezers make this step easier and more precise.24 candy eyes
Notes
If serving the same day, store the cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature.
If serving the next day, store them in an airtight container in the fridge and let them sit out for about 1 hour before serving.