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Black Cat Cupcakes


Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Black cat cupcakes with a green witch's hand trying to grab it.
These Black Cat Cupcakes are a rich, chocolaty Halloween treat that's perfect for parties! Kids will have a blast helping you make each cat face using edible decorations!

Ingredients  

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a cupcake pan with liners and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine all of the cupcake ingredients until well combined, making sure to scrape down the sides as needed.
    1 box dark chocolate fudge cake mix, 1 (3.9 oz.) package chocolate fudge instant pudding mix, 4 large eggs, 1 cup sour cream, ¾ cup vegetable oil, ½ cup chocolate milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Add a scant ¼ cup of batter to each liner so they're about ¾ full.
  • Bake the cupcakes for about 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
  • Let the cupcakes sit in the pan for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
  • While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting as indicated in the recipe instructions.
    1 batch Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
  • Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.
  • Add chocolate sprinkles to a small bowl and dip each of the frosting cupcakes upside down into the sprinkles to coat the top of the frosting.
    Chocolate sprinkles
  • Break the chocolate bars along the short middle divet, then use a sharp knife to cut each half into quarters, then each quarter will get cut into two triangles. Each bar should make 8 pairs of ears. Stick two triangles in each of the cupcakes for the ears.
    3 Hershey chocolate bars
  • Add a heart sprinkle and two candy eyes to each cupcake to make the face of the cat.
    24 large heart sprinkles, 48 candy eyes
  • Break the pocky sticks in half and then stick two halves into each cheek of the face to make the whiskers.
    48 Chocolate pocky sticks

Notes

  • Regular whole milk can be used if you do not have chocolate milk on hand.
  • Black licorice or chocolate dipped pretzel sticks can be used instead of pocky for the whiskers.

Nutrition

Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 227mg | Potassium: 151mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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