Description
These Sugar Ice Cream Cone Witch Hat Cupcakes are an adorable and festive treat perfect for Halloween parties. Made with moist chocolate cupcakes topped with colorful purple, green, and gray frosting, each cupcake is crowned with a chocolate-dipped sugar ice cream cone witch hat adorned with sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and a jellybean nose for a fun surprise delight.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Cupcake Base
- Chocolate cake mix (enough for 24 cupcakes)
- Ingredients as per cake mix package (usually eggs, oil, water)
Witch Hat Decoration
- 24 Sugar ice cream cones (1 per cupcake)
- 24 Round flat cookies (1 per cupcake)
- 10-12 oz Chocolate (for melting)
- 1-2 tablespoons vegetable shortening (to thin chocolate)
Frosting and Decorations
- Purple frosting (for cupcake topping)
- Green frosting (for cupcake topping)
- Gray frosting (for piping hair)
- Sprinkles (for hatband)
- Candy eyeballs (for face)
- Jelly beans (for nose)
Instructions
- Bake Cupcakes: Prepare the chocolate cupcakes according to the cake mix recipe instructions. Once baked, allow them to cool completely before decorating.
- Melt Chocolate: In a microwave-safe bowl or double boiler, melt the chocolate together with the vegetable shortening until smooth and thin enough to dip.
- Dip Cones and Cookies: Dip each sugar ice cream cone and round flat cookie into the melted chocolate, coating them evenly. Set dipped cones and cookies aside or place them in the refrigerator to fully set and harden.
- Pipe Frosting on Cupcakes: Using a piping bag or spatula, frost the cooled cupcakes with alternating colors of purple and green frosting as desired.
- Assemble Witch Hat Base: Pipe a line of frosting around the opening of each cone, then place the cone in the center of a dipped cookie to create the witch hat base.
- Add Hatband: Pipe frosting all around where the cookie and cone meet, then sprinkle sprinkles over the frosting to form the decorative hatband.
- Pipe Hair: Use gray frosting to pipe hair on one side of each cupcake, adding character to the witches.
- Place Hat on Cupcake: Carefully place each assembled witch hat on top of the frosted cupcakes.
- Add Facial Features: Decorate each cupcake by adding candy eyeballs and a jellybean nose to bring the witch faces to life.
Notes
- These cupcakes make a wonderfully festive Halloween party treat that kids and adults will love.
- For a stronger chocolate coating, add a little more vegetable shortening when melting chocolate to keep it thin and smooth for dipping.
- While sprinkles add a colorful touch to the hatband, you can customize decorations to your liking.
- Make sure cupcakes are completely cooled before decorating to prevent frosting from melting.
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature or refrigerate if your kitchen is warm.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 65 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 2 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
