Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes Recipes

ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES STUFFED HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Pour finely chopped chocolate and cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl.
• Add hot coffee and stir until chocolate melts.
• Place in the refrigerator to cool for about 20 minutes.
• Once cooled, whisk in oil, eggs, white vinegar, and vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Add it to the chocolate bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Place cupcake liners in cupcake pan.
• Pour a thin layer of batter into each of the cupcake liners.
• Remove the Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins from the freezer.
• Un-mold them, and stick 2 cheesecakes together (put their backsides together then place them in the center of each cupcake liner making sure all the pumpkins are facing the same direction. (Mark your pan so you know which way they are facing.)
• Fill the cupcake liners up over the cheesecake pumpkins.
• Once all the cups are filled allow them to sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
• While you are waiting, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake the cupcakes for 20-22 minutes until they are set around the edges and puffed in the middle.
• As the cupcakes cool, they will sink a bit in the center.
• Allow them to cool completely.
• Place chopped chocolate in the bowl of a food processor.
• Pulse until chocolate is fine crumbs.
• Heat heavy whipping cream in a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir often until it just comes to a boil. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, put the lid on the food processor bowl, and let sit for 2-3 minutes.
• Pulse for 3 seconds.
• Remove lid and scrape down the sides and bottom of the food processor bowl.
• Return lid and pulse for 5 more seconds or until the mixture, which is called ganache, is smooth.
• Pour ganache into a mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, then remove and stir.
• Refrigerate for 15 more minutes.
• Then use an electric mixer to beat the ganache until it's lighter in color.
• Immediately spoon the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe big swirls over cooled cupcakes.
• Add sprinkles on top if desired.

CHOCOLATE SKULL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups or spray with cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat butter and shortening with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Slowly beat in powdered sugar and vanilla. Mound about 2 tablespoons frosting on each cupcake. Using fingers, make deep indentations in sides of frosting to look like skull.
• Place 2 chocolate candies on each cupcake for eyes. Cut remaining chocolate candies in half; attach for nose with cut sides in frosting. With dampened kitchen scissors, cut each marshmallow into 5 slices; arrange slices on cupcakes to look like teeth.