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Werewolf Cupcakes Recipe

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  • Author: Emily
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 6 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: American

Description

These Werewolf Cupcakes are a fun and spooky treat perfect for Halloween or themed parties. Each cupcake is topped with a creative Reese’s Cup werewolf crafted using candy melts and Reese’s Cups, then decorated with candy eyes, noses, and fangs. The cupcakes are finished with thick chocolate frosting, malted milk ball paws, candy bones, and a white chocolate candy moon, making them as delicious as they are adorable.

Ingredients

Units Scale

Reese's Cup Werewolves

  • 4 ounces light cocoa candy melts, melted
  • 6 full size Reese's Cups
  • 6 Reese's Cup Minis
  • 6 black M&M's
  • 12 yellow candy eyes
  • 12 light cocoa candy melt wafers
  • 4 ounces white candy melts, melted

Decorating the Cupcakes

  • 6 chocolate cupcakes
  • 1 1/2 cups thick chocolate frosting
  • 12 Whoppers (small malted milk balls)
  • 6 candy bones (bone sprinkles)

Instructions

  1. Prepare Reese’s Cup Base: Spread the melted light cocoa candy melts evenly over the surface of each full-size Reese’s Cup. Using a food-use-only paintbrush, press the brush into the wet candy melts and quickly pull up to create furry spikes effect on the surface.
  2. Attach Snouts: Press a mini Reese’s Cup snout onto each full-size Reese’s Cup. Brush melted candy melts all around the snout to blend and create a furry texture.
  3. Add Facial Features: Use melted candy melts to attach a black M&M as the nose and two yellow candy eyes onto the front of each werewolf face.
  4. Freeze the Werewolves: Place the decorated Reese’s Cup werewolves in the freezer for 1 minute to set the candy melts.
  5. Create Ears: Cut two triangle-shaped ears from the light cocoa candy melt wafers per werewolf. Attach them with melted candy melts to the top edges of each Reese’s Cup and make the ears furry by brushing with more melted candy melts.
  6. Add Fangs: Either pipe on white candy melt to form fangs or attach four small white heart sprinkles to each werewolf’s mouth area using melted candy melts.
  7. Make Candy Moons: Pipe six candy moon shapes using the white candy melts onto parchment paper, inserting a pick into each moon for insertion into the cupcakes. Freeze for 3-5 minutes until the candy hardens completely.
  8. Frost Cupcakes: Pipe a large swirl of thick chocolate frosting onto each of the six chocolate cupcakes.
  9. Assemble the Cupcakes: Place one Reese’s Cup werewolf on top of the frosting swirl of each cupcake.
  10. Insert Candy Moon Picks: Insert the hardened white chocolate moon picks into the frosting behind each werewolf to simulate a moonlit backdrop.
  11. Add Paws and Bones: Place two Whoppers on either side of the werewolf to represent paws, then press a candy bone sprinkles in between the paws to complete the look.

Notes

  • Store your decorated cupcakes at room temperature for up to 3 days to maintain freshness.
  • Use a food-safe paintbrush for applying candy melts to achieve the best furry texture effect.
  • Ensure candy melts are fully set before assembling to prevent melting or smudging.
  • The candy moons can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer until needed.
  • For best results, work quickly while the candy melts are still wet to attach decorations securely.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 380
  • Sugar: 30g
  • Sodium: 150mg
  • Fat: 20g
  • Saturated Fat: 9g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 8g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 45g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 5g
  • Cholesterol: 25mg

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