Description
These fun, easy-to-make Jack-O-Lantern Cupcakes are perfect for Halloween! Made with boxed cake mix and simple decorations, they bring spooky flair to your dessert table without the hassle.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box cake mix (plus required oil and eggs)
- 1 container white frosting
- Green gummy candy (Jolly Rancher Sour Bites Gummies recommended)
- Thin pretzel sticks, broken in half
- Orange food coloring
- Black decorating icing
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare cake mix according to package directions.
- Divide batter evenly into cupcake liners and bake according to the cake mix instructions. Let cupcakes cool completely.
- In a bowl, mix white frosting with a few drops of orange food coloring until you achieve a vibrant pumpkin color.
- Frost each cupcake generously.
- Insert a pretzel stick in the center of each cupcake to represent the pumpkin stem.
- Cut the green gummy candies into leaf shapes and place them near the pretzel stick stem.
- Use black decorating icing to create jack-o-lantern faces on each cupcake.
Notes
- For a more intense orange color, adjust food coloring as needed.
- Gummy leaves can be substituted with green fondant for a more professional look.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 200 kcal
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
Keywords: Jack-O-Lantern Cupcakes