Description

Surprise your guests with moist cupcakes filled with gooey red jam that oozes like vampire bites. Topped with tinted buttercream, candy fangs, and spooky sprinkles, these Halloween-themed treats add fright and delight to any party tray.

Ingredients

Scale

12 chocolate or vanilla cupcakes (store-bought or homemade)

1 cup raspberry or strawberry jam

2 cups buttercream frosting

Red and black gel food coloring

12 candy vampire fangs

2 tablespoons Halloween-themed sprinkles

Instructions

1. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.

2. Using a paring knife or cupcake corer, remove a small center from each cupcake.

3. Fill each cavity with about 1 tablespoon of jam, letting it slightly overflow.

4. Replace the removed cupcake top and press gently to seal.

5. Divide buttercream into two bowls; tint one portion black and the other deep red.

6. Fit piping bags with star tips and fill one with black frosting, one with red.

7. Pipe swirls of frosting on each cupcake, alternating colors as desired.

8. Insert a candy fang into the frosting of each cupcake.

9. Drizzle a thin line of red gel over the frosting to simulate dripping blood.

10. Sprinkle Halloween-themed sprinkles around each cupcake for final decoration.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 18 mins