Easy Halloween Chocolate and Peppermint Cupcakes

Are you looking for an EASY cupcake idea for Halloween?

These Halloween Chocolate and Peppermint Cupcakes are EASY and quick to make – even if you plan to involve little ones with some of the mixing.

Little M and I have been baking together a lot recently. I love that he’s at the age now where he can follow simple instructions in the kitchen – well, most of the time anyway..!

I love baking together, but always go for EASY recipes, so we can have fun and make something yummy quickly. You don’t have to be a Masterchef to have fun in the kitchen!

The original recipe for this cupcake mixture came from Add a Pinch and makes the most moist and delicious cupcakes. I omitted the coffee and salt and used brown sugar instead of granulated. The batter is very runny – Little M helped make the mixture, but I poured it into the cake cases to minimise spillage! You can use an electric whisk or blender, or just whisk by hand.

I topped the cakes with a peppermint buttercream icing, to complement the chocolate, adding some green food colouring and green sprinkles to give a bewitching ‘Halloween’ look. I just snipped a small hole in a food bag, filled with the icing and made a swirl on top of each cupcake – simple! I then added some silver wands and other witchy decorations. I quickly cut these out from a foil cake tray.

You can play around with the colour of the icing and decorations however you would like. If you don’t like the idea of the peppermint icing, you can substitute the peppermint with vanilla essence instead.

These are moist, yummy and fun for Halloween, with a touch of witches charm!

I love the American cup system – so easy to use! But I’ve included metric measurements too, in case you prefer to weigh.

Icing Ingredients (Makes 3 cups, so plenty to splodge around!)