Cherry-filled Vampire Cupcakes are a spooktacular treat for setting a Halloween mood. This recipe is quick, easy, and frightfully delicious!
Vampire Cupcakes Recipe
A Frightfully Good Halloween Treat
Are you throwing a party? Maybe you are going to one and need to take something to share. Or, perhaps your just enjoying a Halloween-themed family night — playing Harry Potter Trivia, watching Hocus Pocus?
I recently hosted a Halloween Girls’ Night Bunco Party for my friends and the featured dessert was these Vampire Cupcakes. The frightfully good Bites treats are super cute and super easy to make. Plus, they can even withstand daylight!
So, let’s get baking.
Vampire Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 Box – Cake Mix (or you can make it homemade with your favorite cake recipe)
- 1 Can – Cherry Pie Filling
- 2 Cans – White Whipped Frosting
Directions:
- Bake cupcakes according to your box directions.
- Let cupcakes cool completely.
- Puree the Cherry Pie Filling while the cupcakes are cooling.
- Once cupcakes are cooled, use a paring knife to Cut a Cone-Shaped Circle into the center top of the cupcake. To achieve the cone-shape, angle your knife toward the center of the cupcake while cutting the circle. (see slideshow above)
- Set the Cupcake Top aside for later.
- Use the knife to scrape the hole in the inside of the cupcake to make a larger space for filling, if needed.
- Spoon the pureed Cherry Pie Filling into a plastic bag that zips closed. Squeeze the puree down into one corner. Be sure to set aside some cherry filling for decorating the top of the cupcakes.
- Cut the tip off the corner of the plastic bag, and use it to pipe the cherry puree into the cupcake hole. Do not over-fill.
- Top the cherry filling with the set-aside cupcake tops.
- Place Frosting into another plastic bag, pushing it down into one corner and cutting off the tip of the bag.
- Pipe frosting on each cupcake.
- Dip a toothpick into the remaining cherry filling and stab the frosted cupcakes in two spots spaced apart like fangs.
- Drizzle some cherry puree from the toothpick fang holes to look like dripping blood.
- 1 Box - Cake Mix (or you can make it homemade with your favorite cake recipe)
- 1 Can - Cherry Pie Filling
- 2 Cans - White Whipped Frosting
- Bake cupcakes according to your box directions.
- Let cupcakes cool completely.
- Puree the Cherry Pie Filling while the cupcakes are cooling.
- Once cupcakes are cooled, use a paring knife to Cut a Cone-Shaped Circle into the center top of the cupcake. To achieve the cone-shape, angle your knife toward the center of the cupcake while cutting the circle. (see slideshow on blog)
- Set the Cupcake Top aside for later.
- Use the knife to scrape the hole in the inside of the cupcake to make a larger space for filling, if needed.
- Spoon the pureed Cherry Pie Filling into a plastic bag that zips closed. Squeeze the puree down into one corner. Be sure to set aside some cherry filling for decorating the top of the cupcakes.
- Cut the tip off the corner of the plastic bag, and use it to pipe the cherry puree into the cupcake hole. Do not over-fill.
- Top the cherry filling with the set-aside cupcake tops.
- Place Frosting into another plastic bag, pushing it down into one corner and cutting off the tip of the bag.
- Pipe frosting on each cupcake.
- Dip a toothpick into the remaining cherry filling and stab the frosted cupcakes in two spots spaced apart like fangs.
- Drizzle some cherry puree from the toothpick fang holes to look like dripping blood.
Don’t these Vampire Cupcakes look frightfully delicious? They make a vamptastic treat for the Halloween season. Enjoy them if you dare…
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I love fruit filled donuts so I know these cupcakes have got to be yummy. I have a box of cake mix I could use to make these. Great idea!
These are so yummy and my kids would love these cupcakes. Both would be fighting over who gets the bowl once they are in the oven.
These would be perfect for a halloween party or class party! Or even just as a family treat! Love them!
Halloween is my favorite holiday, but I don’t love things that are too spooky or filled with too much gore. These vampire cupcakes are just the right amount of holiday fun.
These look like such a fun and spooky treat!
I would devour these, what a yummy cupcake option. I love Halloween too so knowing I can whip up some vampire cupcakes for dessert makes me smile and the kids will love em!
I always make Halloween food for the holiday for my kiddos. Your vampire cupcakes are totally adorable and spooky at the same time!
These are fabulous – both delicious looking and creative and so easy to make. All good things. #HomeMattersParty
How fun! Perfect for Halloween. And I really love your slideshow that shows the steps. It’s super helpful.
wow, what a creepy cool treat.Looks yum, Lorelai!
This is very creative and perfect for Halloween. I bet it tastes really good!
The bloody fang marks on top made me LOL! Cute Halloween cupcakes, I love easy treats ideas. #HomeMattersParty
This is hysterical, and sounds yummy! #HomeMattersParty
They were so much fun to make and BITE! 🙂
These are really cute and perfect for Halloween! They look delicious too!
You sure know how to make people droll xD This look so delicious. Will give it try this upcoming weekend and see how it goes