Halloween is coming up and if you’re looking for a simple and cute dessert, these Pumpkin Swirl Cupcakes are it! Just dye your frosting and add on a candy “stem” and “vine.”
Halloween cuteness has arrived! Though, this week and next will be full of more cuteness for one of my favorite holidays! So get your mixing bowls ready…
Cute Pumpkin Swirl Cupcakes for Halloween
I have a bunch of adorable Halloween Treats but sometimes we just need a cute treat thats simple and easy to make happen! Not a million steps or candy eyes or anything fancy! So here you go! And if you want a slight variation on these if you don’t own a piping bag, check out my Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes!
Always Treat Never Trick
I’m so excited for Halloween this year! I love the costumes, the parties and all the cute kiddos coming to my door asking for candy. I must admit, I go overboard and always buy full sized candy bars. I don’t get more than 20 kids anyway and their faces when they see the big candy bars is just priceless! Too bad I can’t hand out these Pumpkin Swirl Cupcakes…
Fairy Godmother just needed some Candy
The finishing touches are really what brings this pumpkin look-alike cupcake to life! I used Tootsie Rolls to make my stems and watermelon Air Heads to make my vines. You can use other candies instead but these have been my favorite because they can be molded and don’t get soggy from the frosting. And it’s perfect for the kiddos! They can sit there and make their stems and vines to decorate their cupcakes.
Obviously, you can make whatever type of of cake you want for these. The only reason why I made chocolate was because I wanted to cupcakes to look like they were sitting on the ground. But if you want to use orange cupcake liners and make a white/pumpkin/yellow cake then the entire cupcake can look like one big pumpkin!
Pumpkin Swirl Cupcakes for Halloween
Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix I prefer pillsbury
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 C. melted butter or oil
- 1 C. sour cream
- 1/2 C. milk
- FROSTING:
- 1 C. butter room temperature
- 2 1/2 C. powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- orange food dye
- DECORATIONS:
- Watermelon Air Heads
- Tootsie Rolls
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
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2. Combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter, sour cream and milk until smooth. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 18-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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3. Let cool.
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4. Frosting: Beat butter and powdered sugar. If it's too thick, add a little milk or if it's too thin add more powdered sugar. Add vanilla and dye until you get the right pumpkiny color!
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5. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes and then mold a piece of tootsie roll into a "stem" and part of a watermelon Air Head into a "vine." I have a video on making these, so watch that above!
I wish you can hand out the cupcakes to Trick-or-Treaters!! They would be so lucky!!
I feel exactly the same way. I wish I could hand out homemade treats. Why do a few bad people always ruin everything and even in the dark ages when I went out on Halloween this was a problem. In my childhood in the 60s it was razorblades in apples. People used to give apples either fresh or in caramel, etc. Then losers began putting razorblades in the fruit in one city. I’ve thought about having a big tray of cupcakes or other treat beside me for the families that know me and would feel comfortable. The worst, I end up with a lot of homemade treats to pass out to people the next day.
Yes, but luckily we can bring homemade treats to parties and potlucks!
Yes! Too bad, but they also wouldn’t travel very well in those trick or treat bags anyway haha
Finally got your cupcake book and the other book you have published. Love them both. Will be making anything Halloween or Pumpkin soon. This one looks great. Paulette
Oh thanks! Enjoy making all the goodies in there!
What tip did u use for the orange swirl frosting on the pumpkin cupcakes with the tootsie roll stem and airhead vine?
It looks like a 1M swirl to me. At least that’s what I’m going to use.
I struggle with getting frosting to come together. It’s always too watery. Better once refrigerated, but still not quite right. Any tips on what I maybe doing wrong?
If I get the frosting right, I’d like to see if I can pipe the vine? Thoughts?
Looking to make these for my daughters 1st birthday. Attempting to make rose gold. I’ve got pink food coloring and gold and silver shiner/glitter (tips I found to get the effect I want)
Using an orange swirl frosting dordle and a tootsie roll stem and airhead vine, what tip did you use?
Hello – can you please tell us what piping tip you used for the swirls? This is the only thing missing to make these adorable cupcake. Thank you
I bought a large star 1M and it turned out perfectly.
That’s what I’m going to use.
These are so cute! Love this idea!
These cupcakes were so delicious! I brought them to our Thanksgiving dinner and everyone raved about them. Thank you for a great recipe!
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These are so cute!