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10 Delicious and Spooky Halloween Cupcake Ideas

With Halloween fast approaching we took to the interweb to find some delicious and spooky cupcake recipes.

Cupcakes are all the rage at the moment so it didn’t take too long but it did make us hungry!

Here are pictures of 10 of the best fiendishly tasty cupcakes we could find. A link to the recipe and method is underneath each picture.

Enjoy!

If you know of any great Halloween cupcake recipes please get in touch, we might add it/them to the list.

Creepy Cupcakes

For the creepy cupcakes recipe click here.

Witchy-Poo Cupcakes

These super halloween witch cupcakes can be made using the following recipe and techniques here.

Mummy Cupcakes

For the mummy cupcake recipes and decorating technique click here.

Mini Ghost Cupcakes

These dainty little cupcakes will go down a treat. Click here for the recipe.

Broken Glass Cupcakes

We think these broken glass cupcakes by Martha Stewart are wonderful! Click here for the recipe and technique.

Easy Halloween Worm Cupcakes

Kids will absolutely love these ‘worm’ cupcakes. Click here for the recipe.

Jack-O-Lantern Cupcakes

Everyone will enjoy these cupcakes, they are simple, yet effective. Click here for the recipe.

Owl Cupcakes

Kids and adult alike with love these owl cupcakes. Click here for the recipe.

Spider Cupcakes

These spider cupcakes will go down a treat on Halloween night. Click here for the recipe.

Skeleton Cupcakes

These tasty looking Halloween skeleton cupcakes look delicious. Click here for the recipe.

Leave a comment below to let us know which is your favourite and if you will be making any of these delicious cupcakes on Halloween.

Gingerbread Men Recipe

This quick and easy gingerbread men recipe is really simple to make. Enlist the help of your kids to keep them entertained during holidays or make them as a surprise for when they get home from school. If you don’t have any kids make them for yourself! They’re truly delicious.

Ingredients

(Makes around 20 biscuits)

350g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
100g soft butter or margarine
1-2 teaspoons ground ginger
175g soft light brown sugar
1 egg
4 tablespoons of golden syrup
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Method

1 Grease one large baking tray or two small ones, then preheat oven to 190C / gas mark 5.

2 In a large bowl place the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger then rub in the butter. Add the soft light brown sugar and then stir in the syrup and egg so it makes a firm dough.

3 Roll out the dough mixture to about 5mm thick and cut out your gingerbread men.

4 Place the gingerbread men on the greased tray leaving a little space between each one as they will spread out.

5 Cook for between 10 and 15 minutes until golden brown.

6 Leave the biscuits to cool on a wire rack. Once cooled decorate with icing.

Thank you to Julia Hill for this recipe.