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Chocolate Cupcakes topped with green frosting and filled with dripping caramel when they take their first bite. And further decorated with eye of newt, bones, spiders, bubbles and eyeballs. Could it be any creepier? You’ll love these Black Cauldron Halloween Cupcakes! 

This post and recipe were created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! Samples were sent by the sponsor companies to use in the recipes, but all recipes and opinions are 100% my own.

How is it already October? This year has simply flown by. October brings Halloween Treats Week and today is the first day. 

I brought these adorable Black Cauldron Halloween Cupcakes to the proverbial Halloween table today.

These chocolate cupcakes are stuffed with caramel, topped with green icing and sprinkled with sprinkles like bones, spiders, eyeballs and bubbles. 

Sponsored Items used in this recipe, Dixie Crystals, Wilton, Sweets and Treats, Adams Extract, Litehouse

I wanted to keep the cupcake itself pretty simple. It’s a simple chocolate cupcake, filled with Litehouse caramel.

The frosting is homemade and is a simple vanilla buttercream frosting tinted with Wilton Color Right Coloring System and topped with a combination of sprinkles from Sweets & Treats and Wilton. 

If you can’t find the exact sprinkles I used, both Wilton and Sweets and Treats make other adorable mixes that are perfect for these cupcakes. 

The exact sprinkles I used from Sweets & Treats are Dragon Dreams.

The sprinkles I used from Wilton are various sized eyeballs, white bones, black spiders and green newts. All can be found at stores that carry Wilton products.

Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

• Chocolate Candy Witch Cauldrons from Big Bear’s Wife
• Candy Corn Fudge from Fake Ginger
• Candy Corn Layer Cake from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Candy Corn Cookie Bars from 4 Sons R Us
• Halloween Potato Eyes from Pastry Chef Online
• Monster Munch Chex Party Mix from I am a Honey Bee
• Gluten Free Chocolate Monster Cookies from Frugal & Fit
• Caramel Sprinkle Baked Donuts from Cookaholic Wife
• Ghostly Popcorn Balls from Our Good Life
• Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Mummy Cake Pops from Jen Around the World
• Zombie Chocolate Donuts from Kelly Lynn’s Sweets and Treats
• Black Cauldron Bubbly Cupcakes from Daily Dish Recipes
• Boolicious Caramel Chocolate Covered Fruit from Everyday Eileen
• Jack-o-Lantern Candy Bark from Sweet Beginnings
• Caramel Apple Blossoms from For the Love of Food
• Monster Marshmallows from Shockingly Delicious
• Halloween Muddy Buddies from Back To My Southern Roots
• Mummy Crinkle Cookies from Creative Southern Home
• Sally’s Sugar Cookies from The Spiffy Cookie
• Eyeball Thumbprint Cookies from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Eye of Newt Halloween Wands from Who Needs A Cape?
• Halloween Brownie Pudding Parfait from Desserts Required
• Halloween No Bake Cheesecake from Lemon Blossoms
• Halloween Dipped Ice Cream Cones from West Via Midwest
• Pumpkin Soup with Savory Spices and Roasted Pumpkin Seeds from Nancie’s Table
• Halloween Stuffed Chocolate Whoopie Pies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Death by Chocolate Dessert Ball from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
• Jack o Lantern Bundt Cake from The Redhead Baker
• Frankenstein Cupcake Cake from Jonesin’ For Taste
• Chocolate Truffle Pumpkin Spider Cake from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Spooky Sprinkled Brownies from The Beard and The Baker
• Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board from Pint Sized Baker
• Halloween Monster Buttermilk Pancakes from Katie’s Cucina
• Sugar Skull Layer Cake from Love and Confections
• Mummy Meringue Pops from My Sweet Zepol
• Halloween Hidden Bat Loaf Cat from Savory Moments
• Vegan Halloween Cookies & Cream Fault Line Cake from The Baking Fairy
• Halloween Corn Chip Dessert Bars from Intelligent Domestications
• Oogie Boogie Meringue Cupcakes from A Blender Mom
• Smores Ghost Brownies from Books n’ Cooks

Are you ready to make Black Cauldron Halloween Cupcakes?

I know we will be making them for Halloween this year! 

Black Cauldron Halloween Cupcakes

Yield: 18 cupcakes

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Chocolate Cupcakes topped with green frosting and filled with dripping caramel when they take their first bite. And further decorated with eye of newt, bones, spiders, bubbles and eyeballs. Could it be any creepier? Happy Halloween!

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon Adam's Extract vanilla
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2/3 cup Dixie Crystals Granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter softened
• Lighthouse Caramel

For Buttercream Frosting

• 3 cups Dixie Crystals powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Adam's Extract Clear Vanilla
• 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
• Green gel food coloring
• Sweets & Treats Sprinkles
• Wilton Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Insert Wilton black cupcake liners into a muffin tin.

In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, and vanilla.

In another bowl, sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add the butter and half of the milk mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until the dry ingredients are moistened.

With a mixer, mix on medium low for about 45 seconds. Add the rest of the milk mixture, and mix on medium low for another 20 seconds.

Divide the cupcake batter between the cupcake liners. Fill about 2/3 full.

Bake at 350 degrees F for about 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a just a few crumbs.

Allow cupcakes to cool completely before doing anything else.

Once cupcakes are cooled, scoop out the centers of the cupcakes. Do not go all the way through, you're only scooping out a small amount. Fill with Litehouse caramel and then places the piece you scooped out back on top pressing gently to keep in place.

To Make Frosting

In stand mixer, mix the powdered sugar and butter on low speed. Stir in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk. Set aside the rest of the milk.

Continue beating the mixture and add the food coloring blending well in between drops until you get the color you want. Add enough milk to get the frosting smooth and spreadable.

Gradually beat in just enough remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If for any reason, the frosting is too thick, beat in a little more milk, just a couple of drops at a time. Likewise, if the frosting seems too thin, beat in a little powdered sugar a tiny amount at a time.

Pipe icing on cooled cupcakes and then sprinkle the sprinkles on top.

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”

For the 2nd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 41 fantastically talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! There are going to be over 160 Halloween themed recipes shared during this year’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek and we can’t wait for you to see them all! Follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media and look at the bottom of each post to see all of the Halloween recipes that we’re sharing!

Plus, don’t forget that we have 6 (six) great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!

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Prize #1 — Dixie Crystals is giving away a “Dinner and Dessert Set” – ONE 6-Quart Cook & Carry Programmable Slow Cooker, a Pyrex mixing bowl set plus some fun Dixie Crystals items like a Dixie Crystal Apron and Cookbook!

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Prize #2 — Adam’s Extract is giving away – 1 Gift Pack – including 4oz Adams Best, 1.5 oz Peppermint, 1.5oz Almond, 1 bottle vanilla cinnamon sugar, 1 bottle pumpkin pie spice

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Prize #3 —Wilton is giving away a Texturra 7-Piece Bakeware Set

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Prize #5 — Treat Street USA is giving away a set of Holiday Treat Decorations (1 Gummy Assortment, 1 Marshmallow Snowman, 1 Toy Solider and 1 Gingerbread Men)

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Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from October 7th – October 13th at 11:59PM EST. Winners will be selected soon afterward and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 6 (six) prizes and therefore we will have a total of 6 (six) winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Wilton, Sweets and Treats Shop, Treat Street USA and Litehouse! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.

Nicole Cook

Nicole Cook is the owner/editor of Daily Dish Recipes, a lifestyle blog with an emphasis on food/cooking/cocktails and much more.
She calls the Midwest home – Missouri to be exact. Coffee is her go-to drink, music is her vice and she is endlessly tethered with devices to her online world. She loves all things planner, lives for her great big family and loves her pets endlessly!
Her motto in life: Live Simply, Dream Big, Be Grateful, Give Love, Laugh Lots. Always, always laugh lots.

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