Friday, October 20, 2006

Halloween Recipes - Black Cat Cupcakes

Everyone has a sweet tooth when it comes to Halloween! Only days away and the perfect time to cook up some spookily delicious treats! I'll be posting some great Halloween recipes over the next week. Here is one to start it off!

Black Cat Cupcakes

1 1/4 cup
Oreo® cookie crumbs
18 1/4
ozs chocolate cake mix
24
pcs Halloween Oreo® cookies
16
ozs milk chocolate frosting


black string licorice


jelly beans


semisweet chocolate chips

1 Preheat oven to 350.
2 Prepare 24 - 2½" muffin cups with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
3 Prepare cake mix according to package directions; stir in cookie crumbs.
4 Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes.
5 Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
6 Make cat faces on each of the remaining 24 cookies: using some frosting, attach 4 - 1½" licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears.
7 Let set at least 30 minutes.
8 Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting.
9 Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake.
10 Place 3" piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.

Servings: 24
Yield: 24
Preparation time: 10 minutes

If you have a favorite Halloween recipes, please leave it in the comments.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That sounds delicious.
I think I will give it a try for our Trick or Treaters this year.
Thanks for the recipe.

9:29 AM
Anonymous said...

Thanks Chef Tom for the Black cat cupcake recipe. Since your a chef do you know how to make a Taco Salad without the meat? Can't seem to find one. Thanks.

12:40 PM

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