Description
Delightfully spooky and fun, these Werewolf Cupcakes are a perfect Halloween treat. Each cupcake is topped with a detailed Reese’s Cup werewolf decorated with candy melts, candy eyes, and Whoppers as paws, creating an adorable and eerie dessert that’s sure to impress at any party.
Ingredients
Scale
Werewolf Candy Decorations
- 4 ounces light cocoa candy melts, melted
- 6 full size Reese’s Cups
- 6 Reese’s Cup Minis
- 6 black M&M’s
- 12 yellow candy eyes
- 12 light cocoa candy melt wafers
- 4 ounces white candy melts, melted
Decorating the Cupcakes
- 6 chocolate cupcakes
- 1 ½ cups thick chocolate frosting
- 12 Whoppers (small malted milk balls)
- 6 candy bones (bone sprinkles)
Instructions
- Prepare the Werewolf Bodies: Spread the melted light cocoa candy melts over each full-size Reese’s Cup. Using a food-use-only paintbrush, press it into the wet candy melts and pull up quickly to create furry spikes on the surface. This gives the appearance of the werewolf’s fur.
- Attach the Snout: Press a mini Reese’s Cup onto one end of each full-size cup to form the snout. Brush melted candy melts all around the snout to blend and add furry texture.
- Add Facial Features: Attach a black candy nose (black M&M) and yellow candy eyes to the werewolf face, securing them with additional melted candy melts.
- Chill for Setting: Place the decorated Reese’s Cup werewolves into the freezer for 1 minute to firm up the candy melts before continuing.
- Make Werewolf Ears: Cut two triangle shapes from the light cocoa candy melt wafers per werewolf. Attach these on top of each werewolf’s head with melted candy melts, and texture the ears by brushing with more melted candy melts to match the furry look.
- Create Fangs: Using white candy melts, either pipe small fangs onto the snout or attach 4 small white heart sprinkles as fangs, securing them with more light cocoa candy melts.
- Make Candy Moons: Pipe six candy moon shapes with the white candy melts onto parchment paper, attaching a pick to each for easy cupcake insertion. Freeze the candy moons for 3-5 minutes until hardened.
- Decorate Cupcakes: Pipe a big swirl of thick chocolate frosting onto each chocolate cupcake. Place a Reese’s Cup werewolf on top of the frosting. Insert a white chocolate moon pick behind the werewolf by pushing it into the frosting.
- Add Final Details: Place two Whoppers on either side of the werewolf on the frosting to create paws. Press a candy bone sprinkles between the Whoppers to complete the look.
Notes
- Store cupcakes at room temperature for up to 3 days to maintain cupcake and frosting freshness.
- Use a food-safe paintbrush to create the fur texture carefully for the best effect.
- Freezing the candy decorations slightly helps set the candy melts and makes assembly easier.
- These cupcakes are best served the day they are decorated for optimal texture and taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
