Cute Owl Cupcakes – Halloween Dessert Ideas

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Looking for fun ideas for a kid’s birthday party, a bake sale, or to celebrate Halloween? Try these cute owl cupcakes that are extremely easy to make. All you need are cookies, some M&Ms, and a little creativity! These came out so cute and very little effort to decorate 🙂

 

 

 

Cute Owl Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup hot water

Frosting:

  • ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 ½ tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 1 ½ cups mascarpone cheese
  • 2 tablespoons mascarpone cheese
  • 7 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup white sugar

Decoration:

  • 48 chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®)
  • 48 brown candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)
  • 24 orange or yellow candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.

Combine 2 cups sugar, flour, 1 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl.

Whisk buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Add flour mixture; mix until well-combined. Pour in hot water; stir until batter is smooth. Divide batter evenly among muffin tins.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.

Whip 3/4 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoon heavy cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold in 1 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons mascarpone cheese, 7 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1/4 cup sugar gently to make frosting.

Spread 1 tablespoon frosting over each cooled cupcake.

Twist chocolate sandwich cookies open, leaving all cream filling on 1 side. Place 2 cookies, cream filling-side up, on each cupcake to make owl eyes. Place a brown milk chocolate piece on each cookie to create pupils. Insert an orange or yellow milk chocolate piece in the center to make a beak.

 

 

 

 

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