Halloween is all about tricks and treats! Let's take a moment to focus on the treats, shall we? These yummy trick-or-treat cupcakes are a fun Halloween dessert that you can whip up quickly with a store-bought cake mix. Hide crunchy, sweet eyeball candy inside the cupcakes for a fun Halloween trick! These would be perfect to take to your child's classroom for Halloween or serve at a Halloween party.
- 1 Package Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 1/3 c. Vegetable Oil
- 1 c. Water
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Can Vanilla Frosting
- 1 Package Candy Eyeballs
In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, vegetable oil, water and cake mix fully until well combined.
Place 12 cupcake liners into a cupcake tin and fill them 3/4 of the way full with cake batter.
Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let them sit in the pan for about 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes from the pan and place them on a wire rack or plate to cool completely.
Once the cupcakes are completly cool, cut a small hole into the middle of each cupcake and remove the middle piece of cake. Put to the side as you will still need these pieces.
Fill the inside of each cupcake with small sugar eyeball candy pieces.
Put the cake pieces back on top of the cupcakes to cover the surprise inside!
Carefully place each cupcake into the top opening of a small skeleton bucket. Then, using a pastry bag, frost each cupcake with vanilla icing.
Watch as your guests open up their Trick-or-Treat Cupcake to find a spooky sweet surprise inside! Now, that's a trick AND a treat!
Serving the cupcakes in a fun way by placing them down into the top of a plastic skeleton bucket looked awesome on my skeleton trick-or-treat store table. Check out the Kids' Skeleton Halloween Party for all the details. Don't miss out on how to make a Skeleton Party Centerpiece and DIY Skeleton Party Backdrop either!