Are you hosting a Halloween party this year or looking for spooky Halloween dessert ideas? Well, check out my recipe for Vampire Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes that are inspired by my love of chocolate covered cherries. They are easy to make and look amazing when you dress them up in true Vampire style! Let’s get started making these yummy Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes with a surprise in the middle!
- 1 Box Red Velvet Cake Mix
- 1 Can Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 Container Chocolate Icing
- 1/3 c. Vegetable Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1 c. Water
- 1 Container Red Sprinkles
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a boxed mix of red velvet cake mix according to the package instructions. Put the cake mix, 3 eggs, 1/3 cup of vegetable oil and 1 cup of water into a mixing bowl and mix on low for 30 seconds with a mixer until all ingredients are mixed and cake mix is moistened. Then continue to mix on medium for 2 more minutes. The batter will be a bright red.
Fill each cupcake tin 1/3 of the way full of batter then add one tablespoon of cherry pie filling to each.
Bake in oven for 20 minutes. When done, the tops of the cupcakes should spring back when you press gently down on the tops of them. Let fully cool.
Turn a plastic storage bag inside out and place the entire container of chocolate icing inside the bag. Turn the bag back to the right side and press all the icing down into one bottom corner of the bag. Snip the end of the corner and you now have a pastry bag to ice your cupcakes with.
Once the cupcakes are completely cool, place a swirl of chocolate icing on the tops of each. Sprinkle with red sprinkles (optional). They are now ready to eat! Look how the cherry filling oozes out of the cupcake when you open it! Be sure to serve these with a large Vampire Luncheon Napkin so that the cherry pie filling doesn’t spill out on to your clothes.
To give these cupcakes a spooky Halloween feel, let’s decorate them with these DIY Vampire Charm Cupcake Toppers and Wrappers. They are simple to make and look spooky cool when served at a party on these Black Scallop Trays topped with a Vampire Luncheon Napkin.
Assemble the Laser-Cut Cupcake Wrappers (as shown) and place a red cupcake wrapper inside. Glue one Fang Charm to the outside of the wrapper.
Remove the fang charms from the Fang Necklaces and glue them on to a Black Chevron Paper Straw (cut in half).
Put some hot glue on the bottom of each plastic White Vampire Fang where they touch when they are closed. Hold the fangs closed until the glue dries and the fangs are glued closed.
Place each cupcake into the cupcake wrappers and top with either a White Vampire Fang topper or a Vampire Charm cupcake topper. Place a Vampire Luncheon Napkin on top of a Black Scallop Tray and place the cupcakes on each tray and display them on your Halloween dessert table.
How cool are these? I hope this has given you some ideas to get you started on your Halloween party planning this year. These Vampire Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes are sure to be a hit!