Halloween Recipe - Halloween Trick or Treats Monster Cupcakes

Halloween Trick or Treats Monster Cupcakes

Ingredients:

30 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1-2/3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/3 cups water
1 container (16 oz.) creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
Red and yellow food color
Assorted HERSHEY'S Candies

Directions:

1. Remove wrappers from chocolates; set aside. Heat oven to 350°F. Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.

2. Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl. Beat on high speed of mixer 3 minutes. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder; add alternately with water to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Fill prepared muffin cups about 1/2 full with batter. Place chocolate piece in center of each.

3. Bake 20 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Remove from cups to wire rack. Cool completely.

4. Tint frosting with red and yellow food color to make orange. Frost cupcakes with orange frosting. Cut up candies to make "monster" faces. Yields about 2-1/2 dozen cupcakes.

Halloween Recipe - Eyeball Cupcakes

Eyeball Cupcakes

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

1 pkg. (4-serving size) Chocolate Instant Pudding

1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar, sifted (4 to 4-1/2 cups)

24 ring-shaped chewy fruit snacks

24 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces

1 tube red decorating gel

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package. Add dry pudding mix; mix well. Spoon evenly into 24 paper-lined medium muffin cups. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool completely.

BEAT cream cheese, butter and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition. Spread evenly onto tops of cupcakes.

PLACE 1 fruit snack on top of each cupcake. Add 1 candy-coated chocolate piece to center of each fruit snack for the eyeball. Draw squiggly lines with decorating gel from the eyeballs to outsides of fruit snacks to resemble eyeball veins.