Are you looking for a way to add a fresh new twist to your standard Halloween cupcakes? Try these chocolate coffee Halloween cupcakes with cookie dough buttercream and white chocolate tombstones for a dreadfully delicious treat.
The base of this recipe is a chocolate coffee batter. I highly recommend using Deadly Grounds Coffee with this recipe. Their house blend works very well with the chocolate flavor, or you can try some of their flavored blends to add additional complexities to the taste. Coffee flavors that may be fun to try are:
Now that you have selected your coffee, it is time to wrangle all the ingredients for the cupcakes:
Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Step 2 – In a bowl, combine flour, coco powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
Step 3 – Add the coffee to the mixture, stirring thoroughly. Add white vinegar, vanilla, and olive oil.
Step 4 – Pour into 12 cupcake liners. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick poked in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
Buttercream frostings are usually a bit boring for me (I prefer to use ganaches when possible), but this cookie dough flavor buttercream is surprisingly tasty.
The ingredients are simple:
Step 1 – Combine butter, salt, and brown sugar.
Step 2 – Add powdered sugar. Stir thoroughly.
Step 3 – Add flour. Stir thoroughly.
Step 4 – Add milk and vanilla. Stir thoroughly.
Step 5 – If desired, chocolate chips and/or food coloring can be added to the mixture. The frosting is now ready to pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
Get out your favorite candy mold and make some tombstone toppers. For these, I just brought some water to a boil, placed a glass bowl over the pot with the boiling water, and melted white chocolate chips with about 1 tablespoon of butter.
Once thoroughly melted, pour the chocolate into the candy mold. Pop that mold in the refrigerator for at least half an hour, and then use them to top your cupcakes once they are frosted.
The mold I used was a Place & Time Orange Silicone Candy Mold Graveyard from Joann Fabrics.
Need something savory before this decadent dessert? Try my Vampire-Repelling Shrimp Scampi.
Enjoy!
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