Bloody Knife Halloween Cupcakes Recipe
Here are some spooky Halloween cupcakes to impress your ghoulish posse. The chocolate cupcakes are also ideal for fans of The Walking Dead. October is just the best month, isn’t it?
Chocolate Cupcakes with Bloody Knives for Halloween
These delicious chocolate cupcakes have a creepy topping that’s perfect for Halloween parties or any event during spooky season.
Invite your friends over for a Walking Dead watch party, or host a movie night for the latest scary movie. If you need a dessert that tasty but gory, consider these cupcakes!
Bloody Knife Cupcake Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make this recipe. The measurements are in the recipe card below.
Chocolate Cupcakes
- Cocoa powder
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Brown sugar
- Canola oil
- Vanilla extract
- Buttermilk
Vanilla Frosting
- Butter
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy whipping cream
Bloody Knife Topping
- Red gel blood
- Candy Knife
Cupcake Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake tin with liners.
Whisk the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl until well combined.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, and vanilla until completely smooth.
Pour half of the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and add half of the buttermilk. Gently whisk the ingredients together.
Add the rest of the wet ingredients and the buttermilk. Stir to combine.
The batter will be a little thin.
Scoop the batter into cupcake liners until about 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
Vanilla Frosting Directions
Cream together the butter and powdered sugar until it looks light and creamy. If it’s not creaming together, add drops of heavy whipping cream until it does.
Test the frosting to see if it can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon, it is ready. If it doesn’t, add more powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time and mix well.
Once the frosting is ready, scoop it into a pastry bag and push the frosting to the tip.
Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes starting on the outside edge and working toward the center.
Bloody Knife Topping Directions
Take the tube of red gel and drip it down the sides of the frosted cupcake.
Stick the candy knife into the center of the frosting.
Bloody Knife Cupcakes
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Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 egg room temp
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk room temp
Vanilla Frosting
- 1 cup butter unsalted, room temp
- 4 cup powder sugar
- 4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
Bloody Knife
- Red gel blood
- Candy Knife
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
- Put cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl whisking until thoroughly combined. Set aside.½ cup cocoa powder, ¾ cup flour, ½ tsp baking soda, ¾ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt
- In another bowl, add the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, and vanilla whisking until completely smooth.2 egg, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, ⅓ cup canola oil, 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Add half of the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Now add half of the buttermilk.
- Gently whisk together all of the above ingredients.
- Now add the rest of the wet ingredients and buttermilk. Stirring to combine. The batter will be a little thin.½ cup buttermilk
- Scoop batter into cupcake paper liners until 3/4 full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes while in the cupcake pan. Remove from the cupcake pan placing on a wire rack until completely cool.
- For the frosting, cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.1 cup butter, 4 cup powder sugar
- If it's not creaming together well, add several drops of heaving whipping cream until it does.4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready. If not, then add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time, mix well, and test again.
- If ready, scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a round tip. Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- For the knife topping, drip some red gel onto the sides of the frosting.Red gel blood
- Stick the candy knife in the center of the frosted cupcake.Candy Knife
Nutrition
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Fun cupcakes. Where did you get the candy knife?
I love the little cleavers.
These looks so scry yummy. lol!
What a fun Halloween Cupcake idea! I like that you put a meat cleaver on top! I am going to a Halloween Party where these cupcakes would be a hit. I need to make these!!
These would be so much fun at a Halloween party.
How fun! These are awesome for Halloween. They would be good for a Walking Dead party too.
I want to make these for Halloween.
Super scary recipe! Love those little knives! Frosting sounds awesome! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on my Halloween Treat Board & yummed! Have a great week!
Kim
How creative!!!! Love it..Thank you for linking up at Merry Monday Linky Party 🙂 Pinned too!
I like these because they’re pretty easy to do and look so gruesome.
Thanks for the reminder, I am supposed to go to a Halloween Party tonight and have no idea what wear or bring. Thanks for sharing on the #HomeMattersParty this week. I hope you join us next week.
This is such a cute recipe, I’m sorry I missed it for Halloween.