Halloween Eyeballs Easy Halloween Cupcakes Recipe
This Halloween Eyeballs Easy Halloween Cupcakes recipe creates a fun and easy eyeball topping that is both spooky and delicious!
Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes – Fun to Make!
I have a confession to make, I love Halloween! We join good friends of ours every Halloween as they go all out in decorating their yard and they get a ton of kids to their place. We get like 5 if we’re lucky as we’re on a dead-end street with houses lining one side of the street and a forest on the other side of the street so it makes for a dark street at night time. Too scary maybe for the kids but I think it’s because there are not as many houses to get some treats from!
Easy Halloween Cupcakes for Halloween Family Fun
We have Halloween fun with our friends who now usually have a few families over. It started with us and our daughter and theirs are the same age and went to school together from kindergarten until they graduated this year! It’s a tradition, we all have a hearty dinner together and afterwards, the “kids” headed out to trick or treat and the parents stayed home (once the kiddos were old enough of course) chatting, handing out candy and checking out all the cute and scary costumes of the kids (and some parents too). 
Halloween Traditions
It’s a tradition we’ve been doing for over 10 years and have come to love. Part of that tradition along with a yummy dinner is some fun and yummy treats too like these Halloween Eyeballs Easy Halloween Cupcakes. I will be making a batch of these Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes to bring this year.
At other parties and events, these Unicorn Cupcakes have been a hit. Make sure you bookmark those as well!
Let’s get on to how to make these fun and tasty Halloween Cupcakes shall we?
Halloween Eyeballs Easy Halloween Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15-18 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 35-38 minus
- Yield: 1 dozen 1x
Description
This Halloween Eyeballs Easy Halloween Cupcakes recipe uses a cake mix as base and creates a fun and easy eyeball topping that is both spooky and delicious!
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- Pinch salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup buttermilk
For the buttercream
- ¼ cup softened butter, unsalted
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
To decorate
- 5–6 oz. white fondant
- Green gel icing
- 1–2 oz. black fondant
- Red edible marker
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift together all dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar and vegetable oil.
- In thirds, add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, alternating with buttermilk.
- Once batter is formed, scoop into lined muffin tin, filling each section about 2/3 of the way.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool before decorating.
Buttercream
- To prepare the buttercream, use an electric mixer to beat all ingredients together. Start on low and the gradually increase to high.
- Once all ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, use an offset spatula to frost a thin layer of buttercream on each cupcake.
Fondant and Decorating Cupcakes
- With a rolling pin, roll out white fondant until it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Using a circular cookie cutter, about 2.5 inches in diameter, cut out 12 fondant circles.
- Press one circle on each cupcake.
- Frost a circle of green gel icing on the center of each covered cupcake.
- Roll out 12 black fondant spheres, about 1/3 of an inch in size. Flatten each one slightly.
- Place one fondant sphere in the center of the green portion of the eye.
- Using the red marker, draw random lines on the white portion of the cupcake.
- Serve and enjoy!
Keywords: cupcakes, Halloween, eyeball cupcakes
Can I use a cake mix?
Of course you can, feel free to use your favorite cake recipe or to make it even easier a cake mix of your choice! They are easy to make and even though I made these from scratch and they are tasty, a red velvet cupcake mix for these Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes is in my opinion also a great choice!
Does it look easier than you thought to make these tasty and fun Halloween cupcakes? I am going to show you a few more photos of the decorating steps.
Can you freeze the cupcakes?
Of course you can, up to 2-3 days ahead of time unless you’re wanting to freeze them, then you can do it farther ahead. However, I recommend making the fondant in advance (if you don’t want to do it all in the same day) as fondant can be frozen for a long time. You can make the white circles of the fondant and put parchment paper in between to freeze them as well as the “black pupils”. This will give you less to do on the day you’re making the Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes. 
What do you think are you ready to make these fun and tasty Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes? You and the kiddos can have fun making them together, heck my teen and I certainly did!
Although like most treats I think we enjoyed eating these easy Halloween cupcakes even more! You might want to make a double batch if your family is anything like mine where yummy food doesn’t last long. I will be making a few dozen for the Halloween get-together. 
Make sure to pin this fun and tasty Halloween Cupcakes for when you’re ready to make them!
If you make these eyeballs cupcakes let us know how you liked them or how you might have changed them! We love hearing from everyone. Make sure to check out our other recipes as we’ve got everything from appetizers and desserts to main dishes. You’ll want to check out this fun Halloween treat that is oh so easy to make these Oreo Monster Cookies!
Shannon Holmes says
These look fun, thanks for the share.
Shannon V Holmes says
This is a fun recipe. Thanks for sharing with us.
vickie says
These are great.
I think they would be a hit at our annual adult party too.
Catherine L Lewis says
I love the Halloween Eyeball cupcakes! Really creepy!
Mary Gardner says
These are great for Halloween! My grandchildren would enjoy making and eating these.
Donna L Holder says
i really like these
NANCY says
Very creepy but somehow just adorable. 🙂
NANCY says
These are creepy fun.
NANCY says
These are creepy fun. 🙂
susan hartman says
I wish I had seen these before Halloween. I’ll pin them for next year.
Tamra Phelps says
Lol, I love these! My favorite thing might be the bloodshot look.
Nidhi C says
I love this Halloween cupcake design. i need to try this recipe. Thanks!
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Peggy Nunn says
these are so creepy and cute. I bet the kids would love to make them. Thank you for the directions.
Dena Akbar says
I would like to make these at home and I would like for my sister and my mother to fix this at home for me.
Holly Thomas says
I am terrible at decorating sweets, but I think I can handle these.
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Tony Platz says
I printed this recipe. While we were watching my nephews we made some for their Halloween party.
gloria patterson says
these are so cute, we have a party planned for saturday just might add this to the mix. Have never worked with fondant before
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Lynne B says
Yours must be the house all the kids go to! This is such a fun Halloween treat.
Michelle S says
These are so awesome! My son’s birthday is the beginning of October but we often do a Halloween theme for his party. These would be perfect.
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samantha says
LOL they really look like ooey gooey eyeballs. Perfect for a child’s halloween party.
NANCY says
That’s what I thought too. Creepily cute. 🙂
Rochelle Haynes says
Looking good nice for halloween
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Robin Abrams says
I love these. I think I will be making these for my grand kids Halloween party next week. I think they will be a big hit
Sandy Klocinski says
These are so awesome! Great for an adult’s or kid’s party. And just in time for Halloween
Ashley Chassereau Parks says
These are so cute and festive for this time of year! I’m not very good at decorating cupcakes or cakes, but I think I might be able to do this one. My kids would love these for their Halloween party!
Heather Kaufman says
These look fun & easy to make, my kids will enjoy making them.
Jessica Walker says
These look easy and fun to make for Halloween.
Debbie P says
These cupcakes are super cute and very clever!
★★★★★
Tiffany S says
These look so awesome and would be great to make for Halloween.
Mary Cloud says
These are so cute for Halloween
Terri Quick says
These look so cool & fun
BETHANY KREITER says
These would be great to make and bring to a Halloween party. Great for adults or children!
Francine Anchondo says
These are so cute. Would love to make for Halloween
Natalie says
I wonder if there is a substitute for the fondant because I don’t have it at home?
Linda Manns Linneman says
These are so cute. My granddaughter would love making these with me. Just in time for Halloween. Thank you for sharing
shelly peterson says
These cupcakes are so cute. My grandsons will love these.
Dorothy Boucher says
I love how easy this recipe is and I know the children will have fun making these.
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Amy D says
These are so clever, spooky and fun. I have always been so intimidated to work with fondant, but you made it look so easy and appealing.
bill norris says
so many cool and easy ways to make yummy snacks.
★★★★★
Nicole Byer says
These look like a lot of fun and easy to make! Great Halloween idea!
bernie wallace says
These look like they would be great for a Halloween party. I bet kids would love them.
Laurie Nykaza says
I love these Halloween cupcakes they are so cute or scary . My kids would love making these for their friends to enjoy. They looks so easy to do I had to pin it to share.
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Dolores Miranda says
I absolutely love this and definitely want to make these for my Halloween party!!
Rachel D says
Creepy and Cool
Tracy Shafer says
My grandson would love these
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Tracy Shafer says
These would be perfect for my grandsons school Halloween party!! I love them!
DEBIJOT says
These would be fun to make with the kids.
Audrey Stewart says
The kids are so excited to make these for their class party.
Elizabeth Tarlow says
These googly Eyeball Cupcakes are adorable! My 2 Grandkids will love them, I’ll be making them real soon! Thanks for sharing your recipe 🙂
Julie Lundstrom says
These look cool for Halloween and fun to make with the kids.
Megan Parsons says
These are cute and look very easy to make.
Ken Ohl says
these are really creepy and neat would love to make these with my little niece
Ken Ohl says
these are so cute think my little niece would love these
Terri S. says
OMG! My 2 granddaughters (sisters) are going to love making these fun Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes with me. The younger one especially will love the scary, shock factor when she helps to serve these to friends and family.
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monique s says
These are really fun. So perfect for my kids to bring to school for halloween parties, etc.
mami2jcn says
These are incredibly creative! I think my kids would love them.
Donna L Holder says
these are so cool. the kids will love them
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