If you’re looking for a frightfully fun dessert this Halloween, these Halloween cupcake toppers are sure to cast a sweet spell!

Halloween cupcakes with fun toppers set out on a spooky table setting

Hauntingly Hard to Resist!

These creepy-cute cupcakes are easy, festive, and frightfully creative.
With colorful frosting, edible spider webs, witches’ hats, and cookie gravestones, they’re as fun to make as they are to eat.
Whether you’re hosting a party or handing out goodies, these cupcakes are sure to bewitch your guests!

Creepy-Cute Cupcake Creations

Any cupcake will work as a base for these tasty cupcakes! So use your favorite flavor.
Switch up frosting colors. Try purple, black, or neon green for a glowing graveyard look.
Add candy eyeballs, gummy worms, or candy corn for extra spooky flair.
Use red velvet or pumpkin cupcakes for a seasonal twist.
Make mini versions for a party platter that vanishes fast!

Tricks (and Treats!) for Perfect Toppers

Don’t stress perfection! Wobbly webs and crooked hats make them even cuter!
Use store bought frosting for quick and easy treats. If you have time, make your own! This chocolate buttercream is delicious!
Use gel food coloring for bold, vibrant shades without thinning the frosting.
Heat your chocolate chips in short intervals so they don’t seize.
The spider webs pop off perfectly when chilled.
Let little hands help assemble hats or sprinkle cookie “dirt.”
Dress up your table with eerie spiderwebs and serve these spooky sweets on ghoulishly fun silver trays.

Halloween cupcake spider web topper idea on a silver serving tray

Boo-tifully Fresh

Keep your creepy creations fresh by storing them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. If you’re making them ahead, store the decorations separately and assemble before serving to keep everything picture-perfect.

More Desserts To Try

I’m just batty about these Halloween cupcake topper ideas and hope they cast a sweet spell on you too!

Halloween cupcakes with spooky toppers set out on a fun Halloween table setting

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Halloween Cupcake Topper Ideas

Donnalea

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Spook up your treat tray with these fun Halloween cupcake topper ideas!

Equipment

parchment paper or wax paper
piping bags
mixing bowls

Ingredients

24 chocolate cupcakes
1 container vanilla frosting
1 container chocolate frosting
green and orange decorating gel use only as needed
8 Hershey's Kisses
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
¼ cup chocolate crumbs
4 Oreo cookies
8 digestive cookies such as Mr. Christie’s Arrowroot Cookies

Instructions

Divide white frosting in two bowls. Color one bowl with orange food coloring and the other one with green food coloring.
Frost 8 cupcakes with green frosting, 8 with orange frosting, and 8 with chocolate frosting.
Break apart Oreo cookies and remove the white filling. Place a Hershie kiss on each half half Oreo to make a witch hat.
In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips at 30 second intervals. Stir each time between heating until just melted and smooth.
Use a spatula, spread melted chocolate over the entire witch hat to be completely covered. It does not have to be perfect.
Spoon remaining melted chocolate into a zippered bag, or piping bag.
Set parchment paper on a baking sheet. Pipe the shape of a spider web. This is easy to do by making 3 even lines in a star shape. Then connect each line in a circle with a sweep of chocolate between each line.
Place chocolate spider webs in the freezer to firm up.
Break off ¼ of the digestive cookie. Pipe lettering onto the curved end of each digestive cookie.
Sprinkle chocolate Oreo crumbs over each cupcake frosted with the chocolate frosting. Stick the broken end of the digestive cookie into the cupcake.
Place each witches hat onto each cupcake frosted with the green frosting.
Remove spider webs from the freezer and carefully remove from parchment paper. Place onto the orange frosted cupcakes.
Arrange cupcakes together on a tray.

Nutrition

Calories: 350kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 219mgPotassium: 118mgFiber: 1gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 2mg

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