Happy Pumpkin Halloween Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
These Happy Pumpkin Halloween Chocolate Chip Cupcakes have a delicious caramel frosting. Perfect for a bake sale, cake walk, Halloween party or school class party.
For these Happy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes I used the holiday orange colored chips. So when your ghouls bite into one they can see specs of orange and dark chocolate.
Nothing is more perfect then the caramel frosting on these festive cupcakes.
Yield: 12 Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Happy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Not just for Halloween! Change up the colors for any occasion.
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
23 minutes
Total Time
38 minutes
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Chip Cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup Halloween chocolate chips
For the Caramel Frosting:
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, softened and divided
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
- black and orange sprinkles
Instructions
For the Chocolate Chip Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
- Beat butter until fluffy.
- Add sugar, beat on high for 1 minutes.
- Add egg, egg yolks and vanilla extract; beat until combined.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Stir together.
- Alternately add flour mixture and whipping cream to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined (batter will be thick).
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full.
- Use the back of a spoon or off set spatula to smooth out batter in cups.
- Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Pipe on the Caramel Frosting and sprinkle with Halloween sprinkles.
For the Caramel Frosting:
- In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, cream and 2 tablespoons butter.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves.
- Remove from heat, and cool completely.
- In a large bowl, beat remaining 1 cup butter and brown sugar mixture at medium speed until creamy.
- Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth.
Notes
NOTE: Double the cupcake recipe to match the amount of frosting.
This recipe is from Lady Behind The Curtain
MORE FUN HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES
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Love the happy pumpkins. Would be better if the cupcakes came already baked. LOL Thanks
These sound yummy! Would love to visit the store too!
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I love the cupcakes, I will make them for my grandbabies..I also love the halloween chocolate chips, wasn’t aware they made them in halloween colors…
So cute! I haven’t seen the Halloween chips. I need to go back to the store! I would love to make these Halloween cupcakes!
My grandson would love to show these off for his preschool. He is 3 and likes to bake with grandma!
Love Love Love them !!!!!
Wish I had a store like that!
Hello! My e-mail address is vintagezest (at) gmail (dot) com. Super cute cupcakes!
I’m pretty sure I could make two little boys very, very happy with these cute cupcake accessories! 😉
My, those look yummy. 🙂 That would make my two little girls very, very happy!
Love those decorations for the cupcakes!
Love the cupcakes!! tipton751@gmail.com
These look delishious!
Adorable! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes that you post. You inspire me to believe that I can do it too!
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Cute cupcakes!!!
Those are so adorable! Thanks so much for the giveaway Sheryl lisa@cookingwithcurls{dot}com
Too cute!My 2 grand-daughters would love to help Me~Maw make these!
Really cute! My 2 grand-daughters would love to make these with Me~Maw!!
These are so cute! I would love to win this to add to my holiday desserts! Your dishes are such an inspiration to me! Love to look over all your recipes! They are wonderful! Thank you for the giveaway!!!
That’s in my neck of the woods, Sheryl! I need to check them out! 🙂 Love the pumpkin picks! lovebakesgoodcakes@gmail(dot)com
That’s right girlie girl. Be warned you are going to fall in love! By the way I missed you at the conference. Maybe next year. 🙂
So cute! what a fun giveaway!
They are very cute, fun idea for a giveaway! Definetely will have to make these with my granddaughters 🙂
I would LOVE to make these !!!! toni.tesoriero@yahoo.com
I didn’t know they made Halloween colored chips!!
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Looks great, I will try this out.
These are so cute.
thanks for the recipe. they look soooo good! can’t wait to try them!
These look perfect for my daughters Halloween birthday! tczyz@verizon.net
HALLOWEEN CHIPS!?!?!? Get in my pantry NOW! 🙂 ckennedy201074@gmail.com
How fun are those cupcakes!?!? My email is whitelightsonwednesday@yahoo.com. Thank you for the giveaway!
i save all your recipes!!! I think they r great. I haven’t come across anything yet I didn’t like. Thank You
I have a little cupcake munchkin that would love to help his great-grandmother make these. That would be a happy memory for both of us.
I just LOVE your web site. I have saved sooooooooooooooo many of your recipies. Thanks so much for sharing…..!
Love visiting your site – great giveaway. I live in Phoenix so will have to check out ABC Cake Decorating Supplies!
Thank you for sharing your great recipes, can’t wait to make the cupcakes for my grandchildren.
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There are no stores down here that have any of that stuff! Michaels is it! I wish we had a craft store in homestead! Beautiful cupcakes
Those look Amazing I will try them with my 4 little Bakers! Happy Halloween R.Vasquez28@Yahoo.com
Thanks for the recipe. I love the decorations and chocolate chips. I haven’t seen them yet but now on the look out for them.
So cute! Love them. Thanks for offering the chance to win.
My kids would love helping me bake this cupcakes!! harleywhit@hotmail.com
these look like fun! th124@evansville.edu
Will definitely make these…Very cute!
How adorable! I would love to make these for my family!
Super cute!
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I love cupcakes. You inspire me to make some holiday ones for sure
pgudas@roadrunner.com
Halloween is my favorite holiday to decorate for – even more than Christmas!
Very cute. Can’t wait to make some. You can reach me at craftycarol17@yahoo.com if needed. Thanks.
I love it!!! I wish I could win, but I think there’s no chance coz I live so far away (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Thanks for sharing the recipe. xoxo
These are so cute -and sound delicious! sylvianoldwilson@hotmail.com
Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday, and have a great weekend.
Miz Helen
Soooo cute, thanks for the chance! I love Halloween!
So cute and fun Sheryl!! Thanks for linking up to our “Best Of The Weekend Party”. Pinning and sharing on FB. You have my email from the dessert challenge! 🙂 Have a great week!
My daughter and I would love to bake these happy cupcakes together for Halloween 🙂
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