Halloween Bat Cupcakes
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Made with chocolate cupcakes, Oreo wings, and candy googly eyes, these bat cupcakes are the ultimate Halloween treat—easy, fun, and guaranteed to fly off the table!
These bat cupcakes are one of those Halloween treats that are especially fun to make with kids. Like my owl cupcakes and ghost cupcakes, they’re easy to assemble and don’t require any special decorating skills—you can even start with store-bought chocolate cupcakes if you like. Kids can turn them into bats with Oreo wings, mini Oreo faces, and candy googly eyes, and really, decorating them is half the fun. They’re perfect for a Halloween party, but just as much fun to make together on a fall afternoon at home.
What You’ll Need To Make Bat Cupcakes
- Chocolate Cupcakes: Homemade or store-bought both work well here. If you’re making them from scratch, use my chocolate cupcakes recipe.
- Chocolate Frosting: You’ll need a generous layer to hold the Oreo decorations in place. My chocolate buttercream is delicious here, but store-bought frosting works just fine, too.
- Candy Googly Eyes: You’ll need two per bat. Look for them in the baking aisle of most grocery stores or at craft stores.
- Mini Oreos: These make the bats’ faces.
- Regular Oreos: These form the bat wings. Six cookies give you 12 wafers, which are broken in half to make 24 wings. Have a few extras on hand in case they break unevenly.
- Jump to the printable recipe for precise measurements
How To Make Bat Cupcakes
Frost the cupcakes: Pipe or spread a generous layer of chocolate frosting over each cupcake. You want enough frosting to hold the cookie decorations securely.
Make the Oreo wings: Gently twist the regular Oreos apart and scrape away the filling. Break each wafer in half to make the wings. Don’t worry if a few break unevenly—just use extras as needed.
Make the bat faces: Dab two small dots of frosting onto each mini Oreo and press a candy googly eye onto each dot. Let them sit for a few minutes so the eyes stay securely in place.
Assemble the bats: Press two Oreo wings into the frosting toward the back of each cupcake, positioning them so they meet in the center. Nestle a mini Oreo face in front, centered between the wings.
Planning ahead? You can make all or part of these cupcakes ahead of time, which is especially handy if you’re making them for a party. Just keep the Oreo decorations separate until shortly before serving so they stay crisp. See the recipe card below for full make-ahead instructions.
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Halloween Bat Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cupcakes (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 batch chocolate frosting (homemade or store-bought)
- 24 candy googly eyes
- 12 mini Oreos, plus extra in case of breakage
- 6 regular Oreos, plus extra in case of breakage
Instructions
- Frost the cupcakes: Pipe or spread a generous layer of frosting onto each chocolate cupcake.
- Prepare the bat wings: Gently twist apart 6 regular-sized Oreos and carefully scrape off the filling. Break each half into two equal pieces to create 24 "wings." Set aside.
- Make the bat faces: Dab two small dots of frosting onto each mini Oreo. Press a candy googly eye onto each dot of frosting. Let them set for a few minutes to ensure they stick.
- Affix the bat wings: Insert two Oreo "wings" into the frosting at the top of each cupcake so that they touch each other at the center, creating the look of spread wings.
- Assemble the bats: Place one mini Oreo with the googly eyes in front of the Oreo wings, centered between them, to create the bat's face.
Notes
- The 30-minute prep time assumes the cupcakes and frosting are ready to use. Allow additional time if making either from scratch.
- Make-Ahead Instructions: You can bake the cupcakes a day or two in advance and store them in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also make and store the Oreo wings and googly-eyed bat faces separately in advance, ensuring they’re ready for quick assembly later. For best results, wait until just before serving to assemble the bats so the cookies and decorations stay crisp and don’t absorb moisture from the frosting.
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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