Description
Cauldron Cookie Cups are a delightful Halloween treat reminiscent of bubbling potions, made from chocolate cookie cups filled with creamy green buttercream and topped with fun decorations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box Devil’s Food cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
- black food coloring (optional)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1–3 tablespoons milk
- green food coloring
- Round green sprinkles
- Halloween sprinkles
- Candy eyeballs
- Pretzel sticks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease three 12-count mini muffin pans.
- In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, eggs, canola oil, and black food coloring (if using) until well combined.
- Scoop about 1/2 tablespoon of dough and place it in the mini muffin pans. Flatten the dough with your fingers.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are set. Remove from the oven and immediately press an indentation into each warm cookie using the back of a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon. Set aside to cool completely.
- While the cookie cups cool, make the buttercream. In a medium bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt, beating until smooth.
- Add milk a little at a time until the buttercream is smooth and pipeable. Mix in green food coloring until the desired shade is reached.
- Pipe the buttercream into the cooled cookie cups, filling each to resemble a bubbling potion.
- Decorate with green sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and Halloween sprinkles. Break pretzel sticks in half and insert one into each cookie cup as a stir stick.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Store any leftover cookie cups in an airtight container.
- Use different colors of food coloring for a variety of themed treats.
- Feel free to customize toppings based on your Halloween theme.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg