How to Make Bat Cupcakes for Halloween

Send a batch of adorable bat cupcakes to school with your kids on Halloween day, and they'll be the hit of the party. Bat cupcakes are so easy that older kids can make them with only a bit of adult supervision.

Things You'll Need

• 1 package chocolate cake mix
• Paper or foil muffin tin liners
• 2 muffin tins
• 1 can prepared chocolate frosting
• Miniature M&M candies
• Gumdrops
• Thin mint wafers
• 1 flat chocolate candy bar
• 1 tube of red gel frosting

Instructions

1. Mix the cake mix as directed on the package and pour the batter into the paper or foil-lined muffin tins. Bake as directed on the package.

2. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cook on a wire rack. Frost the cooled cupcakes with a chocolate frosting.

3. Put two matching M&Ms on each cupcake for the bat's eyes, and put a gumdrop nose in the center of the cupcake.

4. Cut a thin mint in half and arrange one half, flat side down, on each side of each cupcake. These are the bat's wings.

5. Slice a flat chocolate bar into small triangles and put them on the top of the bat's head for bat ears.

6. Use one tube of red gel frosting to draw a mouth on each bat cupcake, along with a pair of fangs and a tiny pupil in the middle of each miniature M&M eye.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't like mint, use chocolate wafer cookies for the bat's wings.