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Devilish Cupcakes

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Feb 28, 2023
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Chocolate cupcakes made with Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil’s food cake mix, decorated with red frosting and coca candy horns and tails – the perfect devilish dessert for Halloween!

Devilish Cupcakes

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 45 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 1 bag (14 oz) dark cocoa candy melts
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 box (16 oz) powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon red paste food color

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
  • Step 
    2
    Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Melt candy melts as directed on package; spoon into resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe melted candy into devils’ horn and tail shapes on parchment paper. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla and food color. Pipe or spread frosting on cupcakes. Insert horns and tail into frosting on each cupcake.

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