Description
Halloween Slime Cupcakes are fun and spooky treats featuring moist chocolate cupcakes topped with a wiggly lime jello slime and decorated with cute candy eyes. Perfect for Halloween parties, these cupcakes combine classic chocolate cake with a playful, jiggly gelatin topping that kids and adults will love.
Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (any brand)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
Topping Ingredients
- Chocolate frosting (enough to frost 18 cupcakes)
- 2 boxes lime Jello (large boxes)
- 2 1/2 cups boiling water
- Small candy eyes (quantity as desired for decoration)
Instructions
- Prepare the Cupcakes: Preheat your oven according to the chocolate cake mix instructions. In a large bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and water. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour the batter into cupcake liners filling each about two-thirds full. Bake as directed on the cake mix box, typically around 18-22 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Make the Jello Slime: While cupcakes are baking, prepare the lime Jello by dissolving 2 boxes of lime gelatin in 2 1/2 cups of boiling water, stirring until fully dissolved. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator to set but not completely firm, aiming for a wiggly consistency that can be spooned on top.
- Frost the Cupcakes: Once cupcakes are fully cooled, spread a layer of chocolate frosting over each cupcake to create a smooth base for the slime topping.
- Add the Jello Slime: Spoon the slightly set lime Jello over the frosting on each cupcake. The jello should be wiggly and resemble slime oozing over the sides.
- Decorate with Candy Eyes: Place small candy eyes on the jello slime to create spooky slime monster faces. Arrange as many or as few as you like for a fun, playful look.
- Chill and Serve: Refrigerate the assembled cupcakes for at least 1 hour before serving to allow the jello slime to set properly and maintain its wiggly texture. Serve chilled and enjoy the spooky Halloween fun!
Notes
- These Slime Cupcakes are wiggly, jiggly, silly, and spooky! The jello slime monster topper makes these unique cupcakes perfect for Halloween!
- Be sure cupcakes are fully cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- The lime jello should be slightly set but not fully solid so that it mimics slime texture.
- Use small candy eyes to enhance the spooky slime monster theme.
- Store cupcakes refrigerated to keep the jello topping fresh and jiggly.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 199
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 278 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.003 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 27 mg
