Description
Monster Strawberry Cupcakes are a fun and festive twist on classic strawberry cupcakes, perfect for Halloween parties. These cupcakes feature moist strawberry-flavored cake topped with green icing, Oreo crumb garnish, and spooky strawberry ‘monsters’ with white chocolate teeth piped into mouth-shaped cutouts.
Ingredients
Scale
Strawberry Monster Toppings
- 24 Large Strawberries
- 1 package Dark Chocolate Chips
- Wilton White Icing (for piping teeth)
- Wilton Green Icing (for cupcake icing)
- Oreo Crumbs (for garnish)
Cake Batter
- 1 package White Cake Mix
- 1 package Strawberry Jello
- 4 Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup Strawberry Juice (made by mashing strawberries, draining juice, and mixing with water)
Instructions
- Prepare Strawberries: Start by cutting the tops off each strawberry and carve a ‘mouth’ shape on the side of each strawberry to create space for the chocolate ‘teeth’.
- Melt Chocolate: Melt the dark chocolate chips in the microwave using 45-second intervals, stirring frequently until smooth and fully melted.
- Fill Strawberry Mouths: Spread melted chocolate into the carved ‘mouth’ of each strawberry, creating the base for the teeth. Place strawberries with chocolate mouths into the freezer for one hour to set.
- Make Cake Batter: In a mixing bowl, combine the white cake mix, strawberry jello, lightly beaten eggs, vegetable oil, and strawberry juice. Mix thoroughly until the batter is smooth and uniform.
- Prepare Cupcake Pan: Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and fill each liner halfway with the prepared batter.
- Bake Cupcakes: Bake the cupcakes at the temperature specified on the cake mix box, typically for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool Cupcakes: Remove cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack to ensure the icing won’t melt.
- Ice Cupcakes: Once cooled, ice each cupcake generously with the green icing and sprinkle Oreo crumbs over the top for a spooky garnish.
- Decorate Strawberries: Retrieve the strawberries from the freezer. Using a piping bag fitted with a 00 tip, pipe white icing ‘teeth’ inside the chocolate-filled mouths of the strawberries.
- Assemble Final Cupcakes: Place one decorated strawberry on the top of each iced cupcake, adding the final monster touch.
- Serve: Enjoy these spooky and fun Monster Strawberry Cupcakes at your Halloween party or festive gathering!
Notes
- Tasty strawberry cupcakes have been given a spooky makeover and transformed into fun Monster Cupcakes perfect for Halloween.
- You can make strawberry juice by mashing fresh strawberries and straining the juice, then diluting it with water if needed.
- Freeze the chocolate-filled strawberries to ensure the ‘teeth’ icing holds well when piped.
- Use a small piping tip like Wilton 00 for precise ‘teeth’ decoration.
- Oreo crumbs add a nice textural contrast and spooky dark garnish to the green iced cupcakes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 108
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 161mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 27mg
