These wicked Poison Apple Cupcakes won’t send anyone to sleep, but they will bring huge smiles to faces this Halloween!

This recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek. I received some product samples from sponsors, and as always, all opinions are my own.

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I think these might be my favorite Halloween cupcakes yet. My Poison Apple Cupcakes are dark, decadent chocolate cupcakes filled with gooey caramel, rolled in festive sprinkles, topped with chocolate buttercream, and finished with a tiny “poison apple” made from cake crumbs dipped in red and green candy melts. They look dramatic, taste indulgent, and are a lot of fun to make.

Let’s make some Poison Apple Cupcakes!

What you need for Poison Apple Cupcakes:

• Chocolate cupcakes (recipe below)
• Chocolate icing (recipe below)
• Halloween sprinkles
• Caramel dip
• Red candy melts
• Green candy melts
• Large star piping tip
• Small #2 piping tip
• Piping bags
• Foil or parchment paper
• Brown sprinkles for stems

How to make the mini Poison Apples

These mini apples are made from leftover cupcakes. With the full recipe I baked 24 cupcakes and used roughly 9–12 of them to make the little apples.

Crumble cooled cupcakes into a bowl and stir in about one tablespoon of frosting. Mix until the texture resembles play dough; add a bit more frosting if needed but avoid making the mixture wet.

Form tablespoon-sized balls and shape them slightly like apples. Freeze the shapes for about 20 minutes so they firm up.

When chilled, melt the red candy melts according to package instructions. Dip each cake ball into the melted candy, tapping off the excess, and place them on foil or parchment to harden. They don’t need to be perfectly smooth because you’ll decorate them with green “poison” later.

I usually cover about a dozen apples with 12 ounces of red candy melts.

Adding the poison drip

Next, melt the green candy melts. I prefer to melt half the bag at a time so the chocolate stays workable and doesn’t harden in the piping bag.

Fit a piping bag with a small #2 tip and fill it with the melted green candy. Pipe two small circles and an upside-down teardrop near the top of each apple for the “eyes” and “nose.” Then pipe drips around the apple and fill in the top half to create the poisoned effect.

Press a few brown sprinkles into the top to resemble a stem. Let the apples sit for about 10 minutes until the candy hardens.

Prepare the cupcakes

For the finished cupcakes, use chocolate cupcakes (recipe below). Carefully cut a small plug from the center of each cooled cupcake and spoon in caramel dip. Replace the plug to seal in the filling, then spread a thin layer of frosting over the top.

Pour Halloween sprinkles into a shallow bowl and gently press each frosted cupcake into the sprinkles so the sides and top pick up color and texture.

Fill a piping bag with chocolate buttercream fitted with a large star tip and pipe a swirl in the center of each cupcake. Top each swirl with one mini Poison Apple.

And that’s it—these wicked Poison Apple Cupcakes are dramatic, delicious, and perfect for Halloween parties. I absolutely adore how they turned out!

Sponsored items used in this recipe:

• • Dixie Crystals – sugar and powdered sugar
  • Wilton – BOO cupcake liners, large star tip, piping bag, green candy melts, red candy melts
  • Litehouse – caramel dip
  • Sweets and Treats – Monster Mash sprinkles & brown jimmie sprinkles
  • Adam’s Extract – vanilla extract

 

Poison Apple Cupcakes

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Below are the other #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes shared by our bloggers today:

• Poison Apple Cupcakes from Big Bear’s Wife
• Apple Cider Jello Shots from Fake Ginger
• Ghost Meringue Cookies from Cookaholic Wife
• Eyeball Monster Cookies from Jen Around the World
• Spooky Eyeball Truffles from Sweet Beginnings
• Halloween Chocolate Cake from Back To My Southern Roots
• Bloody Eyeball Crinkle Cookies from Creative Southern Home
• Day of the Dead Margaritas from The Spiffy Cookie
• Ectoplasm Fluff Salad from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Loaded Bat Bark from Who Needs A Cape?
• Halloween Icebox Cake from Lemon Blossoms
• Creepy Eyeball Popcorn Balls from West Via Midwest
• Purple People Eater Cupcakes from Jonesin’ For Taste
• Caramel Apple Cheesecake Cheeseballs from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes from The Beard and The Baker
• Halloween Chocolate and Caramel Cakesicles from Pint Sized Baker
• Halloween M&M Cookie Bars from Katie’s Cucina
• Witches Midnight Puppy Chow from My Sweet Zepol
• Individual Jack Skellington Cheesecakes from Savory Moments
• Vegan Pumpkin Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Sprinkle Frosting from The Baking Fairy
• Halloween Brownie Parfait from Intelligent Domestications
• Bloody Good Fudge from A Blender Mom
• Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Pumpkin Frosting and Spooky Sprinkles from Nancie’s Table
• Spooky Shortbread Cookies from Shockingly Delicious

Happy Halloween! October is Spooky Season and this #HalloweenTreatsWeek event brings together many talented bloggers sharing frightfully fun Halloween treats and giveaways.

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”

For this event dozens of bloggers share creative Halloween recipes, and several sponsors provided prizes and product samples to support the week. Prize details were available during the event and winners were contacted by the event organizers. Giveaway terms required U.S. residency, age 18 or older, and verification of entries.

Disclaimer: This post is part of #HalloweenTreatsWeek. Sponsors provided prize packs and some product samples; all opinions are my own.