Vampire Bite Cupcakes Recipe for Halloween

These Vampire Bite Cupcakes are a fun and spooky treat perfect for Halloween celebrations. With their rich chocolate flavor and striking red filling, they are sure to impress your guests and add a festive touch to your dessert table.

This recipe is straightforward and ideal for anyone looking for Halloween-themed dessert ideas. The cupcakes are filled with a delicious raspberry or cherry filling that mimics blood, making them a creative Halloween recipe.

Spooky Vampire Bite Cupcakes

These cupcakes feature moist chocolate cake filled with a sweet and tart raspberry or cherry filling, topped with creamy frosting and a bite taken out to reveal the ‘blood.’ The recipe yields about 12 cupcakes and takes approximately 1 hour from start to finish.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raspberry or cherry filling
1 cup buttercream frosting
Red food coloring (optional)
Chocolate shavings or sprinkles for decoration (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Combine Wet Ingredients: In another bowl, beat the softened butter until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, mixing until well combined. Gradually add the buttermilk and mix until smooth.
Combine Mixtures: Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
Fill Cupcake Liners: Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake liners, filling each about 2/3 full.
Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
Fill with ‘Blood’: Once cooled, use a small knife or cupcake corer to remove a small portion from the center of each cupcake. Fill the hole with raspberry or cherry filling.
Frost: Top each cupcake with buttercream frosting. Optionally, use red food coloring to create a blood effect around the bite mark.
Decorate: Add chocolate shavings or sprinkles for an extra spooky touch.