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These spooky cute Death by Chocolate Cupcakes with devilishly dark chocolate and supernaturally sweet vegan frosting are a super easy vegan Halloween recipe! Recipe on thecookandhim.com | #halloweenrecipes #veganhalloween #veganbaking #chocolatecupcakes #deathbychocolate #halloweenpartyfood

Death by Chocolate Cupcakes

Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Total: 55 mins | Quantity: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 1 + 1/4 cups (290ml) plant milk
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 + 1/4 cups (200g) self raising flour
  • 1 cup (200g) golden or white caster sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup (30g) cacao powder
  • 1/2 cup (100g) dark chocolate chips or chopped dark chocolate (dairy free)
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) light vegetable oil

Frosting:

  • 1 + 1/4 cups (250g) vegan butter
  • 2 cups (300g) icing sugar
  • Couple of squares each of vegan dark and white chocolate (or bought candy eyes)
  • Optional: orange and purple food colouring

Equipment:

Muffin tin / Piping bags / Piping nozzles / Muffin cases

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 Fan / 200 C / 400 F / Gas 6 and line a 12 hole muffin tin with muffin cases
  2. Whisk the milk and vinegar together in a bowl or jug then set aside
  3. Weigh the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cacao powder into a large bowl and mix together
  4. Stir in the chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
  5. Whisk the oil into the milk then pour that into the bowl of dry ingredients, mixing well and making sure no flour 'pockets' remain
  6. Evenly spoon the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer or cocktail stick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean
  7. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before lifting out onto a wire rack to cool completely
  8. While they're cooking and cooling you can make the eyes and frosting. For the eyes melt a couple of squares of vegan white chocolate and pipe small blobs onto parchment. Repeat with a square of dark chocolate, piping the 'iris' parts of the eyes in the centre of the white chocolate. Set in the fridge
  9. For the frosting, if you're doing more than one colour (I chose orange and purple) beat the vegan butter with the icing sugar in one batch, then divide the mixture into separate bowls for however many colours your using!
  10. Add the colouring(s), mixing them well through the frosting
  11. When the cupcakes are completely cold spoon the frosting into piping bags fitted with a star nozzle and pipe swirls on top of each cupcake
  12. Add the googly eyes and marvel at your witchy skills!
  13. Store in an airtight container

Notes

  • Unfrosted cupcakes can be frozen

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/death-by-chocolate-cupcakes/