Description
Festive Candy Corn Hi-Hat Cupcakes are the ultimate Halloween party treat. Fluffy vanilla cupcakes topped with tall marshmallow swirls and dipped in colorful candy melts to look just like candy corn!
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Marshmallow Topping:
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup meringue powder
For the Candy Coating:
1 bag yellow candy melts
1 bag orange candy melts
1/2 bag white candy melts
3 tablespoons Crisco
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line two mini cupcake pans with liners.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
3. Beat butter until fluffy (3 minutes), then add sugar until combined.
4. Add eggs one at a time, then blend in vanilla.
5. Alternate adding flour mixture and milk until combined.
6. Transfer batter to a piping bag and fill liners 3/4 full.
7. Bake 10–15 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
8. Cool completely.
9. Boil water, stir in sugar until dissolved, then let cool.
10. Add meringue powder and whip 10–15 minutes until stiff peaks form.
11. Pipe tall swirls on cooled cupcakes and freeze for at least 4 hours.
12. Melt yellow candy melts with 1 tbsp Crisco; dip cupcakes fully, let set in fridge.
13. Melt orange candy melts; dip cupcakes 3/4 of the way, refrigerate.
14. Melt white candy melts; dip tips of cupcakes, chill 15 minutes.
15. Serve chilled and enjoy!
Notes
Freeze cupcakes long enough so frosting doesn’t melt when dipping.
Work in small batches for clean candy corn color layers.
Swap colors to match any holiday theme (red & green for Christmas, pink & red for Valentine’s Day).
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: Candy Corn Hi-Hat Cupcakes, Halloween candy corn cupcakes, festive Halloween cupcakes, hi-hat cupcakes Halloween