Hocus Pocus Chocolate Oreo Cauldron Cupcakes

These hocus pocus cupcakes are filled with chocolaty goodness, Oreos, colorful sprinkles, and edible eyeballs. The fancy cupcakes will amaze both the kids and the adults. You can always customize them to your taste. Use sprinkles or beads you have on hand instead of buying more. 

Hocus Pocus Oreo Chocolate Cauldron Cupcakes

Ingredients:
12 double stuffed oreo cookies
24 large black pearl sprinkles
1 12 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
12 popsicle sticks
1 12 oz vibrant green melting wafers
2 C green pearl sprinkles - Michaels
1 C purple pearl sprinkles - Amazon
1 C bat shaped sprinkles - Etsy
1 C edible eyes - walmart
1 C skull sprinkles - Walmart
1 disposable piping bag

Directions:
Line a cookie sheet with a silicon baking mat
Follow the directions on the back of the melting wafer bags and melt in a medium-sized bowl
While you are melting the chocolate, separate the Oreo cookies. You will want all of the filling on
one side of the cookie

Once the chocolate is melted, spoon about 1 teaspoon into the center of the Oreo filling
Press a popsicle stick into the chocolate and spoon about ½ teaspoon of chocolate onto the
popsicle stick
Place the other cookie half on top of the popsicle stick and press. It's okay if you have chocolate
come out
Allow the chocolate to harden in the center

Once the chocolate is hardened, re-melt the chocolate in the bowl
Once melted and smooth, carefully dip the Oreo cookie on the popsicle stick
Tap the edge of the bowl a few times to get rid of extra chocolate
Take the black pearl sprinkles and place one sprinkle on the bottom of each side for “legs”
Place the ‘ cauldron ‘ onto the silicon baking mat and allow to completely dry
Repeat steps with 11 more oreo’s

While the cauldron is drying, melt the green candy melts following the back of the bag
Once melted, spoon into the disposable piping bag and cut the tip off
Once the cauldron is dry, gently peel it off the silicone mat

While holding the cauldron in one hand, using the piping bag in the other, pipe the green candy
melt onto the cauldron and make it look like ooze coming from the top of the cauldron
Sporadically place green pearl sprinkles on the green candy melt to give it a 3D effect
Place a few purple pearl sprinkles, green skulls, candy eyes and bat sprinkles onto the green
candy melts to give the cauldron more characteristics.
Allow the chocolate to harden

Halloween Cupcakes

Ingredients:
1 box White cake mix
3 large egg whites
1 C whole milk
½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
Purple foil liners
Neon green gel food coloring
Neon orange gel food coloring
Neon purple gel food coloring

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place the cupcake liners into the cupcake pan. Using a
standing mixer, beat the cake mix, eggs, milk and butter until combined and smooth
Divide the batter into three bowls
Mix a few drops of the orange food coloring into one bowl
Mix a few drops of the purple food coloring into the second bowl
Mix a few drops of the green food coloring into the third bowl

Take a tablespoon of each color of batter and spoon into the cupcake liners
Fill the liners ¾ way full with all three batter colors
Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 21 minutes
Remove and allow to cool completely

Vanilla frosting

Ingredients:
2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
5 C powdered sugar
6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
1 large piping bag with a wide star tip
Neon Orange, Neon Green, Neon Purple gel food coloring
3 C Halloween sprinkles

Directions:
Pour the Halloween sprinkles into a bowl and set aside
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla
until combined, creamy and holds a peak
Divide the frosting between three bowls and mix a few drops of the gel food coloring into their
own bowl. Neon purple in one bowl, neon orange in a second bowl and neon green in a third
bowl
Scoop each color into the piping bag

Pipe a thick layer of frosting on top of the cupcake
Coat the frosting in the Halloween sprinkles
Pipe frosting into the center of the sprinkle-coated frosting layer

Carefully place the cauldron into the center of the frosting Enjoy!