Best Candy Corn Cupcakes Recipes

CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners.
• Place cake mix in a bowl, and pour in water and vegetable oil; add 3 eggs. With electric mixer on low speed, beat the cake mix with water, oil, and eggs until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes. Pour half the cake mix into a second bowl; divide the remaining cake mix in half, and place into 2 separate small bowls.
• Color the largest portion of the cake mix orange by mixing in 4 drops of red food coloring and 6 drops of yellow food coloring. Into a second, smaller bowl of cake mix, mix in 10 drops of red food coloring, 12 drops of yellow food coloring, and 6 drops of green food coloring, to color that bowl brown. Into the last remaining small bowl of cake mix, stir in 5 drops of yellow food coloring to color that bowl yellow.
• Spoon yellow cake batter into the bottoms of 12 prepared cupcake cups, filling them about 1/3 full. Spoon the brown batter into the bottoms of the remaining 12 prepared cupcake cups, filling them about 1/3 full. Spoon orange cupcake mix over the yellow and brown layers, filling the cupcakes about 2/3 full. Try not to jar or shake the filled cupcakes, to avoid mixing layers.
• Carefully place cupcakes into the preheated oven, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Allow to cool.
• Frost each cooled cupcake with the white frosting; place a piece of yellow, orange, and white candy corn on top of each yellow and orange cupcake. Place a brown, orange, and white piece of candy corn on top of each brown and orange cupcake.

CHOCOLATE CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners., Reserve cocoa packet from cake mix. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs, milk and oil; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Transfer half of the batter to a small bowl; tint orange with food coloring. To other half of batter, stir in contents of cocoa packet., Divide chocolate batter among prepared cups. Carefully top with orange batter; do not swirl. Bake and cool as package directs., To serve, top cupcakes with whipped topping and candy corn. Refrigerate leftovers.

CANDY CORN HI-HAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare and bake the cupcakes according to the recipe directions. Allow to cool.
• Prepare the buttercream and equally divide into two bowls. Add the yellow food coloring to one bowl and mix until fully combined; set aside. Take the other bowl and equally divide again (into two bowls of frosting). One bowl should be tinted orange; the other should remain white.
• When ready to assemble, place the frostings into plastic disposable pastry bags (or resealable plastic bags). Starting with the yellow frosting, cut about 2 inches from the tip of the bag and pipe out a circle on top of a cupcake. Fill in any holes so that the frosting is even and level. Do this to all of the cupcakes.
• Next, grab your orange frosting and cut off approximately 2 inches from the tip of the bag. Pipe out a smaller circle on top of the yellow frosting. Repeat on all cupcakes. You should now have the yellow and orange layers done.
• Finally, grab your white frosting and cut off approximately 2 inches from the tip of the bag. Pipe a dollop of frosting and then pull your hand up quickly and release pressure. This should create a nice pointed tip at the top of your cupcake. Repeat this on the remaining cupcakes. Put the cupcakes in the fridge for about an hour, or until they have had a chance to set.
• After the cupcakes have chilled, prepare your chocolate coating: Place the chocolate and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl and set in the microwave for one minute, then remove and stir. If the chocolate is not completely melted, place back in the microwave for 15 seconds. Remove and stir until melted and smooth. Pour the chocolate into a drinking glass, one with a mouth wide enough for you to invert the cupcakes into. Let cool about 15 minutes.
• Remove the cupcakes from the fridge. Pick up one cupcake and dip it frosting-side down into the chocolate, going all the way to the top of the cupcake liner. Lift up and let the excess drip off, then set the cupcake on a cookie sheet. Repeat this with the remaining cupcakes. Allow the chocolate to harden, which only takes a few minutes. Serve and enjoy the excited faces of the lucky recipients.

CANDY CORN SURPRISE INSIDE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place brown paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
• Using melon baller, scoop out center of each cupcake about 1 inch deep. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon yellow sprinkles, 1/2 teaspoon orange sprinkles and 1/2 teaspoon white sprinkles.
• Place 2/3 cup frosting in resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut off one small corner. Divide remaining frosting between 2 small bowls. Color 1 bowl of frosting with 20 drops yellow liquid food color; color other bowl of frosting with 12 drops yellow liquid food color and 4 drops red liquid food color to make orange. Place yellow and orange frostings in 2 resealable food-storage plastic bags. Cut off one small corner from each bag.
• Pipe a dollop of yellow frosting in center of each cupcake to cover sprinkles. Top with a dollop of orange frosting, followed by white. Top each with piece of candy corn.

SPIKY CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a bowl stir together the white frosting with enough yellow food coloring to match the color of the bottom of the candy corn. Ice the cupcakes with the yellow frosting.
• Starting from the center and working your way outwards in a circular pattern, put the candy corn on the icing of each cupcake.
• Arrange the cupcakes on a platter and serve.

CANDY CORN SURPRISE INSIDE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place brown paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
• Using melon baller, scoop out center of each cupcake about 1 inch deep. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon yellow sprinkles, 1/2 teaspoon orange sprinkles and 1/2 teaspoon white sprinkles.
• Place 2/3 cup frosting in resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut off one small corner. Divide remaining frosting between 2 small bowls. Color 1 bowl of frosting with 20 drops yellow liquid food color; color other bowl of frosting with 12 drops yellow liquid food color and 4 drops red liquid food color to make orange. Place yellow and orange frostings in 2 resealable food-storage plastic bags. Cut off one small corner from each bag.
• Pipe a dollop of yellow frosting in center of each cupcake to cover sprinkles. Top with a dollop of orange frosting, followed by white. Top each with piece of candy corn.

CHOCOLATE CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners. In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Transfer half of batter to a small bowl; tint with food coloring. To the other half of batter, mix in contents of cocoa packet.
• Divide chocolate batter among prepared cups. Carefully top with orange batter; do not swirl. Bake and cool as package directs. Top cupcakes with whipped topping and candy corn. Refrigerate leftovers.

CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the lour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Beat in the egg whites. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost cooled cupcakes; decorate as desired.

BLOOMING CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Beat in the egg whites. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost cooled cupcakes; decorate as desired.

CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package; divide evenly into 3 bowls.
• Add lemon gelatin mix and yellow food coloring to batter in one bowl; mix well. Repeat with orange gelatin mix, orange food coloring and second bowl of batter. Spoon remaining batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups, adding about 1 Tbsp. batter to each. Repeat with orange, then yellow batters.
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Microwave chocolate and 1 cup COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Let stand 15 min. Drizzle evenly over cupcakes.

CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F, and prepare 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Set aside. (Of note - after I'd already purchased 'eyeball' foil cupcake liners, I found these black foil liners with candy corn on them! These would've been SOO perfect if I'd known!
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine and set aside.
• In a medium or stand mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until lightened. Mix in eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk - the mix will look clumpy and strange at this stage. This is normal Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined, then divide your batter into roughly thirds and gently fold in your food coloring if using. Don't overmix! The batter will be fairly thick.
• Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners, filling them about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake for 16-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
• Allow to cool completely before frosting.
• Beat together softened cream cheese and butter; slowly add in powdered sugar alternating with milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Add vanilla and salt if needed and beat until well combined.
• Pipe your icing onto your cooled cupcakes - I used orange then yellow then white to resemble candy corn, but you could change up the colors if you want to use less food coloring!
• Add your sprinkles - and you're done!