Halloween Cupcakes - Bats

Bat cupcakes are in the botton row

Everyone loves cupcakes.  They are cute and easier to make than a cake. 

For our pumpkin carving party I make lots of decorated cupcakes.  Here is one that everyone loves.

What you need:

Any kind of cupcake you like
Chocolate icing
Regular size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Small size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Wilton Black Cookie Icing
Small red candies or cookie decorating balls
Orange Wilton Cookie gel

How to do it:

Take your cooled cupcakes and ice them with chocolate frosting.

Next, unwrap one small peanut butter cup and regular peanut butter cup for each cupcake.

Cut the regular sized one in half horizontally - these are the bat wings.

Then, take the small peanut butter cup and make two eyes with the black cookie icing.  This is going to act as the glue for the red candies.  If you want, you can stop here and use the black dots for eyes.  Once you add the candies, let them dry completely onto the icing.  If you don' t you will have a candy catastrophe.

Bat eyes

Next, make the fangs.  Use the gel for this.  You can also use the black cookie icing for this too.

Fangs added

Face complete.  Let them rest for about an hour.

Now that the face is dried, you can assemble the rest.  Place the regular sized peanut butter cups, cut side facing down, onto the cupcake about 2/3 of the way up.  You need to leave room for the face.  Push the pointed side into the middle of the cupcake and leave some of the wing sticking out.

Wings inserted

Now it is tine to add the face.  Place the face on its side, with the face right side up into the center of the cupcake, up against the wings, but not pushing on them.  Make sure it is securely in the frosting.

They are ready to eat or display with other cupcakes

All the cupcakes on display for your next party