Googly-eye fun marshmallow monster Halloween cupcakes for kids and adults to make

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday for the sheer number of fun, crazy, amazing cupcakes it inspires. Check out these monster cupcakes that even little kids can make, by blogger The Decorated Cookie, who serves up step-by-step instructions at Celebrations.com. Via Flickr. I think my favorite thing about these, aside from the fun marshmallow eyes, is that there's no "wrong" way to make them. It's not about being perfect but about having fun. Also, imagine giving these out to trick-or-treaters!!

Junior Mint cupcakes and recipe link

Blogger Piper at Got It, Cook It made these Junior Mint cupcakes. Get the recipe at her blog, where she writes:

The cupcakes are dark chocolate and super moist, but the frosting is the thing.
The thing that you want more of.
The thing you want to eat with your fingers, a spoon, a bucket.
So light and delicious whipped cream frosting with a hint of peppermint.
Cool and refreshing, and totally yummy!

Festive pina colada cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and filling, topped with a pineapple chunk and a cherry

Food blogger Beantown Baker made these pina colada cupcakes back in March, but they stood out to me and are festive so I thought I'd post them now, click above for the recipe for the coconut cake and cream cheese frosting and filling. And if you want her new go-to chocolate cupcake recipe, click here.



From the post:

I used festive cupcake liners and topped each with a pineapple chunk and cherry. The toasted coconut on the outside added some great nuttiness and texture to the cupcake overall.

Adorable chocolate spider cupcake toppers

How fun are these? Yum! More Halloween cupcake fun, this time from blogger The Decorated Cookie, where you can find out what to do with these ingredients to make these sweet toppers: chocolate chips, disposable decorating bag, lollipop sticks, candy eyes, scissors, baking tray, wax paper. Via Flickr.

Bacon, egg and maple buttermilk pancake cupcakes! Plus recipe link.

Whoa! Bacon, egg and pancake cupcakes! They're by blogger The YouFinder (via Neatorama).

Chocolate chip cookie filled cupcakes and recipe link!

Brandy of Brandy's Baking, in a guest post at the blog Alli N Son posted these chocolate chip cookie filled cupcakes, along with the recipe! She writes:

Can’t decide between a chocolate cupcake and a chocolate chip cookie? I don’t know about you, but I find myself in this predicament quite frequently. This little cupcake is the solution–have both! It’s a very tasty chocolate cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream, mini-chocolate chips and an itty-bitty chocolate chip cookie. That’s not all though! There’s a delicious bit of chocolate chip cookie dough baked in the center of the cupcake.

Childhood cancer awareness benefit cupcakes by Houston's Crave Cupcakes

Via Houston food blog Eating Our Words:

The cupcake company has partnered with MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospitals's Art in Medicine program to raise awareness about childhood cancer.

Pediatric cancer patients have designed a logo for the project, which will be featured on all of the CRAVE Cupcakes's Childhood Cancer Awareness boxes. In addition to this artwork, a portion of the proceeds from each box purchased will go to support MD Anderson's crucial Art in Medicine program, which helps to provide a better quality of life for pediatric cancer patients through art instruction and therapy.

Even better, a portion of the proceeds from each box of CRAVE Cupcakes delivered anywhere within the Medical Center -- whether they're Childhood Cancer Awareness boxes or not -- will also go to benefit the program.

See Crave Cupcakes on Facebook for more information.

Caramel apple cupcakes and recipe link

What fun! Caramel apple cupcakes - get the recipe at The Girl Who Ate Everything.

Try to top this back to school cupcake: peanut butter and jelly heart sandwich on top of a peanut butter cupcake!

Okay, blogger and custom cupcake seller Amanda Cupcake has officially made me wish I would win the lottery and could have her cupcakes every day. Look at this!



There's more details on her blog, where she's got the recipe. Photos via Flickr. It's:

"A Peanut Butter Cupcake. Peanut Butter Frosting. Swirled with Strawberry Jelly. And a Sandwich. Lunch & Dessert all in one."



If you're in Wisconsin, you can order your own! Email msamandacupcake at gmail.com for ordering information.

Chocolate-covered cherry chocolate cupcakes!

These fun, adorable chocolate-covered cherry chocolate cupcakes are from blogger Confections of a Foodie Bride. She's got the recipe(s) and writes:

Chocolate Cake – I’ve flip-flopped over the last few years on a favorite chocolate cake recipe. I’ve been torn between America’s Test Kitchen’s Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake and Martha Stewart’s Devil’s Food Cake. But with this last batch of cupcakes, I think it’s finally settled. Martha’s recipe is fluffy, moist, and gets a big dose of deep chocolatey flavor from dutch-process cocoa. To me, it’s the perfect chocolate cake.

I bet you've never seen a cupcake with this flavor before!

Can you guess?



If I knew how to do a jump cut I'd make you truly guess, but I'm not that HTML savvy.

It's a...chocolate BBQ cupcake with honey sour cream frosting! I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that would be a tough one to guess. You can get the recipe for it at food blog a perfect kind of day, where there are also lots of other cupcake posts.

From the post:

The cake is tangy and savory and not at all sweet. However, it seems that the longer the life of the cupcake, the lesser the barbecue sauce taste. The cupcake I tried fresh out of the oven tasted like a fresh slab of ribs {and i'm not kidding...}, but the cupcake I had later on that night {willpower doesn't exist on labor day} just tasted like a bittersweet chocolate cake.

The frosting is very tart and sweet at the same time. I wanted to make something that worked with the savory flavor of the barbecue sauce, not something that out-sweetened it. I did like the frosting with the cake, but in an effort to showcase the flavor of the cake a bit more next time, I might stick with a more basic chocolate frosting...

Yay for truly original cupcake flavors and experiments!

Extra large sunflower cupcake cake!

Find out how to make this sunflower cupcake cake at the always fabulous Hoosier Homemade (via Flickr).



You'll also find out how to make these mini sunflower cupcakes!

Gorgeous stroopwafel love heart caramel apple spice cupcakes anyone would love

The always outrageous, stunning and memorable blogger The Lone Baker has done it again with this stroopwafel love heart caramel apple spice cupcake! I'm in awe. Find out how to decorate your own at The Lone Baker and stay up to date at their Facebook page. They're especially touching because they were made in honor of her mom, who passed away seven years ago and loved caramel. Let's give this cupcake a virtual round of applause! Via Flickr.

Cookie dough cupcakes with cookie dough buttercream frosting, and recipe link

For the cookie dough fans out there (I'm one - I love raw cookie dough, though haven't had any in years, must fix that), check out Chef in Training for the recipe for these doubly cookie dough goodness cupcakes!

Chicken and waffle cupcakes with maple syrup frosting and recipe link!

Yes, this really is a chicken and waffle cupcake with maple syrup frosting, and you can get the recipe from Formal Fringe. Wow! From the post:



So here you have it. A waffle-inspired yellow buttermilk cupcake topped with maple syrup buttercream frosting and a mini helping of chicken and waffles.



And just in case that whole deal doesn’t sound amazing enough, let me tell you what else is special about these guys: Each cupcake is infused with a shot of straight-up maple syrup right in the center.

Turtle cupcakes with turtle toppers!

These turtle cupcakes with royal icing turtle toppers are by blogger Megan's Cookin', who tells you how to make them.

The Cat in the Hat cupcakes, featuring marshmallow birthday cakes, edible blue glitter hair and peanut butter and jelly, by Amanda Cupcake!

Wow! Blogger and custom cupcake baker Amanda Cupcake has done it again with her The Cat in The Hat Dr. Seuss inspired cupcakes! See more on her fabulous blog and find out how she used marshmallows, frosting on sticks and peanut butter and jelly to make these, and see more photos in this Facebook set and on Flickr. Happy 5th birthday, Brady! If you are in Wisconsin and would like to place a custom Amanda Cupcake order, you can email her at msamandacupcake at gmail.com - I always look forward to seeing more of her work!





Cat in a tall marshmallow hat!







cat closeup







hat closeup







Thing 1 and Thing 2 (and an extra Thing)







The edible blue glitter hair deserves a closeup, don't you think?







peanut butter and jelly inside the Thing cupcakes!













a marshmallow on top of a cupcake, designed to look like a birthday cake - so meta, and giving the birthday boy the best of all worlds!

Strawberry Fig Newton in a cupcake!

Blogger Bake It in a Cake baked a strawberry Fig Newton in a vanilla bean cupcake with strawberry cream cheese frosting! Get the recipe here.

Fun chocolate ice cream cone cupcakes and recipe link

These ice cream cone cupcakes by blogger Goddess of Baking look, to my eyes, more like ice cream than your average ice cream cone cupcake. Visit her blog for the recipe and some instructions. Via Flickr.

Earthquake cupcakes plus recipe link

Some of us in the U.S. felt an earthquake yesterday, so here's a link to a recipe for earthquake cupcakes by blogger Tasty Triumphs, who says these are kindof like German chocolate cake!