The easiest Halloween cupcakes ever! 🧙‍♀️ Witch Hat Cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes with a chocolate kiss for the hat tip.

Print Recipe

Start with a box of chocolate cake mix and a can of chocolate frosting. An orange frosting band around each kiss finishes the hat.

No decorating skills needed! 🎃

Why You’ll Love It

Only 4 ingredients. Cake mix, frosting, kisses and orange frosting.
No decorating skills needed. A kiss and a band of frosting is all it takes.
Cake mix shortcut. Bake them right from the box.
Kids can help. Pressing on the hats is the fun part.
Party ready. Cute on any Halloween table.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Chocolate cake mix: Plus the eggs, oil and water from the box directions.
Chocolate frosting: One can.
Chocolate kisses: Unwrapped, for the hat tips.
Orange frosting: One tube, for the hat bands.

You’ll find the exact amounts and steps in the printable recipe card below.

How to Make It

Bake the chocolate cupcakes following the box directions and let them cool completely. Frost each one with chocolate frosting. Press a chocolate kiss point-up into the center for the hat tip, then pipe a band of orange frosting around the base of each kiss.

Tips for the Best Witch Hat Cupcakes

Cool completely. Frost only cooled cupcakes.
Point up. Press each kiss point-up into the center.
Use the tube. A tube of frosting makes the band easy to pipe.
Pipe at the base. Wrap the orange band right where the kiss meets the frosting.
Unwrap first. Have the kisses ready before you start.

Who’s making these for the Halloween party? 🎃