Owl cupcakes are adorable cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting, Oreo cookies and m&ms that are perfectly fun and delicious to eat!
These owl cupcakes are so easy to make and would be such a fun treat for your kids to come home to after school. You’ll definitely win the best parent award and your kids don’t even have to know how easy they were for you!
These cute owl cupcakes can be made with any cupcake recipe, and frosting recipe, I used a chocolate boxed cake mix, and a can of chocolate frosting. Seriously its that easy. But you could use your favorite frosting and your favorite cupcake recipe too.
My owls are brown, but I think they’d be cute made as white, yellow, blue, or whatever fun color you have in mind.
Then to decorate your owl cupcakes, you’ll just need some regular sized oreos and some m&ms.
Owl Cupcakes
Servings 18 -24
Owl cupcakes are adorable cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting, Oreo cookies and m&ms that are perfectly fun and delicious to eat!
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix
- eggs (oil, and water as called for on cake mix)
- 1 can chocolate frosting (or homemade chocolate frosting)
- Oreos
- brown and orange m&ms or reeses pieces
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat your oven according to your cake mix box.
- Mix together your cake mix, eggs, oil and water in a large bowl.
- Fill a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full and bake in preheated oven according to package directions.
- Repeat with additional batter (if you don't have 2 muffin pans)
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely
- Frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting, using your finger or a knife make little "ears" with the frosting at the top of the cupcakes.
- Open oreos in half and place two of the Oreos, with the frosting on the cupcakes.
- Take a little extra frosting on the back of your m&ms and place 1 brown m&m in the middle of each for the eyes.
- Stick one orange m&m in between the Oreo eyes (up and down).
- And enjoy!
Make some homemade thin mints with the unfrosted extra Oreo halfs.
Alex says
Any suggestions for transporting these? If I wanted to take them to work, they’d probably end up a mess in a Tupperware box by the time they reach their destination.
Aimee says
They should transfer fine in a cupcake tin, or other, or get a muffin box with cutouts for the cupcakes.
Nicole says
We used our regular vegan chocolate cake recipe to make your owl cupcakes. Thanks so much for the inspiration! Everyone thought they were so cute wish I could share the photo here.
I tagged you on my nailed it photo on Instagram.
Aimee says
So glad you loved them! I can’t find the photo on instagram, our account is @lmldfood if you can send it to me 🙂 I’d love to see it!
shirlandra says
the cupcake is cooooool!!!!!!!
Julie says
Would these hold up well overnight or would the oreos get soggy from the frosting?
Aimee Berrett says
They’re best eaten right away. The oreo tends to get soggy :/
Jesseca Hallows says
So, these are pretty much the cutest things ever. I decided that I need to make these with dax asap.