These pumpkin patch cupcakes are an adorable kid-friendly recipe that's perfect for Fall. Made with boxed cake mix and candy pumpkins, this recipe is as simple as it is delicious.
One of the fun seasonal things to do every fall is visiting a pumpkin patch, but this recipe brings the pumpkin patch to you. With these fun fall cupcakes, you can have a tasty time and fun activity for yourself and the kids.
Why This Recipe Works
- This recipe is easy. From the boxed cake mix to crushed cookie "dirt" this recipe is simple enough to follow that you can have the kids join in almost every step of the way.
- Minimal ingredients. We keep things simple for these pumpkin theme cupcakes with store-bought items so that no large messes or piles of dishes accumulate during this activity.
- They're unique! You can decorate your vines and leaves any way that you want or even add multiple pumpkins to the tops if you want! I like adding vines and a few leaves but feel free to make each pumpkin a work of art.
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🥘 Ingredients
- Boxed chocolate cake mix
- Large eggs
- Water
- Vegetable oil
- Chocolate frosting
- Oreo cookies
- Brachs candy pumpkins
- Green colored candy melts
For specific quantities, see the recipe card below.
🍽 Equipment Needed
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- Mixing Bowls
- Frosting bags
- Whisk
- Electric Mixer
- Paper Liners
- Muffin Pan
- Rolling Pin
- Gallon sized zipper topped bags
- Measuring Cups
🔪 Instructions
Check out how to make pumpkin patch cupcakes with these simple step-by-step instructions:
Cupcakes
- Prepare cake batter according to the package directions for making cupcakes. Bake and let cool completely.
Assembly
Crush Oreo cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs. Pour crumbs into a large shallow dish or cereal bowl. Alternatively, you can place cookies in a gallon sized Ziploc bag and roll over it several times with a rolling pin until crumbs. Place crumbs into a shallow bowl.
Frost the top of the cupcakes with chocolate frosting.
Roll the frosted cupcakes in the Oreo crumbs, making sure to evenly coat the top of the frosting so that as much frosting is covered as possible. Repeat the frosting and crumbs for all cupcakes.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the green chocolate for 1 minute, followed by 30 second intervals, stirring between each until smooth.
Pour melted candy into a pastry bag or a Ziploc bag with the corner snipped.
Place a candy pumpkin at the center of each cupcake.
Pipe small vines and leaves over the top of your cupcakes using the green chocolate. Repeat for all cupcakes.
Serve and enjoy!
🧾 Substitutions
Green Candy Melts- You can replace the green melting chocolate with white chocolate or almond bark and simply add green food coloring to the chocolate until you reach your desired color.
Note: Do not use water-based food coloring as it can cause the chocolate to seize.
📖 Variations
You can make these cupcakes into Halloween pumpkin cupcakes by simply adding a few Halloween themed candies such as gummy worms, candy body parts, or eyes. Adding a simple black spider ring can also make them seem more spooky.
🍴 Recipe Tips
If the candy pumpkins don't want to stick on top of the pumpkin themed cupcakes, pipe a small amount of chocolate onto the bottom of the pumpkins to get them to adhere.
These pumpkin decorated cupcakes can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
💭 FAQs
I like to use an ice cream scooper. I have multiple scoops in various sizes, but the one I prefer for cupcake filling holds roughly ¼ cup of batter. By scooping with an ice cream scooper, I can get equal sized portions and not drip batter everywhere.
I recommend not filling your cupcakes more than ⅔s of the way full. This will give you plenty of space for the cupcakes to grow without spilling over the liners. This is also roughly one good ice cream scoop (if measuring).
If you don't have oil or just want that extra flavor, feel free to swap out ½ cup of oil for ⅔ cups of melted butter for your cake mix. This will make them taste pretty incredible.
More great Pumpkin Recipes to check out soon
- Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes
- Homemade Pumpkin Spice Creamer
- Easy Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake
- Layered Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake
- Pumpkin Pancakes with Butter Pecan Syrup
📖 Recipe
Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
Equipment
- Paper Liners
- Gallon sized zipper topped bags
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box (15.25oz) Chocolate cake mix ($1.25)
- 3 Large eggs ($0.24)
- 1 ¼ cup Water ($0.00)
- ½ cup Vegetable oil ($0.24)
Toppings
- 1 can (16oz) Chocolate frosting ($1.58)
- 12 Oreo cookies ($1.32)
- 1 bag Brachs candy pumpkins ($2.68)
- 1 bag Green colored candy melts ($3.88)
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Prepare cake batter according to the package directions for making cupcakes. Bake and let cool completely.
Assembly
- Crush Oreo cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs. Pour crumbs into a large shallow dish or cereal bowl. Alternatively, you can place cookies in a gallon sized Ziploc bag and roll over it several times with a rolling pin until crumbs. Place crumbs into a shallow bowl.
- Frost the top of the cupcakes with chocolate frosting.
- Roll the frosted cupcakes in the Oreo crumbs, making sure to evenly coat the top of the frosting so that as much frosting is covered as possible. Repeat the frosting and crumbs for all cupcakes.
- In a microwave safe bowl melt the green chocolate for 1 minute, followed by 30 second intervals, stirring between each until smooth.
- Pour melted candy into a pastry bag or a Ziploc bag with the corner snipped.
- Place a candy pumpkin at the center of each cupcake.
- Pipe small vines and leaves over the top of your cupcakes using the green chocolate. Repeat for all cupcakes.
- Serve and enjoy!
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