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If you’re a fan of Scary Movies or Halloween These Pennywise Cupcakes will delight you. Recipes with spooky themes are always a hit during frightening festivities! You can make these in October or any time of the year for a movie night.

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When Can I Make Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe?

Halloween – Pennywise, the terrifying clown from “It,” is a popular Halloween character! It’s a great activity for fans of horror movies to do together too.
Pennywise Movie Night – Who doesn’t love delicious and spooky treats to eat while watching a scary movie? Just remember to have fun and get creative with the decorations!
Scary Movie Date Night – It adds to the theme and creates a memorable romantic night.
Birthday party for someone who is a fan of Pennywise – It shows that you put thought into their interests and that you want to make their birthday special!

More movie inspired desserts to try: Beetlejuice Sugar Cookies

Baking Tips & Hacks

Coloring the batter with black can be a little harder than other colors because it’s hard to tell if it’s dark enough to not look gray. It will darken as it bakes, the most important thing to note is to not accidentally over mix the batter while mixing in the food color.

What Happens To Over Mixed Cupcake Batter?

Overmixing the cupcake batter causes gluten in the flour to develop excessively, resulting in a tougher and denser cupcake texture. It can cause excess air to be beaten out of the batter, leading to flat cupcakes that don’t rise well if at all! You want your Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe to have fluffy light and airy results!

Inconsistent mixing can result in uneven distribution of ingredients, leading to uneven baking and some cupcakes being undercooked while others are overcooked. Overmixing can create air pockets and tunnels in the cupcake, making it look unappealing and affecting the overall texture. This can reduce the overall volume of the cupcakes, resulting in smaller cupcakes.

Ingredients For Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe

Box Devil’s Food Cake Mix or any chocolate flavor
3 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
Black food color
Blood Red Glaze
24 oz Frosting (any flavor but chocolate is the easiest to color black)
Halloween Sprinkles
Pennywise Halloween Cupcake Toppers

How To Pipe The Frosting

Materials Needed:

Piping bag
1M drop star tip
Black frosting (already prepared)
Instructions:

Prepare the Piping Bag:

Fit the 1M drop star tip into the bottom of the piping bag. Push it gently to ensure it sits securely at the tip of the bag.
If your frosting is not already in the piping bag, carefully spoon it into the bag, filling it about two-thirds full. Avoid overfilling, as it can make piping challenging.
Eliminate Air Pockets:
Before starting to pipe, squeeze a little frosting out of the piping bag to remove any trapped air bubbles. This will ensure a smooth and consistent flow of frosting while decorating.
Pipe the Frosting:
Hold the piping bag at a 90-degree angle above the Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe, making sure the star tip is facing down toward the cupcake’s center.
Start piping from the center of the cupcake and move outward in a circular motion, creating a swirl effect.
Continue piping until the entire top surface of the cupcake is covered with the frosting.
Finish:
Once you have covered the top of the cupcake, stop squeezing the piping bag and lift it straight up to create a nice star-like finish on top.
Move on to the next cupcake and repeat the process until all the black cupcakes are beautifully decorated with the black frosting.

Directions For Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe

Preheat your oven according to the cake mix instructions. Typically, it’s around 350°F (175°C). Prepare your cupcake pan with liners.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the Devil’s Food Cake Mix, 3 eggs, ½ cup of vegetable oil, and 1 cup of water. Mix everything together until the batter is smooth and well combined.
Add black food coloring to the batter to achieve the desired darkness. Start with a few drops and gradually add more until you get the desired black color.
TIP: while mixing in the color be careful not to over mix the batter.
Stir the food coloring into the batter until the color is evenly distributed. Make sure there are no streaks or uneven coloring.
Pour the black cupcake batter into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each liner about two-thirds full to leave room for rising.
Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven for the time indicated on the cake mix box or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
Once they’re done baking, remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Once the Scary Movie Pennywise Cupcakes Recipe is completely cooled, you can decorate them.