Halloween is coming up soon, and these are the perfect treats to make for your friends and family! I have created vegan vampire cupcakes, and they are a ton of fun to make. My boyfriend, Rhys, and I made this how-to video to show you guys exactly how to make these. I hope you enjoy it!
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Again, if you aren’t concerned with these being vegan, feel free to replace vegan margarine with regular butter. I often bake vegan cupcakes but not-vegan frosting. I love my vegan cupcakes, they are so light and moist, but I enjoy the flavour of real butter in my frosting. It’s a bit of an endless debate, really- vegans say eating butter is bad, as it is a dairy product from factory farmed cows, etc. While there are also arguments about the horrible things the palm oil (found in Earth Balance, and other vegan ‘dairy’ products) industry is doing in Indonesia and other countries. Destroying forests and wiping out the populations of animals native to these forests doesn’t seem that vegan to me either…how do we ever win?
Anyways! Make these cupcakes with whatever ingredients make you feel the best, and just enjoy them! Happy Halloween!
Vegan Vampire Cupcakes
Tasty vegan vampire cupcakes, perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients:
- Almond Milk - 1 cup
- Apple Cider Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Organic, Unrefined Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Vegetable Oil - 1/3 cup
- Vanilla Extract - 1 1/2 tsp
- All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
- Cocoa Powder - 1/3 cup
- Baking Soda - 3/4 tsp
- Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Sea Salt - 1/4 tsp
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- Icing -
- Butter, or Non-Dairy Butter - 1 cup
- Icing Sugar - 4 cups, sifted
- Vanilla Extract - 4 tsp
- Almond Milk - 4 Tbsp +
- Red Decorating Gel -
I love your halloween cupcake design! I have never made vegan cupcakes before, how do they taste in comparison to the traditional cupcake? Do they have a unique flavour or would people perhaps not notice the difference if eating alongside no vegan stuff?
Thank you! The cupcakes themselves taste amazing- so light, moist, and delicious. I pretty much exclusively make vegan cupcakes because I find them to be so good. As for the icing, depending on which brand of non-dairy butter you use, there may be a slight aftertaste, but I found that my entire family gobbled these up, and not one mentioned anything about an aftertaste. (And these are non-vegan people…actually even non-vegetarian!) Give it a try!
These vampire cupcakes are so adorable.
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Koko, thanks for taking time to make the video. You are a pretty lady
KoKo… these are FAN.tastic!! I love how you captured the puncture marks – they look so real! What a great job and your styling is right on too. Very spooky
. I always appreciate your choice of ingredients as well. I would be hard-pressed to find a Halloween cupcake that was nearly this thoughtful on the nutrition side 
. Fabuloso!
Thank you Angie!
Awww, thanks Kelly!! I’m so glad to hear your thoughts on these. They are so fun and spooky!
Great looking & tasty looking vampire cupcakes! You shoud video more often!
Cool!
Thanks Sophie! I hope to make videos more often!
Wow! these look fantastic!