Healthy Halloween Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with a Spooky Strawberry Surprise

These Healthy Halloween Mini Chocolate Cupcakes have a Spooky Strawberry Surprise in the centre and they are are quick and easy to make.

These devilish desserts will send chills up children’s spine and make their hairs stand on end. Parent’s can smile with ease. These creepy cupcakes won’t turn their little ones into monsters because they are vegan, refined sugar-free (without icing) and gluten-free adaptable.

Keep reading to learn my sneaky little tricks for this treat to make it a healthier alternative to typical desserts.

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Are These Halloween Mini Chocolate Cupcakes Really Healthy?

The term healthy is really subjective. Compared to a typical full-sized cupcake with frosting these cupcakes would be a much healthier alternative. Just don’t eat six of them! If compared to a bowl of fruit these cupcakes could be called healthy-ish. You should probably choose the fruit.

I wanted to make a recipe that allowed Carrington to feel like she was indulging in her favorite treat (chocolate) without it making her run around like crazy and keeping her up until midnight.

How I Made These Cupcakes Healthy(ier)

Firstly, the fact that these are mini cupcakes makes them a healthier choice because they are lower in calories than many desserts and because of the size have much less sugar.

Secondly, I use a mix of white and whole grain flour in the batter. Whole grain flour contains more nutrients than white flour and has fibre, which slows down the body’s absorption of sugars so your child won’t a massive sugar jolt.

My next sneaky little trick for this treat is I used unrefined coconut sugar in the batter and lessened the amount so that the sweetness would come from the Spooky Strawberry Surprise in the centre and the chocolate icing.

Speaking of Spooky Strawberry Surprises there is an extra surprise in this too. Instead of sugary jams, I used my homemade Chia Seed Jam recipe. This jam is naturally sweetened and contains fibre and protein from the chia seeds.

Now for the icing, I made it out of tofu! Just kidding. It is still made the typical way however, it does contain raw cacao which is full of antioxidants and I took care not to make it too sweet. Although if anyone has tried making tofu icing and it tastes good, I would love the recipe!

Lastly, as always these cupcakes are vegan and made without using animal products. They are gluten-free adaptable by using certified gluten-free flour in place of all flours in the recipe.

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Ingredients Needed To Make These Healthy Halloween Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with a Spooky Strawberry Surprise

For The Cupcakes

-All purpose flour (gluten-free if needed)

-Whole wheat flour (can sub for white)

– Baking powder

– Unsweetened cacao powder (Amazon Link)

-salt

–Coconut sugar  (can sub brown sugar, white sugar, monk sugar, erythritol)

-Canola oil (can sub melted vegan butter, coconut oil or other light colored vegetable oil)

– Unsweetened plant milk (I prefer to use oat)

For The Spooky Strawberry Surprise

Here is the link to the Strawberry Chia Seed Jam recipe. You can substitute store bought strawberry jam NOTE: This can be omitted from the recipe if you don’t want to use it.

For The Vegan Chocolate Icing

– Plant butter, softened to room temperature. Avoid melting in microwave if possible

– Confectioners sugar. Also called icing sugar or powdered sugar. *Tip you can make your own by blending white sugar into a powder.

– Unsweetened cacao powder (Amazon Link)

–Pure vanilla extract

-Unsweetened plant milk (I prefer oat )

Halloween sprinkles (optional)

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Do I Have To Make Mini Muffins?

If you don’t want to make mini muffins or you don’t have a mini muffin cupcake mold(Amazon Link to purchase the one I use), this recipe will make 6-8 regular sized cupcakes.

More Fall Recipes To Try

If you enjoyed these Healthy Halloween Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with a Spooky Strawberry Surprise and are looking for more recipes, take a look at these fall favorites:

–Halloween Vegan Caramel Apples

–Vegan Peanut Brittle

–Velvety Vegan Salted Caramel Pudding

–How To Make Vegan Caramel Corn

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Thanks for the love, my friends!

In gratitude,

Susan

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