These cute Chocolate Snack Cake Bats are so much fun to make and eat. Kids of all ages will go batty for these chocolate vanilla cake roll Halloween treats.
It is so easy to dress up a store-bought snack cake for Halloween.
I love making cakes from scratch, but sometimes I just want a quick and easy dessert to serve for a holiday, so I use snack cakes instead.
I've shared tutorials to make Chocolate Werewolf Snack Cakes, Black Cat Snack Cakes, Snack Cake Penguins, and more (see the complete list at the bottom of this post).
Today I'm going to show you how to make these cute Snack Cake Bats.
As with most of my other snack cake crafts, these chocolate bats are pretty simple to make using chocolate-coated cake rolls, dark cocoa candy melts, candy eyes, and a black food coloring marker.
So let's get started.
Chocolate Snack Cake Bats
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake roll per bat (Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, Hostess Ho Ho's, or Drakes Yodels)
- black food coloring marker
- melted dark compound chocolate (made with palm kernel oil (known as Candy Melts, Ghirardelli Melting Wafers, Merckens Coating, almond bark, or confectionery coating) - You used about 1 ounce per bat.
- 2 candy eyes per bat
NOTE: If you don't have experience melting confectionery coating/candy melts, see my instructions in my Chocolate Making Tips tutorial.
Supplies
- Squeezit Mold painter (squeeze bottle), disposable pastry bag or zip-top bag
- parchment paper-lined baking sheet
Products used to make this project are available on Amazon.com
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Instructions
Decorate a snack cake bat.
- Draw some bat wings on a piece of paper allowing enough room for the snack cake in between the wings.
- Draw a mouth and fangs on each snack cake using a black food coloring marker.
- Fill your squeeze bottle, disposable pastry bag, or zip-top bag with melted confectionery coating.
- Squeeze a small drop on the back of each candy eye and attach them to the snack cake just above the mouth.
- Slide the drawing of your wings under your parchment paper.
- Pipe the melted confectionery coating/candy melts over the drawing creating your wings.
- Pipe a strip of candy coating in the middle of the wings then set the snack cake on top of that.
- Refrigerate until the wings are set, about 3-5 minutes.
- Remove and carefully peel off the parchment paper.
Storage
Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
Recipe
Originally published August 23, 2012.
Dress up store-bought chocolate snacks cakes using food coloring, chocolate, and candy eyes to create these cute Snack Cake Bats.
- 8 chocolate cake rolls (Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, Hostess Ho Ho's, or Drakes Yodels)
- 1 black food coloring marker
- 10 ounces melted dark cocoa candy melts (or dark almond bark or melting wafers)
- 16 candy eyes
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Draw some bat wings on a piece of paper allowing enough room for the snack cake in between the wings.
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Draw a mouth and fangs on each snack cake using a black food coloring marker.
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Fill your squeeze bottle, disposable pastry bag, or zip-top bag with melted dark cocoa candy melts.
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Squeeze a small drop on the back of each candy eye and attach them to the snack cake just above the mouth.
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Slide the drawing of your wings under your parchment paper.
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Pipe the melted confectionery coating/candy melts over the drawing creating your wings.
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Pipe a strip of candy coating in the middle of the wings then set the snack cake on top of that.
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Refrigerate until the wings are set, about 3-5 minutes.
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Remove the snack cake bat from the refrigerator and carefully peel off the parchment paper.
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Repeat.
Store your bats in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Related Recipes
See more cute decorating ideas for snack cakes...
- Snack Cake Pups – Twinkie Dogs
- Chocolate Snack Cake Bats
- Beaker Twinkie
- Teddy Bear Snack Cakes
- Twinkie Bunnies
- Kaboom Cakes
- Bumble Bee Twinkies
- Mickey Mouse Ding Dongs
- Snack Cake Penguins
- Snack Cake Cats
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CuteEverything.com says
Very cute bats, I'd love to make these for my kids for a lunchtime treat! Thanks for linking!
Dixie n Dottie says
These are so cute! You are very creative! We'd love if you'd link up to our Countdown to Fall link party! Hope to see you there! Have a great week! 🙂
http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/2012_08_27_archive.html
Kathy Penney says
So cute! Would be great for a Halloween party or fall festival! Kathy Penney @ Pinner Takes All
Anonymous says
Holy crap you can buy Ho Ho's on Amazon and have them delivered to your house?
Randi~Dukes and Duchesses says
Those are super cute ... my kids would love them! I'm pinning.
Michelle@ Learning to Be a Mom says
This is such a cute idea. It will make a perfect Halloween snack.
The Mandatory Mooch says
These are adorable!! I would love for you to link up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. The party is still live for a few more days. http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursdays-5.html
Thanks,
Nichi
Angela at A Typical English Home says
Such a cute idea. Really pleased I found your site, it is so inspirational!
Jocelyn says
OH.MY.WORD!!! Those are the cutest and best Halloween treat ever!!! Yup, I have to make those this year:-) Pinning happily!!!
Kim Heimbuck says
Couldn't wait to see these little bats - adorable idea!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I was just looking at ho-ho's thinking...I need an excuse to buy them. Now I have one!
Spencer says
What a fantastic creation! My son would love that.
Trish - Sweetology101 says
you are my inspiration!! This is beyond cool.
Mal says
These are so incredibly cute! I have such a weakness for ho hos and halloween things- I love thisMal @ The Chic Geek
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
I have to admit that I've personally made a big dent in the supply of Ho Ho's and Swiss Rolls. I love 'em too!
sugarswings says
oh so cute! (but you're scaring me, you're on halloween already??)
Patricia @ ButterYum says
So darn cute!!!!
carla says
you're super savvy to link to needed items on Amazon. love that you get a piece of that action! adore all of your treats. thanks for sharing!
carla says
you're super smart to link to products needed on amazon (and i love that you get a piece of the action). savvy lady! love your treats, thanks for sharing!
carla says
you're super smart to link to products needed on amazon (and i love that you get a piece of the action). savvy lady! love your treats, thanks for sharing!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Thanks Carla, I want everyone to be able to find the items needed to create my projects, and indeed it is nice to benefit from it also!
Lorie says
I am pretty sure these are the snacks I will be making for my daughters preschool class this year!! As always...LOVE THEM!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Glad to hear it! I'm sure the kids will love them =)