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Chocolate Snack Cake Bats

October 11, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links.

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.

Chocolate snack cake bats with candy eyes and chocolate wings.

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).

Hostess Ho Ho's decorated to look like bats with chocolate wings and candy eyes.

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.

cute chocolate snack cake bats with chocolate wings and candy eyes on an orange background

Chocolate Snack Cake Bats

You’ll need:

  • 1 chocolate cake roll per bat (Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, Hostess Ho Ho’s, or Drakes Yodels)
  • black food coloring marker
  • melted dark confectionery coating/candy melts (about 1 ounce per bat)*
  • 2 candy eyes per bat

Supplies:

  • Squeezit Mold painter (squeeze bottle), disposable pastry bag or zip-top bag
  • parchment paper-lined baking sheet

*NOTE: If you don’t have experience melting confectionery coating/candy melts, see my instructions in my Chocolate Making Tips tutorial (click here.)

Instructions:

Unwrap the chocolate cake roll and draw on a smile and two fangs using black food coloring. Then attach two candy eyes using candy melts. Pipe chocolate wings onto parchment paper then set the cake roll on top. Chill then remove.

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.

Chocolate Snack Cake Bats set on Halloween scrapbook paper.

  • Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Products used to make this project are available on Amazon.com
(I earn a small commission when you use the links below at no extra cost to you.)

Originally published August 23, 2012.

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Chocolate Snack Cake Bats
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
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Dress up store-bought chocolate snacks cakes using food coloring, chocolate, and candy eyes to create these cute Snack Cake Bats.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, halloween, snack cakes
Servings: 8
Calories: 230 kcal
Author: Beth
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Draw some bat wings on a piece of paper allowing enough room for the snack cake in between the wings.
  2. Draw a mouth and fangs on each snack cake using a black food coloring marker.
  3. Fill your squeeze bottle, disposable pastry bag, or zip-top bag with melted dark cocoa candy melts.

  4. Squeeze a small drop on the back of each candy eye and attach them to the snack cake just above the mouth.

  5. Slide the drawing of your wings under your parchment paper.
  6. Pipe the melted confectionery coating/candy melts over the drawing creating your wings.
  7. Pipe a strip of candy coating in the middle of the wings then set the snack cake on top of that.
  8. Refrigerate until the wings are set, about 3-5 minutes.
  9. Remove the snack cake bat from the refrigerator and carefully peel off the parchment paper.

  10. Repeat.

Recipe Notes

Store your bats in an airtight container for up to 1 week. 

Decorate snack cakes to look like puppies, bats, bears, bunnies, bumble bees, penguins, and more.

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

Be sure to check out all the Halloween recipes here on Hungry Happenings.

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Comments

  1. kristi dominguez

    August 6, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    These are adorable, Beth! Such a great and yummy idea!

    Reply
  2. Megan Cromes

    October 14, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    i love this!cool idea!;)

    Reply
  3. Sara-Jayne

    October 23, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    We made them! (and credited you) http://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/vampire-chocobats.html

    Reply
  4. brighteyedbaker

    September 27, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Gotta say, these are pretty darn cute! I can imagine them being a hit at an elementary school Halloween party (or any Halloween party). So creative… great job. 🙂

    Reply
  5. KnittyKaty

    September 26, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Adorable!

    Reply
  6. Sugar Baby

    September 26, 2012 at 7:00 am

    Fantastic idea – can't wait to make these!!!

    Reply
  7. Sarah

    September 24, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    So stinkin cute and perfect for a Halloween party. If you get a chance I would love for you to come link up your idea at my Pin Party.

    http://sarahdawndesigns.blogspot.com/2012/09/pintastic-monday-link-party-10.html#.UGCZVK4-WnB

    Reply
  8. Simplesmente Silvinha (Simply Silvia)

    September 12, 2012 at 12:55 am

    I loved your blog, I am a volunteer halloween party, I will use your ideas this year, thank you.

    http://gastronomianossadecadadia.blogspot.com.br/2011/10/nosso-jantar-foi-um-sucesso.html

    Reply
  9. Aimee @ ShugarySweets

    September 8, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Ahhhh these are so adorbs!!!

    Reply
  10. Tiffany@Fizzy Party!

    September 3, 2012 at 5:44 am

    2 of my favorite things for one of my favorite holidays. Bats, Ho-Ho's and Halloween. Perfect!

    Reply
  11. Kelley Wilson

    September 1, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    These are so great, I would love it if you would come link up on I Freakin did it Friday's @ Miss Information.
    My only problem would not be eating all the snack cakes before I got them made into bats 🙂

    Reply
  12. Sue

    August 31, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Bats usually give me the creeps, but not these! Cutest bats ever:)

    Reply
  13. CuteEverything.com

    August 30, 2012 at 2:14 am

    Very cute bats, I'd love to make these for my kids for a lunchtime treat! Thanks for linking!

    Reply
  14. Dixie n Dottie

    August 27, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    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

    Reply
  15. Kathy Penney

    August 27, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    So cute! Would be great for a Halloween party or fall festival! Kathy Penney @ Pinner Takes All

    Reply
  16. Anonymous

    August 25, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Holy crap you can buy Ho Ho's on Amazon and have them delivered to your house?

    Reply
  17. Randi~Dukes and Duchesses

    August 25, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Those are super cute … my kids would love them! I'm pinning.

    Reply
  18. Michelle@ Learning to Be a Mom

    August 24, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    This is such a cute idea. It will make a perfect Halloween snack.

    Reply
  19. The Mandatory Mooch

    August 24, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    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

    Reply
  20. Angela at A Typical English Home

    August 24, 2012 at 7:30 am

    Such a cute idea. Really pleased I found your site, it is so inspirational!

    Reply
  21. Jocelyn

    August 24, 2012 at 4:08 am

    OH.MY.WORD!!! Those are the cutest and best Halloween treat ever!!! Yup, I have to make those this year:-) Pinning happily!!!

    Reply
  22. Kim Heimbuck

    August 24, 2012 at 1:12 am

    Couldn't wait to see these little bats – adorable idea!

    Reply
  23. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

    August 24, 2012 at 12:50 am

    I was just looking at ho-ho's thinking…I need an excuse to buy them. Now I have one!

    Reply
  24. Spencer

    August 23, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    What a fantastic creation! My son would love that.

    Reply
  25. Trish - Sweetology101

    August 23, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    you are my inspiration!! This is beyond cool.

    Reply
  26. sugarswings

    August 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    oh so cute! (but you're scaring me, you're on halloween already??)

    Reply
  27. Patricia @ ButterYum

    August 23, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    So darn cute!!!!

    Reply
  28. carla

    August 23, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    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!

    Reply
  29. carla

    August 23, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    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!

    Reply
  30. carla

    August 23, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      August 23, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      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!

      Reply
  31. Lorie

    August 23, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    I am pretty sure these are the snacks I will be making for my daughters preschool class this year!! As always…LOVE THEM!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      August 23, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      Glad to hear it! I'm sure the kids will love them =)

      Reply
  32. Mal

    August 23, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    These are so incredibly cute! I have such a weakness for ho hos and halloween things- I love this

    Mal @ The Chic Geek

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      August 23, 2012 at 2:36 pm

      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!

      Reply

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