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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Chocolate Snack Cake Bats

    Modified: Oct 22, '23 · Published: Oct 11, '20 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    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.

    snack cake bats made with Ho Hos or Swiss Rolls and chocolate.

    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

    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

     

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    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.

    Storage

    Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

    Recipe

    Originally published August 23, 2012.

    snack cake bats made with Ho Hos or Swiss Rolls and chocolate.
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    Chocolate Snack Cake Bats
    Prep Time
    30 mins
    Cook Time
    0 mins
     

    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 Klosterboer
    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. 

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    See more cute decorating ideas for snack cakes...

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    1. kristi dominguez says

      August 06, 2014 at 11:43 pm

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

      Reply
    2. Megan Cromes says

      October 14, 2013 at 2:18 pm

      i love this!cool idea!;)

      Reply
    3. Sara-Jayne says

      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 says

      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 says

      September 26, 2012 at 5:40 pm

      Adorable!

      Reply
    6. Sugar Baby says

      September 26, 2012 at 7:00 am

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

      Reply
    7. Sarah says

      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) says

      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 says

      September 08, 2012 at 11:45 am

      Ahhhh these are so adorbs!!!

      Reply
    10. Tiffany@Fizzy Party! says

      September 03, 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 says

      September 01, 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 says

      August 31, 2012 at 7:07 am

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

      Reply
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