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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Halloween

    Black Cat Cakes

    Modified: Sep 10, '23 · Published: Sep 6, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Have fun making these cute Black Cat Cakes for Halloween. These chocolate cakes are easy enough for kids to decorate using store-bought cookies and candy.

    black cat cakes.

    If you are looking for a super easy Halloween dessert that kids will love, this is it! These cat-shaped cakes are made using chocolate snack cakes like Hostess Ding Dongs, Drake's Ring Dings, or Chocolate Moon Pies. 

    The cats are decorated with OREO Cookie ears, pink taffy noses, and bright green taffy eyes. 

    They'd be fun to serve with Chocolate Cauldrons, Fudge Witch Hats, and Candy-Filled Witch Cookies at a witch-themed Halloween party. 

    So, let's decorate some cat cakes.

    black cat cakes ingredients including chocolate snack cakes, OREO cookies, and pink & green AirHeads.

    Ingredients

    round chocolate-covered snack cakes - Hostess Ding Dongs, Drakes Cakes Ring Dings, or Moon Pies

    Oreo Cookies or other chocolate wafer cookies

    pink and green Air Heads Taffy

    Nutella, frosting, corn syrup, or honey - Use this to attach the decorations to the snack cakes.

    Supplies

    sturdy paper straws or lollipop sticks
    small round metal cutter from a set of fondant cutters
    black food coloring marker
    knife

    Instructions

    decorating chocolate snack cake cats using pink and green Air Heads taffy and a black food coloring marker.

    Insert a straw into each snack cake.

    Cut two circles out of the green AirHead for each cat. Use the food maker to draw on pupils.

    Cut one triangle out of the pink AirHead for each nose.

    Cut two smaller triangles out of pink for the ears.

    Cut diamonds out of the chocolate cookies. If using Oreo Cookies remove the filing before cutting. If you have trouble cutting them, you can heat them in the microwave for 5 seconds to soften them.

    Attach the small pink triangles to one side of the chocolate cookie diamonds (ears) using Nutella, frosting, corn syrup, or honey.

    chocolate cat cake lollipop.

    Attach the ears to the snack cakes by poking the lower part of the cookie diamond into the snack cake. Remove it, add some of the sticky stuff in the hole, and replace the ear.

    Use the Nutella to attach the nose and eyes to the chocolate cakes.

    Draw on whiskers and a mouth using food coloring markers.

    Storage

    Store in an airtight container. Individually wrap them in clear cellophane bags to give as treats or tie ribbons on the straws and arrange them in a basket to serve as dessert.

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    I hope you have fun making these snack cake cats. You can also use snack cakes to make these other easy kid's treats.

    chocolate snack cake bears.

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    snack cake bats

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    Mickey Mouse snack cakes.

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

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Ginger says

      September 20, 2012 at 1:09 pm

      Featuring YOU today!

      Ginger @ GingerSnapCrafts.com

      http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2012/09/take-look-at-you-20-fall-craft-ideas.html

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 20, 2012 at 1:52 pm

        Thanks for the feature! I'm glad you like the cats =)

        Reply
    2. CuteEverything.com says

      September 13, 2012 at 7:10 am

      I love the snack cake ideas, very fun, what a cute kitty!

      Reply
    3. Jessica says

      September 12, 2012 at 5:07 pm

      Very cute treat!!

      I think this is my first time of visiting your blog, please stop by and visit my blog and say hello as well and become a follower (if you are not one already) at: http://jessicaslilcorner.blogspot.com

      Reply
    4. Liz says

      September 12, 2012 at 6:01 am

      Love, love, LOVE those cat pops (and any other black cat project)!!! Gonna try to make them as well for sure! Thanks for sharing! Liz

      Reply
    5. http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/ says

      September 11, 2012 at 12:14 am

      These are so cute! Can't wait to try it out. I am a follower of your blog and would love if you could hop over to my blog (http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/) and share the blog love. Have a happy Monday!

      Reply
    6. Rita says

      September 10, 2012 at 2:27 am

      So Cute!

      Reply
    7. Anonymous says

      September 09, 2012 at 10:48 pm

      What did you use as your "sticky stuff" please???

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 10, 2012 at 1:07 am

        I used Nutella and it worked well.

        Reply
    8. Barb says

      September 09, 2012 at 6:44 pm

      Do you have any suggestions on cutting the cookies for the ears? Mine keep breaking 🙁 Thanks! Barb

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 10, 2012 at 1:41 am

        I added a note in the post regarding cutting the cookies. I hope you had success once you microwaved them.

        Reply
    9. The Partiologist says

      September 07, 2012 at 12:26 am

      What a fun way to make a snack cat!

      Reply
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