Pistachio Cake Cupcakes

Dedicated to Jo. 

So, for the past couple of weeks, I've had this cansiter in our living room:

I wanted to make some fun Halloween treats this year, because I bought cute Halloween bags last year and never used them. I wanted to use them this year! I also bought a fun Halloween cupcake kit at Marshall's. This is what the inside of my "Future Spooky Treats" canister looks like:

So, for a closer look, here is the cast of characters:

Frankenstein

Ghost

Pumpkin

Wicked Witch (we can call her Elphaba)

I wanted very badly to turn them into "spooky treats" (a.k.a. Halloween-colored cupcakes). So, I decided to make Pistachio Cake Cupcakes. Pistachio Cake is amazing! It is usually made in a bundt pan, and is a signature recipe of the Hafez family. It is also green and black, which is perfect for Halloween! Here is the recipe:

What I did was make the exact same recipe, and then put the batter into individual cupcakes instead of one large bundt cake. 

And here is how I did it:

I gathered these ingredients:

Lined 24 cupcake tins with Halloween-themed papers:

And then, combined all of the ingredients (minus the Hershey's syrup) into my standing mixer. It looked like the Wicked Witch of the West probably did when she melted!

Then I beat everything on low until it was combined.

I beat everything on medium for 2 minutes, until it was nice and smooth.

I set aside about 1/3 of the batter, and distributed the remaining 2/3 of the batter evenly into the 24 prepared cupcake tins.

I took the 1/3 of the batter I set aside, and added 3/4 c. of Hershey's syrup.

And then scooped that evenly over the green batter, using my handy-dandy scooper.

They went into the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

And, then I put them on a cooling rack for about 10 minutes.

The last thing I did was spookify them...

Pretty spooky, huh?

I know I'm scared!

And, the best part is, they're delicious! The green cake is yummy and spongey, and the chocolate part is fudgy... so good!