Batty Bats

Batty Bats might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and fodmap friendly recipe has 339 calories, 7g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. For 75 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. If you have gum drop, vanilla frosting, fudge, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. 196 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. It is brought to you by Taste of Home. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 23%, which is rather bad. Similar recipes include Batty Bark, Chocolate Batty Cupcakes, and Bats and Cobwebs.

Servings: 24

Cooking duration: 45 minutes

 

Ingredients:

Candy corn

1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting

Blue paste food coloring

Fudge-striped cookies

Sticks Winterfresh gum

Pastry tip—round tip # 3

1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting

Equipment:

kitchen scissors

knife

serrated knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Directions Tint vanilla frosting bright blue; frost cupcakes. Add gum ball eyes. Using a clean scissors or small sharp knife, cut sticks of gum into eyebrow shapes. Pinch tops to curve if desired; insert above eyes. For bat wings, with a small serrated knife, cut cookies in half. Add scalloped edges if desired. Insert two cookie halves into each cupcake. Using chocolate frosting and #3 tip, pipe pupils on eyes. For fangs, cut the white part from the candy corn. (Save removed orange sections for another use.) Add two white fangs under each mouth; press down gently. Yield: varies. Originally published as Batty Bats in Halloween Food & Fun 20092009, p27 Print Add to Recipe Box Email a Friend

 

Step by step:


1. Tint vanilla frosting bright blue; frost cupcakes.

2. Add gum ball eyes. Using a clean scissors or small sharp knife, cut sticks of gum into eyebrow shapes. Pinch tops to curve if desired; insert above eyes.

3. For bat wings, with a small serrated knife, cut cookies in half.

4. Add scalloped edges if desired. Insert two cookie halves into each cupcake.

5. Using chocolate frosting and #3 tip, pipe pupils on eyes. For fangs, cut the white part from the candy corn. (Save removed orange sections for another use.)

6. Add two white fangs under each mouth; press down gently.


Nutrition Information:

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338k Calories
6g Protein
7g Total Fat
61g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
338k
17%

Fat
7g
11%

  Saturated Fat
2g
12%

Carbohydrates
61g
20%

  Sugar
56g
62%

Cholesterol
17mg
6%

Sodium
192mg
8%

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Protein
6g
14%

Selenium
9µg
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
10%

Vitamin B6
0.19mg
10%

Zinc
1mg
9%

Phosphorus
82mg
8%

Vitamin B12
0.38µg
6%

Vitamin B2
0.1mg
6%

Iron
0.87mg
5%

Vitamin E
0.67mg
4%

Potassium
150mg
4%

Copper
0.07mg
4%

Magnesium
11mg
3%

Manganese
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin K
2µg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.21mg
2%

Folate
5µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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