Halloween Monster Chocolate Muffins | Made with Raw Cane Sugar

These chocolate muffins wear a coat of cream cheese frosting, a pair of candy eyes and a small witch hat. They are easy to make and look great on a Halloween table.

Raw cane sugar sweetens both the cocoa batter and the frosting. Pumpkin powder turns one batch of frosting orange; matcha turns the other green.

Made with Ship Brand Raw Cane Sugar, 300g
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The sugar

Raw Cane Sugar (原蔗糖) is golden and granular, with clear crystals that dissolve readily.

Whisked into the oil, milk and egg first, raw cane sugar dissolves before the flour goes in, so the batter stays smooth. In the frosting it adds a light caramel note that suits cocoa and pumpkin alike.

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What makes it work

Sift the dry ingredients so there are no lumps of cocoa. Fill the paper cups only half to two-thirds full so the muffins rise without spilling over.

Make the hats first and chill them so they hold their shape. Once the muffins are cool, trim the tops flat so the frosting and hat sit straight.

Recipe

Halloween Monster Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients

Muffins

• Corn oil 45g
• Milk 80g
• Egg 1
• Ship Brand Raw Cane Sugar 45g
• Cake flour 55g
• Cornflour 15g
• Baking powder 5g
• Cocoa powder 30g

Frosting (per colour)

• Cream cheese 100g
• Whipping cream 40g
• Ship Brand Raw Cane Sugar, a spoonful
• Pumpkin powder (orange) or matcha powder 5g (green)

To decorate

• Chocolate sandwich cookies
• Chocolate drops, 4
• Candy eyes

Method

1. Whisk the corn oil, milk, egg and 45g raw cane sugar until well combined.
2. Sift the cake flour, cornflour, baking powder and cocoa powder into a bowl.
3. Pour in the liquid mixture and stir to a smooth batter.
4. Spoon the batter into a piping bag and pipe into paper cups, half to two-thirds full.
5. Bake at 175°C for 25 minutes.
6. While they bake, beat the cream cheese, cream and raw cane sugar with pumpkin powder until smooth and firm. Repeat with matcha powder for a green batch.
7. Pipe a dot of frosting onto each cookie and press a chocolate drop on top to make a hat. Chill to set.
8. Cool the muffins, remove from the cups and trim the tops flat.
9. Pipe a thick swirl of frosting on each muffin.
10. Add a hat and a pair of candy eyes.

Closing

Bite through the frosting and you reach soft chocolate cake.

Ship Brand (帆船牌) is the retail line of Yuen Tung Sugar Factory Industrial Company Limited. Sugar refined in Hong Kong since 1987. Shop Raw Cane Sugar.