Bat Fig Muffins for Halloween are a fun idea for this celebration, but if you want, you can make them simple, without decorations, and enjoy them all year round. I made muffins with a mouth and without a mouth. How do you prefer them?
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Low-cost
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 9-10 muffins
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 12 oz figs (cleaned)
- 3 eggs
- 200 g kefir
- 7 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 packet baking powder (16 g)
- as needed butter
- as needed Oreo® cookies (mini)
- as needed Nutella®
- as needed chocolate biscuits (Gran Turchese)
Preparation
In a bowl, place the eggs, beat them with a whisk, and gradually add the oil while continuing to whisk.
Pour in the kefir, mix, add the sugar, and beat the ingredients well with the whisk.
Sift the flour and baking powder, add them to the mixture, whisking to incorporate air.
Wash, peel, and chop the figs into small pieces (keeping two or three aside), place them in the bowl, and mix everything.
Butter and flour the muffin cups (mine are 2.2 inches high and 3 inches in diameter), fill them a little more than halfway, you will get 9-10.
Place a quarter of a fig on the surface in the center of each muffin cup.
Bake them in the oven at 350°F for about 30-35 minutes, always do the toothpick test before removing them from the oven.
Decorate them with mini Oreo as eyes, a bit of Nutella as pupils, a piece of Gran Turchese chocolate cookie as wings, two small pieces of mini Oreo as ears.
Tips/Advice
If you prefer, you can use smaller muffin cups, you will get smaller muffins, but be careful with the baking time, which will have to be shorter.
If you liked the Bat Fig Muffins for Halloween, try the other sweet recipes for this celebration:
Two-tone Skull Cookies (Halloween)

