First, you're going to make your cake.  You will either follow the directions on the box or you can make your own chocolate cupcakes.  If you're looking for a chocolate cupcakes recipe, you can use this Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe.

Once you're finished mixing your cake mix, simply pour your cupcake mix into your prepared muffin pan lined with paper baking cups.  I always fill paper baking cups about half full.

Bake your cupcakes as required by the recipe you are using.  The fun begins.

Allow your cupcakes to cool before frosting them.  It's okay if they are a little warm, but you do not want to melt the frosting.  You want the frosting to be room temperature so it can hold the sprinkles, ears, and everything else in place.  Be sure to use heavy frosting; it works better to hold things in place.

Now that we have the cupcakes frosted and ready to decorate, let's get started on my favorite part.  DECORATING, and bringing the Black Cake Cupcakes to life!

First, you are going to cover your cupcake with sprinkles.  I always make sure I have a large jar of sprinkles before tackling 24 of these kitty cat cupcakes.  I guess you could leave them off if you are using chocolate frosting, but in my opinion, they look so much better with the sprinkles.

Tip that jar of sprinkles upside down and shake sprinkles all over the top.  I'm sure you will notice it's hard to get the sides good.  It's okay to use the extra sprinkles that fall and roll the edges of your cupcake in them.  Be sure to completely cover the cupcake with sprinkles.  You don't want to see any of the frosting.

Next, you will take your Hershey miniatures and cut them in little kitty ear shapes like the one above.  They do not have to be perfect; they just resemble a cats ear.

Choose which part of the cupcake you are going to use as the top of the cat's head, and place an ear inside the frosting.  You might need to push it into the cake part of the cupcake a bit, and if for some reason it will not stay, it is always okay to use a little frosting to help.  Once you are done, just grab a few sprinkles and cover it up.  I have one ear applied in the above picture.  Then place the second ear about 1/2 away from the first ear on either side, or until you think it looks right.

Next, you will need your candy corn.  This part is easy; just cut out the yellow part of your candy corn.  You will need two for each cupcake.  Now place them where the cat's eyes will go.

Grab one of your chocolate chips for the cat's nose and place it right in the middle.

Use your black writing gel to draw whiskers coming off the chocolate chip you used as the nose.

You are done!  You now have a super cute, or totally spooky (depending on the time of year) black cat cupcake.