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Halloween Cupcakes

Get spooked & satisfied with our graveyard Halloween cupcakes! Tombstone cookies, candy ghosts & eerie bones! Creepy & delicious!
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Keyword cupcake, cupcakes, Halloween, halloween cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 36 minutes
Servings 12
Author Jesseca

Ingredients

  • 12 baked chocolate cupcakes
  • cups chocolate frosting
  • 24 chocolate sandwich cookies crushed fine
  • 12 oval shaped cookies like milano's
  • white and black candy melts
  • halloween sprinkles optional
  • gummy worms optional

Instructions

  • Add a generous dollop of chocolate frosting to the baked and cooled cupcakes, about 2 tablespoons. Spread into an even layer making sure to cover up to the edges.
  • Turn the frosted cupcake upside down and press into the blended cookie pieces to coat completely. Make sure to cover all of the top, even the edges, to create the “dirt.”

Headstones

  • Melt a mixture of white and black candy melts, about a 3:1 ratio white to black, according to the package directions.
  • Dip half of an oval cookie in the mixture and set aside to set. Repeat with however many headstones you want on your cupcakes.

Ghosts

  • Melt white candy melts according to the package directions. I used about half a bag for a dozen cupcakes. Dip half of an oval cookie in the mixture and set aside to set. Repeat with however many ghosts you want on your cupcakes.
  • Once the chocolate on the cookies has firmed, melt a small handful of black candy melts in a zip top sandwich bag. Snip a very small slit in the bottom corner and write the lettering onto the headstones. Some great phrases are “RIP,” “BOO,” or “BYE.” Once done, carefully pipe two circles onto each white cookie to create the ghost eyes.

Assembly

  • Add the cookies to each cupcake, pressing directly into the top of each frosted cupcake. Add additional decorations, like sprinkles or gummy worms.

Nutrition

Serving: 12Servings