Halloween Cupcakes: Easy Halloween Treats
02/10/2008 10:03
on: Fun Links, Recreation Management, The Lifestyle Way
Cupcakes are great year-round. Whip some up this Halloween for an easy, fun halloween treat. Use a basic recipe and follow these tips to decorate festive cupcakes. Here are three fun ideas:
Graveyard Cupcakes
Frost cupcakes with a thick layer of frosting, in order to hold up the gravestone. Top frosting with ground oreos or cookie crumbs as “dirt.”Decorate the top two-thirds of a Milano cookie with spooky phrases such as “RIP” or “Boo.”Insert cookie into cupcake. Embellish with gummy worms.
Mummy Cupcakes
Ice cupcakes with a thin layer of cream cheese frosting. Use a ribbon tip attachment on a pastry bag and pipe a few layers of frosting back and forth to give the cupcake a “wrapped” look. Use two black jelly beans or brown m&ms for eyes. Use thin, red licorice for a mouth. Pipe another few strands of wrap over the eyes so that the m&m’s or jelly beans don’t stick out too much.
Witch Cupcakes
Frost a cupcake with a thick layer of buttercream frosting for a domed effect. Create “eyes” with black m&m’s. Use a candy corn, point side out, for a nose. Use black rope licorice for a frowny mouth, eyebrows and hair. Place chocolate ice cream cone on head as a hat. Press into frosting so it stays in place.
