Ghosts In The Graveyard Cupcakes

Ghosts In The Graveyard Cupcakes
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Give your guest a good scare with these ghost cupcakes. This recipe is simple white cake with vanilla frosting and cookies used as gravestones. Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Servings
24
servings
Ghosts in the Graveyard Cupcakes
Total time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
  • 1 teaspoon mccormick® all natural pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/14 teaspoon mccormick® black food color
  • 2 containers (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
  • 24 oval shaped cookies, such as pepperidge farm® milano® cookies
  • assorted decorations, such as chocolate sprinkles and miniature chocolate chips
Directions
  1. Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding vanilla.
  2. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of the black food color to tint cake batter gray.
  3. Spoon batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
  4. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes.
  5. Cool cupcakes on wire rack.
  6. Meanwhile, tint 1 container of frosting black with remaining 1 teaspoon black food color.
  7. Frost cupcakes, reserving 1/4 cup of frosting.
  8. Spoon reserved frosting into small resealable plastic bag.
  9. Snip a small corner from bag.
  10. Pipe “RIP” onto top half of each cookie.
  11. Push tombstone cookies gently into cupcakes.
  12. For the ghosts, spoon remaining container of frosting into large resealable plastic bag.
  13. Snip a corner from bag.
  14. For the body of the ghost, pipe 1/2-inch dollop next to tombstone .
  15. For the head of the ghost, pipe a smaller dollop on top of the body, lifting while squeezing bag so that top of dollop is pointed.
  16. Use chocolate sprinkles and chocolate chips to decorate the ghost’s face.
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