Creepy Cupcakes

Are you guys ready for some more Halloween treats?!

These Creepy Cupcakes were ones I shared over on Eighteen25’s Spooktacular September at the beginning of the month. I wanted these scary treats to look like a hand reaching out from under the ground. Although they look so fun and festive, they are SO easy and those are the kinds of treats I’m looking to create for parties and holiday functions. I knew I wanted to make a homemade cupcake recipe since those are always the best, but what’s great about this recipe is you can add the Oreos, grass sprinkles and skeleton hands to cupcakes bought from the store if you want or are in a hurry.

Yup – super simple!

I know many like to start their cupcakes with a cake mix, so I used this doctored cake mix cupcake recipe from Tidy Mom and also had to make a Chocolate Buttercream frosting (cuz isn’t frosting the best part?!) The cupcakes turned out so moist and delicious, and with the frosting on top, it made them quite irresistible.

Here’s the Cupcake recipe:

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Creepy Cupcakes

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 7 minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Calories 4691 kcal

Author Lil' Luna

Ingredients

Cupcake

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1 cup water

Frosting

• 6 tbsp butter softened
• 2 2/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• crushed oreos
• "grass" sprinkles (bought mine at Hobby Lobby)
• Plastice Skeleton hands (found mine at Michael's and Wal-Mart)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, water and melted butter. Beat on low speed for 1 minute and then on high for another minute.
3. Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full and bake for 18-20 minutes.
4. Let cool before frosting.
5. For frosting, place butter in a bowl and beat until creamy.
6. Add sugar and cocoa and mix well.
7. Add milk and vanilla and mix until well combined. Pipe onto cool cupcakes.
8. Sprinkle on crushed Oreos and grass sprinkles and top off with plastic skeleton hand reaching up.

Nutrition Facts

Creepy Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 4691 Calories from Fat 1710

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 190g 292%

Saturated Fat 111g 555%

Cholesterol 993mg 331%

Sodium 4086mg 170%

Potassium 969mg 28%

Total Carbohydrates 740g 247%

Dietary Fiber 14g 56%

Sugars 546g

Protein 56g 112%

Vitamin A 118.1%

Calcium 53%

Iron 149.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

You can use a fancy tip to make it look nice, or you can even use a knife to spread on. 😉

These skeleton hands were bought at Wal-Mart but I’ve spotted them at Michael’s too!

Easy peasy, festive and perfect for Halloween – can’t get much better than that!!

I sure do love the holidays and love Halloween so much, so creating this recipe got me in the perfect, spooky mood for October. 🙂

For more great Fall and Halloween goodies, be sure to check  these out:

 Gooey Monster Eye Cookies

Chocolate Pudding Spider Pies

Monster Bark

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