Graveyard Cupcakes

These cupcakes are perfect for halloween! I have a lot of fun making them every year. They are sure to turn a few heads at every party.

Graveyard Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Favorites Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
1 package cupcake liners

*Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

6 cups powdered sugar
2 cups butter (room temperature)
4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tube green food coloring

Extras

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (melted)
1 bag candy corn pumpkins
1 package Oreos

Instructions

Cake

Follow instructions on the box.

Frosting

Blend the butter until it's fluffy.
Mix in one cup of powdered sugar at a time. Add the next cup of powdered sugar once the current one is fully combined with the sugar.
Add in heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract. Tip: To avoid dulling your white, buy clear vanilla extract.
If you're going to make both kinds of cupcakes shown here, divide your icing in half and add several drops of green food coloring to one. Mix until incorporated.

Trees

Melt the chocolate chips. Once the chocolate is no longer the temperature of lava, put some in a piping bag (or sandwich bag) and draw some spooky looking trees on wax paper. Place in the freezer to harden.

Assembly

While the trees are in the freezer, frost the cupcakes.
To make the tombstones, remove the frosting from the center of the oreo's and saw off two ends of each cookie with a knife. If you try to chop them the cookie will break apart.
Add the tombstones and pumpkins to the cupcakes. Smash down some oreo's if you want to sprinkle any with "dirt". Add the trees once they're frozen. If you're planning on bringing these to a party then wait to put the trees in until you arrive so they don't get jostled and break along the way.

*This will make much more than you’ll need. You could probably cut this recipe in half and get by just fine. I was so tired when I made these the other night that I just made the first buttercream recipe I found on Pinterest. I didn’t trust my brain at the time to determine how much frosting I needed. I figured it was better to have too much than too little.

I decided to do two types of designs. Half were turned into the “graveyard”. The other half were given a haunted pumpkin patch look.

When you make your trees be sure to make the branches thick. If you make them too thin it’s likely they’ll break apart. I find that they hold together pretty well after I’ve stuck them in the cupcakes. If they’re placed in a warm room though they will begin to wilt.

This is my favorite treat to make every Halloween. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

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Graveyard Cupcakes