Cupcakes are a great treat to make for Halloween, primarily because they're so widely beloved. You can bring these to any event and know you're going to get a positive reception. These cupcakes are decorated to look like gravestones, fitting the theme of this holiday perfectly.
We use chocolate cupcakes in this recipe, since the color makes the frosting gravestones look like they're sitting on dirt. If you aren't a fan of chocolate or don't have any chocolate cake mix on hand, any flavor will do. Your end product just may not look as convincing!
Use box cake mix to make your life easier. You'll already be busy enough on Halloween without having to worry about making cupcakes from scratch! If your kids are able to handle it at their age, have them give you a hand with the frosting. It may not be as pretty, but everyone will get a kick out of eating cupcakes that your kids decorated!
You can make these cupcakes in just four steps, so you won't have to put too much time and effort into them. These can be served at a Halloween party, to just your family, or at a school function for your kids. Whichever you choose, anyone who tries one is sure to be delighted!
Grave Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients:
24 chocolate covered graham cracker cookies
3/4 cup chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
2 (16 ounce) tubs vanilla frosting
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
Directions:
1. Bake cupcakes according cake mix package instructions.
2. In a medium bowl, stir one tub of frosting with cookie crumbs. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost them with the cookie crumb frosting
3. Fill a pastry bag with a plain tip on the end with the second tub of frosting. Write R.I.P. on each graham cracker cookie.
4. Once decorated, place a cookie on top of each cupcake so that it looks like a grave stone.
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