Description
Enjoy these Graveyard Cupcakes featuring chocolate cupcakes topped with black frosting, crushed Oreos, and spooky candies. Perfect for Halloween celebrations, these treats boast an irresistible flavor and simple preparation, making them a must-try for dessert lovers.
Ingredients
Scale
- 24 prepared chocolate cupcakes
- 36 regular oreo cookies, cream included, crushed
- 24 regular milano cookies
- 5 tablespoons black frosting, or black gel
- 24 gummy worms
- 48 small halloween themed candies, candy pumpkins, bones, or cats
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- Prepare chocolate cupcakes following the package instructions and ensure they cool completely before decorating.
- In a bowl, combine butter and black frosting or gel until smooth and creamy.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar and cocoa powder, mixing until fully incorporated.
- If the frosting is too thick, add 2-3 tablespoons of milk to reach the desired consistency.
- Frost each cooled chocolate cupcake generously with the frosting mixture.
- Sprinkle crushed Oreos over the frosted cupcakes to resemble dirt.
- Insert a Milano cookie into each cupcake to represent a gravestone.
- Adorn with gummy worms and small Halloween-themed candies to complete the graveyard look.
Notes
For a spookier look, use different colored frostings for a variety of graveyard cupcakes.
Feel free to personalize with your favorite candies or add more decorations to the cupcakes.
These cupcakes can be prepared ahead of time and stored in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg