Halloween Cupcakes
For Theme Parties and Classrooms

Skeleton Cupcakes

You can really get creative with these cupcakes. Using gel and your favorite cookies and candies, make some spooky faces and hats.

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 container white frosting
• 1 tube (0.68 oz) black decorating gel
• 1 cup assorted small candies (tiny jelly beans, candy corn, etc.)

Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.

To decorate each cupcake, spoon about 1 tablespoon frosting on top of each. With back of spoon, spread frosting into shape of light bulb to look like skeleton head. While frosting is still wet, decorate with gel and candies to make skeleton face.

Daddy Long Legs Cupcakes

If you can't find black lace licorice, regular licorice will work too. Just cut it lengthwise so that each piece is thinner. These Halloween cupcakes are some of the easiest to make.

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 container chocolate frosting
• Chocolate sprinkles (hair)
• Eye-type candy (Necco or similar disk shape)
• 1 package of black string lace licorice (legs)
• Clean scissors
• Ruler

Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.

Frost cupcakes with chocolate icing and cover with sprinkles.

Press the eyes into place. Use scissors to cut eight 4-inch pieces of licorice for the legs. Holding all of the legs together in a bunch, bend them in half and crease. Push the end of each leg into the cupcake as shown in the picture.

Bat Cupcakes

Mix it up by changing the frosting color and using different types of cookies, like fudge stripes. The kids can easily help you with this one. So simple to make!

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 container chocolate frosting
• 1 (11.5 ounce) package fudge cookies
• 1 (6 ounce) bag milk chocolate candy kisses, unwrapped
• 1 tube (0.68 oz) red decorating gel

Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

Break the cookies in half, and press two halves into the top of each cupcake for wings. Place a chocolate kiss in front of the cookies with the point facing forward for the body. Make two beady little eyes with the red gel icing towards the point of the kiss.

Spider Cupcakes

These are a little bit more challenging to make but oh so cute when they are done. Spider Cupcakes are perfect for the classroom or for your next Halloween Theme Party.

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 container white frosting
• 3 drops red food color
• 4 to 5 drops yellow food color
• 1 tube (0.68 oz) black decorating gel
• 48 large black gumdrops

Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.

Tint frosting with red and yellow food colors to make orange frosting. Spread frosting over tops of cupcakes.

Squeeze circles of decorating gel on each cupcake; pull knife through gel from center outward to make web. To make each spider, roll out
1 gumdrop and cut out 8 strips for legs; place another gumdrop on top. Place spider on cupcake.

Store loosely covered at room temperature.