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Ghost Cupcakes – pipe ghosts onto your favorite cupcakes for a super fun, easy, and tasty Halloween treat!
I am most definitely not a crafty person. It is a running joke that my crafts turn out like a three year old. So when you see something like these Ghost Cupcakes or even my Spooky Spider Brownies, you know full well that you are capable of making them!
And not only can you make them, they will probably turn out cuter than mine.
What You’ll Need
- Cupcakes
- Frosting
- Black Icing
You really can make these super simple and buy store bought cupcakes and frosting. Or you can go all out and use homemade. That is completely up to you how involved you want to get!
If you want chocolate cupcakes, I would following the recipe for these Grasshopper Cupcakes. Or you can use whatever your favorite flavor is; Lemon Cupcakes or even just White Cupcakes. And then my go-to frosting for everything in on these Frosted Sugar Cookies.
How To Make Ghost Cupcakes
- After your cupcakes are cooled completely you can either make or buy frosting.
- Fill a piping bag or ziploc storage bag with frosting. Cut off the tip, about 1/2 inch from the corner.
- Start on the outside and pipe circles up to the height of the ghosts that you want.
- Using the black frosting pipe the eyes and nose on the ghost.
Storage
You will want to store these in an airtight container, and they will last for 4-5 day. If you are making them ahead, you may want to wait to pipe on the faces until the day you serve. That part can melt or “fall” down and not look as cute a couple days later.
They do sell black food coloring, so you can definitely color your own frosting for the faces. But they also sell Black Icing Gel in the normal grocery store with the rest of the frosting. It comes in a tube that is already ready for piping and is just so easy when you need a small amount, so it is what I use.
More Fun Halloween Recipes
- Witches Brew
- Monster Brownies
- Ghost Pretzels
- Monster Juice
- Halloween Jello Shots
- Frankenstein Marshmallow Pops
- Mummy Granola Bars
Ghost Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 cupcakes
- 3 cups vanilla frosting
- Black icing
Instructions
- Fill a zip lock bag with frosting. Cut about 1/2 an inch off the corner. Squeeze frosting onto cupcake, going in a circular motion.
- Once to the height you want, use the black icing to draw on eyes and a mouth.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is such a cute idea- Halloween always creeps up on me- I gotta get on that!!
These are so simple but so cute! Way to put a smile on my face.
I can understand your hubby’s and FIL’s love for these! They are adorable!
Cute and easy and better than the store, thanks for sharing!
cute cupcakes
These are so cute and perfect for Halloween! My littles would love these 😉
Gosh. I haven’t even thought about Halloween! I should really post something Halloween-y, right?
And these are so cute! Awesome piping and decorating job. 🙂
What a cute idea! Perfect for halloween.
These cupcakes are so simple and cute! Love them! This is not time consuming and that is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you!