It’s a very fun time of year when anything goes with scrumptious sweet treats. Make them adorable, creepy, and downright scary. But always make sure they’re delicious! Today we’re going to start with a fun and easy recipe for Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes.
Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 package of chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients needed to make the cake mix
- 3 teaspoons of pumpkin spice
- 1 3.9oz box of chocolate instant pudding
- 2 cups of cold milk
- 15 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
- 24 gummy worms
- Optional spooky toppings
Directions:
- Make chocolate cake mix as directed on box, adding 2 teaspoons of pumpkin spice to cake batter before baking.
- In a small bowl, whisk together pudding mix, milk and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice. Allow to set for five minutes. Once set, transfer pudding into a pastry bag or Ziploc bag with a corner snipped off.
- Once cupcakes have cooled, take out a teaspoon full of cake from center of cupcake to create a small hole. (Discard cake or set aside, or eat.)
- Gently fill each hole with pudding, about 1-2 teaspoons worth.
- Add a worm to the center of each cupcake, half immersed into the pudding, half exposed.
- Using care with the bag, pipe additional pudding to each cupcake, being careful not to cover the exposed worm. (Pipe it as if putting on frosting.)
- Sprinkle on as much or as little crushed Oreo on top of each cupcake.
- Feel free to add a spooky toy to each cupcake.
(Makes 24 cupcakes)
Have a Spooky, Creepy, Happy Halloween!!
Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes
2016-10-17 12:44:33
Yields 24
Ingredients
- 1 package of chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients needed to make the cake mix
- 3 teaspoons of pumpkin spice
- 1 3.9oz box of chocolate instant pudding
- 2 cups of cold milk
- 15 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
- 24 gummy worms
- Optional spooky toppings
Instructions
- Make chocolate cake mix as directed on box, adding 2 teaspoons of pumpkin spice to cake batter before baking.
- In a small bowl, whisk together pudding mix, milk and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice. Allow to set for five minutes. Once set, transfer pudding into a pastry bag or Ziploc bag with a corner snipped off.
- Once cupcakes have cooled, take out a teaspoon full of cake from center of cupcake to create a small hole. (Discard cake or set aside, or eat.)
- Gently fill each hole with pudding, about 1-2 teaspoons worth.
- Add a worm to the center of each cupcake, half immersed into the pudding, half exposed.
- Using care with the bag, pipe additional pudding to each cupcake, being careful not to cover the exposed worm. (Pipe it as if putting on frosting.)
- Sprinkle on as much or as little crushed Oreo on top of each cupcake.
- Feel free to add a spooky toy to each cupcake.
- Have a Spooky, Creepy, Happy Halloween!!
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Liz Mays says
Those are perfectly creepy and oh so deliciously fun! I love how you added the mini skulls!
Diana Rambles says
Those really are creepy fun. Perfect for Halloween.
Ann Bacciaglia says
These Graveyard Cupcakes are going to be perfect for the kids Halloween party at school. I will have to do trial run this week. They look so good.
Tammi Roy says
My kids are going to flip when they see these Graveyard Cupcakes. I am excited to make some and surprise them with one in their school lunch.
gingermommyrants says
I have spider rings that will go perfectly with these Graveyard Cupcakes. I am excited to give these a try.
Elizabeth Lampman says
I have some great ideas to do with these. They look delicious and easy to make.
Vera Sweeney says
These are great cupcakes for Halloween!! I think they would be the perfect dessert for a Haloween party!
Lisa Favre says
I actually stumbled upon these cupcakes on Pinterest this week and was meaning to check it out in its entirety! Glad I’m running into the post now… they look amazing!
Kathy says
These look great. I need to make some of them with my girls. I know they would love them.
Stacie says
Adding those skulls is the perfect touch for Halloween. They sure do look delicious though.
Amy Desrosiers says
Those are some really creepy skulls! I bet these cupcakes tasted awesome too!
Jennifer says
I love these – how perfectly spooky for Halloween! I’m going to have to make these for my kids! YUM!
Claudia Krusch says
I have some great ideas to do with these. They look so yummy and look easy to make.
Autumn says
These look so cute – and Pumpkin Spice cake batter! Yum! I love your recipe plugin and related post widget!
Janeane Davis says
Wow those cupcakes are adorable. I like the extea touches to make them relevant and memorable.
Brianne says
These cupcakes looks like so much fun to make. We have so many Halloween parties I cannot wait to start baking!