Description
Graveyard Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat, featuring rich chocolate cupcakes topped with crushed Oreos and decorated with gummy worms and Halloween candies. Perfect for parties or a spooky celebration, these cupcakes are simple to make and a hit with both kids and adults!
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
- Make chocolate cupcakes according to the package instructions, then allow to cool completely.
- Crush the Oreo cookies and set aside.
- Prepare the frosting by creaming the room temperature butter, adding vanilla extract, and then gradually incorporating the powdered sugar and cocoa powder until smooth. Add milk as needed to reach desired consistency.
- Frost the cooled cupcakes with the black frosting.
- Sprinkle the crushed Oreo cookies over the frosted cupcakes to resemble dirt.
- Insert a Milano cookie into each cupcake to stand upright like a tombstone.
- Decorate with gummy worms and Halloween candies around the cupcakes.
Notes
These cupcakes can be made a day in advance and stored in the refrigerator.
Feel free to customize the decorations with your favorite Halloween candies.
For a more intense chocolate flavor, use dark cocoa powder.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg