Hallowen Fun

My little one has been begging me to make some Halloween treats so we came up with spooky cupcakes for our first concoction. To make things simple, I bought a boxed cake mix, frosting and picked up decorating gel in white, red and black. We thought it would be fun to make zombies and vampires and come up with different faces for each cupcake. I had so much fun with my daughter watching her creative mind at work. I think they came out great and trust me, they tasted even better.



Spooky Cupcakes

1 boxed cupcakes in your favorite flavor (we used chocolate)
2 cans vanilla frosting
black food coloring
neon purple food coloring
green food coloring
red decorators gel
white decorators gel
black decorators gel

Bake cupcakes according to package instructions. Let cool.

Divide vanilla food coloring evenly in four bowls (1 for purple, 1 for green, 1 for black/grey & 1 for white). Take 4 drops of neon purple coloring and color 1 bowl of frosting. Next take 3 drops black and 4 drops green food coloring to make "monster" green frosting. Add several drops of the black food coloring to a bowl of frosting to make a grayish color. If you want black frosting then use chocolate frosting and tint with the black coloring. Leave 1 bowl of frosting white. Frost cupcakes, some purple, some green, some white. Use the gray frosting to pipe hair with a medium sized star tip. Once you have frosted and piped hair onto the cupcakes, use the decorator gels to make the faces. Make any kind of design you and your little one come up with. This is such a fun project and a great way to get your kids in the kitchen and using their creative minds.