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    Home » Recipes » Cake Decorating Tutorials

    Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!

    September 14, 2011 By Melissa Diamond 33 Comments

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    In this Halloween Cupcake Tutorial, I'm going to share oodles of cute, festive, and EASY Halloween designs that would be perfect for any Halloween party!

    We're sharing all of the fun and creepy details for creating spiders, eyeballs, bones, ghosties, bats, and more!

     

    Free Halloween Cupcake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Learn these fun, creepy, EASY Halloween cupcake design for kids' Halloween parties!

    Kids will not only love devouring these Halloween cupcakes, but they will love helping to create them too!

    Whether you choose  just one of these simple & spooky cupcake designs or many, they are sure to be a hit. Enjoy!

     

    How to Make Cute and Easy Halloween Cupcakes

    First, I melted some good old white candy coating (candy melts, chocolate bark, etc.) --  Using a tip 3, I piped various decorations onto a parchment lined cookie sheet---and I sprinkled with disco dust!  

    You can place these in the refrigerator for just a few minutes to firm them up quickly!

    I wanted my "BOO!" to be an even deeper purple (the disco dust just didn't stick enough the first time around) --So I brushed lightly with piping gel and then dusted on a thicker coat of sparkles!

    (*update: years ago when I made this tutorial, disco dust was commonly used on edible decorations. Now, it's just recommended for non-edible decorations. Just go with colorful sanding sugar, sprinkles, etc. instead!)

     

    Fun Chocolate Spider Cupcakes and More!

    I continued my preparations by melting some black candy coating (I used black candy melts) and piped on more fun shapes.  Bats, spiders, and then I used what was left of the polka dotted chocolate transfer sheet that I used in my last blog post :0) --  

    This time, after the chocolate had almost set on the transfer sheet, I pressed a circle cookie cutter into the chocolate.  Then I chilled my tray of fun in the refrigerator for just a few minutes and released my newly dotted circles (...and spiders and bats).

    Chocolate decorations never disappoint! I love the added drama and height!

    I applied these fun designs to my cupcakes which were frosted with our Classic Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. Use your buttercream frosting of choice! I tinted the buttercream yellow, orange, and black for today's designs.

    CUTE Halloween Cupcakes by MyCakeSchool.com! Simple, spooky designs!

    Let's do a few close-ups!.......

    Bones, bones, bones!!!!

    Chocolate Bone Cupcake! One of many featured Halloween Cupcakes in MyCakeSchool.com's free tutorial!

    A glamorous chocolate BOO!

    A Chocolate BOO Cupcake Topper from MyCakeSchool.com's free Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!

     

    EEK! The only kind of spider that is acceptable to me is a chocolate spider! (But I'm still a little creeped out!)

    Spider Cupcake! From MyCakeSchool.com's CUTE and easy Halloween Cupcake Design tutorial!

    Bats love cupcakes too...Bat Cupcake from MyCakeSchool.com's ADORABLE Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!

    Now for some other fun designs---

    Easy Eyeball Cupcakes!

    I always love decorating with DOTS--they are smooshable, rollable, and as I found out today, they are fabulous for eyeball making :0) -- These "ghost Dots" are in a fun spooky pale green...but use whatever color you like (even icing would be fine) --

     

    I sliced a little bit off of a DOT, and the smooshed the rest using the end of my rolling pin into a flattish circle.  I used a food coloring pen in blue to create some details...and I made the pupil with a dot of black buttercream. 

    The white icing was piped on using a tip 12  and I smoothed it a little with  a Viva paper towel (optional).  I brushed on the tiniest bit of light corn syrup just here and there on the eye, to up the gross factor just a little bit.  I piped the veins in red buttercream using a tip 3.

     

    Easy Spider and Ghost Cupcakes

    Here are a couple of loveable designs.  The ghost is white buttercream piped with a Wilton tip 12, and accented with black buttercream using a tip 3.  The spider's body is piped on using a tip 12 also, with legs piped using a tip 3.  (A junior mint would work well for the body too!)  :0)

     

    Funny Monster Cupcakes!

    I can't have a party without a friendly monster.  I think that this is Shrek's cousin.  His teeth are my favorite!  :0)

    His gums are made using a fruit Tootsie Roll (cherry flavored)--and then the teeth are sliced candy melts (but any kind of white chocolate would work well--or even marshmallows!) -- The eyes are some white candies from my local candy shop, but Sixlets or even icing eyes would work well also.  The nose is the DOTS candy from earlier.   :0)  That's it! Funny Monster Cupcake from MyCakeSchool.com's free Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!

     

    Cute Buttercream Pumpkin Cupcakes

    Finally, let's bring in some pumpkins! 

    I used two different piping tips, just to show you that this design can work whether you are using a giant round tip, or a medium sized tip 12.  (This is an orange crusting buttercream.)

    Adorable Pumpkin Cupcakes from MyCakeSchool.com's free tutorial!

    I smoothed down my swirls with a Viva paper towel (optional), and then I created lines with a toothpick.  The stems are a broken chocolate covered pretzel.

    Adorable Pumpkin Cupcakes from MyCakeSchool.com's Free Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!

    I finished with a sprinkling of orange sanding sugar.  (I had to brush on just the teeny tiniest bit of water onto my crusted buttercream so that the sugar would stick.) My leaves are green buttercream piped on with a tip 3.

    These easy and adorable Pumpkin Cupcakes are perfect for Halloween parties! Free tutorial!

    That's it!  I hope that one of these spookalicious designs winds up on your party table this Halloween (or make some just for fun!) -- If you try it, let me know how it goes!

     

    Halloween Cupcakes Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

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    Platter of CUTE Halloween Cupcakes from MyCakeSchool.com's free tutorial! PERFECT for any Halloween party!

     

     

     

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    1. Joseph October 20, 2011 at 8:00 pm

      MMM..... I had a festival at avaxat school on Las Brisas, Murietta, C.A and these were Perfect. Shockingly we didn't win last place!!!!!

      P.S

      You ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    2. Catherine Lambert October 22, 2011 at 12:48 am

      Great ideas. you really give me a lot of inspiration.

      Reply
    3. Tricia @ SweeterThanSweets October 27, 2011 at 12:31 pm

      I featured these on my list of 10 Tricky Treats to make this Halloween!
      SweeterThanSweets
      Please stop by and feel free to grab a Featured On button from my sidebar.

      Reply
    4. Kristy October 30, 2011 at 3:58 am

      I love the different candy ideas. It's like 50-50 store bought and homemade. VERY COOL!

      Reply
    5. Melissa Diamond October 30, 2011 at 9:58 am

      Everybody--Thanks SO much for all of your comments. I just realized that I had never posted a reply! Tricia--love that you included our post in your list.--- Kristy, thanks :0) --I love a candy short cut!

      Reply
    6. Shelly Brown September 13, 2012 at 7:03 am

      Love, love, love these cupcakes - my daughter was born in October and wants to have a halloween themed party this year - these cupcakes will be the star of the show at the BOOOO-day party! Loving your blog - Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    7. Jackie Freeman October 9, 2013 at 1:39 am

      I love this! I will make some pretty Trick R Treat cupcakes. I no the Kids will love me. Lol Thanks for posting!

      Reply
    8. marie morgan October 27, 2013 at 6:16 am

      Been lately wanting to start baking ang staring with cupcackes seems like the best idea love them

      Reply
    9. Det Gorreon October 4, 2014 at 10:09 am

      super cool. I'm sure my kids will love them!

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