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Rip Halloween Cupcakes: Perfect Party Treats

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Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year! These RIP Halloween Cupcakes are the perfect way to make your own spooky graveyard. They will definitely be the life of the party. 

Gravestone Cupcakes

These Halloween tombstone cupcakes are also a great treat for classroom parties. Pair these cupcakes with a synonym lesson where you make a graveyard of dead “boring” words, and fill the gravestones with “interesting” words.

Ingredients for Halloween Tombstone Cupcakes

  • 12 of your favorite vanilla cupcakes
  • 6 ladyfinger cookies
  • 1 cup white candy melts
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • ¼ tsp black gel food coloring
  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 4 cups confectioner sugar
  • 2 tbsp cocoa
  • 3-5 tbsp milk
  • Black decorating icing

If you love these graveyard cupcakes then you’ll also be a fan of these super fun graveyard dirt cups. Check them out!

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RIP Halloween Cupcakes Ingredients

How to Make Rip Halloween Cupcakes

Make your favorite box of vanilla cupcakes

Allow your cupcakes to cool before decorating. Line a baking sheet with wax paper.

Break your lady finger cookies in half.

Ingredients

Microwave your candy melt and coconut oil in 30-second intervals until completely melted.

Add black gel food coloring and mix.

Completely submerge your lady finger cookies in the melted candy.

Place gently on your wax paper.

Candy Melt

Making the Buttercream

Make your buttercream by beating butter, sugar, cocoa and milk on slow.

Gradually increase speed to high and allow the ingredients to blend thoroughly.

Frost each cupcake with a frosting bag.

Buttercream

Once the candy has set on your lady fingers, draw out “RIP” on each one with your black decorating icing.

Place the tombstone cookies on each cupcake and Happy Halloween!

Graveyard cupcakes

Your gravestone cupcakes are now ready to serve! They will be the highlight of your Halloween Party. If you need other spooky Halloween food ideas for your Halloween party, check out some of our other spooky treats:

RIP Halloween Cupcakes
Yield: 12

RIP Halloween Cupcakes: Perfect Party Treats

halloween cupcakes gravestone

This is a tutorial on how to make Halloween cupcakes.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 of your favorite vanilla cupcakes
  • 6 ladyfinger cookies
  • 1 cup white candy melts
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • ¼ tsp black gel food coloring
  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 4 cups confectioner sugar
  • 2 tbsp cocoa
  • 3-5 tbsp milk
  • Black decorating icingMake your favorite box of vanilla cupcakes

Instructions

    Make your favorite box of vanilla cupcakes

    Allow your cupcakes to cool before decorating. Line a baking sheet with wax paper.

    Break your lady finger cookies in half.

    Microwave your candy melt and coconut oil in 30-second intervals until completely melted.

    Add black gel food coloring and mix.

    Completely submerge your lady finger cookies in the melted candy.

    Place gently on your wax paper.

    MAKING THE BUTTERCREAM

    Make your buttercream by beating butter, sugar, cocoa and milk on slow.

    Gradually increase speed to high and allow the ingredients to blend thoroughly.

    Frost each cupcake with a frosting bag.

    Once the candy has set on your lady fingers, draw out “RIP” on each one with your black decorating icing.

    Place the tombstone cookies on each cupcake and Happy Halloween!

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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy crafts here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!

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