Cake mix, colorful frosting and candy eyeballs make these Scary Monster Cupcakes the perfect Halloween treat. Serve up a batch at your next October gathering or bring a platterful of monster-themed cupcakes to your little one's class party. Need some help in the kitchen? Enlist the kids! They'll love decorating these spooky treats.
Scary Monster Cupcakes
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix or 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Betty Crocker™ classic and neon gel food colors (orange, purple, yellow, blue and lime green)
- 1 package (0.88 oz) Betty Crocker™ Candy Shop candy eyeballs
- 2 tubes (0.68 oz each) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step2Divide frosting into five separate small bowls. Stir 1 teaspoon desired color gel food color into each bowl. Spoon each color frosting into separate decorating bag fitted with desired tip. Pipe frosting on cupcakes to look like monster’s fur.
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Step3Decorate each cupcake as desired using candy eyeballs and decorating gel.
Nutrition
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