Hi Beautiful Mess readers! I'm Danielle from Sometimes Sweet. When Elsie asked me to contribute a fun Halloween "treat" post to help usher in the opening of the new RVA shop, I was definitely excited! Growing up, my Mom was very hands-on and we made all sorts of crafts and treats to celebrate the fall holidays. It was hard to pick just one from the huge arsenal of delicious snacks I have had up my sleeve for years (again, thanks Mom!), but I thought these spooky cupcakes would just be perfect! A couple of days after I decided to share these treats I saw a similar version featured on the Martha Stewart website so I knew it was meant to be! If my Mom AND Martha approve, they must be good, right?
So, here you go- Spooky Witch Cupcakes, straight from my childhood and perfect for any Halloween celebration! These are great too because the decorating is very open to interpretation, and kids (or grown up kids) will have a great time putting their own creativity into them.
What you'll need:
-chocolate cupcakes (I figured you guys probably already had your own recipe for this so I chose to omit these initial steps)
-green icing (you can use store bought or homemade vanilla and add in neon green food coloring to achieve a nice, creepy green)
-sugar cones
-milk or dark chocolate morsels
-candy for decorating: candy corns, Reese's Pieces or M&Ms, black licorice, etc.
Once you've baked your cupcakes, you're ready to decorate!
First, melt some chocolate in the microwave or on the stove top. Spread each cone with the chocolate, and put them in the freezer for about 5 minutes to harden up. You can also use chocolate cones, but we've always dipped our own. Plus, I think the chocolate adds some nice texture…and tastes a lot better!
Next, ice the cupcakes. I used a neon green gel food coloring and had to add about five little squirts to achieve the perfect, creepy color of witchy green.
After you ice the cupcakes you can top them with the now hardened chocolate cone witch hats, and decorate. Growing up we used black licorice pull-and-peel licorice for the witch's hair and eyebrows, but I couldn't find any so I just went ahead and chopped up regular black licorice and used that. Outside of the cupcakes and icing, the photo below shows all the ingredients I used:
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Those. Are. Freaking. ADORABLE.
cuuuute! we are making this next week! the girls will love them! thanks Dani & Elsie!
xo.
Ah! Cute!
This is really cute! Kids or not, how adorable would these be to make on your own? So much.
We have a skull design we’re going to do, but I bet Luke will love these too. Thanks Danielle!
I’m making these this weekend with my dorm friends…. these are just too cute!
thanks for the share!
Those are too cute!
these are so cute, danielle! i’m totally craving cupcakes now. 😉 yummm. also, your dress in that photo is darling!
They are amazing! And look so tasty 🙂
they are super cool!
super adorable:)
Im LOVING “Trick + Treats”
It’s so FUN
adorable, spooky, & yummy! 😀 love it.
eeeeep… so cute!
love the dress so much. The cupcakes look delish too.
adorable! they reminded me of baskin robbins clown cones. i used to get one on my birthday as a kid. wonder if they still make em…
How very nifty!
god, I love this girl lol Danielle’s adorable and so are these cupcakes!
Really cute!! For other fun cupcake ideas, check out my cupcake blog “Stay Calm, Have a Cupcake” at http://www.fontgirl.wordpress.com
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