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Skeleton Cupcakes
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 10
Stop the presses! These too-cute cupcakes are a must-bake for your Halloween party. There's room for creativity on these delicious desserts, so make the faces fun or scary-your choice.
Ingredients:
10 chocolate cupcakes
1 stick (1/4 lb.) unsalted butter
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
20 brown m&m's
1 long strand black licorice
25 white mini jellybeans
10 mini chocolate cupcakes
1 (9 oz.) box chocolate wafers
Directions:
1. Beat together butter and shortening for 2 minutes. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla and salt; beat for 1 minute. Mound 1/4 cup frosting in center of top of each larger cupcake.
2. For faces, add M&M's, pieces of licorice and halved jellybeans (see photo).
3. For hats, dab frosting on mini cupcakes, invert and stick to chocolate wafers. Put one on each icing mound.
By RecipeOfHealth.com