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Scary Monster Cupcakes

Scary Monster Cupcakes

Ingredients:6
Servings:24

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 08/18/2022

Scary Monster Cupcakes

Ingredients:6
Servings:24

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.

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Scary Monster Cupcakes

Prep time:45 min
Total time:2 hr 0 min
Ingredients:6
Servings:24

Scary Monster Cupcakes

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Ingredient

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

Step 1
Heat 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.

Step 2
Divide 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.

Step 3
Decorate each cupcake as desired using candy eyeballs and decorating gel.

Recipe Tips

Use a small star decorating tip to create "hair" on these cute monster cupcakes.
If you only have one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to bake time.
Candy eyeballs can usually be found in the baking aisle of the grocery store or at a craft store.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are not available for this recipe