Ghost Cupcakes

These Ghost Cupcakes are so much fun. Made with foil balls to shape the cupcakes into ghostly figures, these Ghost Cupcakes are sure to be a hit at any Halloween party.

Ghost Cupcakes

This Halloween dessert would be such a fun food to serve at any Halloween Event. During fall I love to celebrate with Halloween Party Treats, Halloween Drinks, and Halloween Appetizers. We love cupcake recipes, so when my daughter sent me a short video showing fun ghost-shaped cupcakes, I knew I had to give it a try.

I made these a couple of times and learned a few tips and tricks along the way which I will happily share with you, today in hopes that you have a successful Halloween Snack for the kids to enjoy.

If you are looking for more Halloween Recipes, then you have found the right place. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so I have lots of fun Halloween ideas to share with you, like this Jack-O-Lantern Taco Dip, Monster Mash Punch with a floating frozen hand, and healthy Halloween Candy Corn Parfaits

What I love about this Halloween Snack Idea

• The ghost shapes of these cupcakes are easy to make and so much fun to eat
• This is a fun and easy Halloween treat to make
• Using a boxed cake mix is a nice shortcut to make this a really easy recipe

Ingredients

• Box Cake Mix – I used a chocolate fudge cake mix from Betty Crocker
• Oil – I like to use canola oil or vegetable oil
• Eggs – You’ll probably need a few large eggs for your cake mix recipe. I had to use 3 large eggs
• Water – Water is used along with the oil and eggs to moisten the mix into a batter that can pour into your cupcake tins or cupcake wrappers
• Frosting – You’ll want bright white frosting to make these fun ghost treats
• Black Decorating Gel – The first time I made these ghosts, I used a piping bag with a writing tip and chocolate frosting. I did not really like the ghosts with brown eyes and mouths or the frosting. The decorating gel looks so much better and the color black is really the best to use – in my opinion

Equipment You Might Need

• Cupcake Tin – This recipe will probably make enough for 2 dozen cupcakes
• Cupcake Wrappers – I like to use white wrapped to match the ghosts
• Foil – You’ll need this to make tiny balls for shaping the cupcakes. I have seen people use marbles to make cupcake shapes, so that can be an alternative
• A silicone spreader to spread the cupcake frosting
• Piping bag with a wide round piping tip – This is actually necessary. The first time I made these cupcakes, I thought I could just frost the cupcakes without piping the frosting. It changes the entire look of the ghost

How to Make Ghost Cupcakes

Step One

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

In order to make a ghost cupcake you will need to first mix your cake mix with the necessary ingredients like eggs, oil, and water, and mix

Then, you’ll line your cupcakes with white cupcake wrappers

Wrip off strips of foil and tear those into small squares – about 2×2 inches

Roll the foil squares into balls of foil

Step Two

Step Three

Spoon or pour cupcake batter into cupcake wrappers until they are about 2/3 full

Place 4 foil balls around each filled wrapper in the shape of a cross

Step Four

Bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes

Let the cupcakes completely cool

Step Five

Spoon frosting into the piping bag

Pipe frosting into a cross shape onto each cupcake

Step Six

Spread and shape the frosting around the cupcake into a ghost figure

For the tail, pull the frosting past the cupcake and down a little bit into a tip

Step Seven

Decorate the face of the ghost with the black decorating gel

Expert Tips

Use a wide round tip and a piping bag to frost these cute Halloween cupcakes. If you don’t have piping bags then you use a baggie as a piping bag. Simply cut a tip for the hole and insert the inside piping coupler and attach the tip with the outside part of the coupler

Use a tall glass or a glass measuring cup to hold the piping bag opened while you spoon frosting into the bag

Variations

There are several ways to make ghosts as cupcake toppers. You can use marshmallows as ghosts or make a tall ghosts with swirls of frosting.

Instead of decorating gel, you can use chocolate chips inserted backward

What to Serve with Cupcakes

• ice cream
• whipped cream
• fruit
• berry sauce

Storing

You can store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.

Store unfrosted cupcakes at room temperature, covered for up to 4 days

Freezing: I would not suggest freezing cupcakes with the gel decoration because upon thawing the black color will run and bleed into the white frosting

To freeze frosted cupcakes, freeze uncovered for a few hours to let the frosting shapes harden. Then, you can place in a freezer container and freeze

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Serving Size

This recipe should make about 24 cupcakes

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