Skeleton Cupcakes

9 ingredients
3 steps

Ingredients

  • 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
  • 1 (9 oz.) box chocolate wafers

Directions

  1. 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. 2
    For faces, add M&M's, pieces of licorice and halved jellybeans (see photo).
  3. 3
    For hats, dab frosting on mini cupcakes, invert and stick to chocolate wafers. Put one on each icing mound.

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