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How to Make Halloween Ghost Cupcakes

These Halloween Ghost Cupcakes are perfect for a spooky movie night or make a tasty treat to serve during your Halloween festivities! They're made with green tinted cake mix, white frosting, and strawberries dipped in white candy melts decorated to look like spooky ghosts!
Course Dessert
Cook Time 22 minutes
Servings 12
Author Jessica

Ingredients

  • 1 box white cake mix
  • Green food coloring
  • Halloween cupcake liners
  • White frosting
  • 1 container of strawberries washed and dried
  • 1 bag of white candy melts
  • Candy eyeballs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ยบ and prepare cake mix according to package.
  • Add green food coloring to cake batter, a few drops at a time, until "Slimer" green color is achieved.
  • Distribute batter into cupcake liners and bake 10-12 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown. Cool completely.
  • While cupcakes are cooling, melt candy melts in a small saucepan over low heat.
  • Stir candy melts until they're completely melted and smooth.
  • Remove from heat and, working quickly, begin dipping strawberries into the chocolate.
  • Set chocolate strawberries on wax paper and add two eyeball candies to each berry.
  • Allow chocolate strawberries to harden completely.
  • Frost the cupcakes with white frosting.
  • Remove the stem and leaves from the strawberries and place berry top-side-down on cupcake to resemble a ghost.
  • Serve and enjoy!