Ingredients
Scale
- 24 prepared chocolate cupcakes
- 36 regular oreo cookies, cream included, crushed
- 24 regular milano cookies
- 5 tablespoons black frosting
- 24 gummy worms
- 48 small halloween themed candies, candy pumpkins, bones, or cats
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- Make the chocolate cupcakes according to the package instructions and allow them to cool completely.
- Crush the 36 oreo cookies in a bowl, leaving the cream included.
- Take the cooled chocolate cupcakes and top them with black frosting.
- Sprinkle the crushed oreo cookies over the frosted cupcakes to create a dirt-like effect.
- Insert one milano cookie into each cupcake to resemble a gravestone.
- Add a gummy worm on top of each cupcake for a creepy touch.
- Decorate with small Halloween-themed candies around the cupcakes.
Notes
For a fun variation, use different colored frosting to match your Halloween theme.
Store leftover cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Feel free to use any of your favorite candies for decorating. Don’t have milano cookies? Use chocolate-covered graham crackers instead.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg