Sometimes it’s the easiest little things that are so much fun. The kids & I decided to pick up some of those fun little eyes & see how creative we could be with them. First thing was to play with some frosting tips & create these adorable little Monster Cupcakes. They would make the perfect treat for a class party, or some other Halloween gathering. Not to scary so they are good for the little ones too. The best part is that it can be a family affair when it comes to decorating. Let me show you just how easy & fun these were to make!
I started with my Basic Buttercream Frosting. It’s easy to make with just 4 ingredients. OR you can use white store bought frosting if you prefer. Then I tinted the frosting using these 2 food dye colors – Electric Green & Electric Purple. When I want a real punchy color for my frosting – I always choose the electric versions of the colors I am working with. It takes far less dye to achieve to the desired color. I made one batch of frosting & separated out into 2 bowls & then added my food color & mixed in with a rubber spatula. Just 3-4 drops on the green & 5-6 drops for the purple to get to these vivid colors.
I transferred to my pipping bags – fitted with these tips. The large one is by Bakery Crafts #4ft – this one is for the purple cupcakes. The small one is by Magic Tip #23 for the green cupcakes – gives the look of hair or grass when pipped. There are many brands that make these same type tips & they are readily available even at places like Walmart these days. You don’t have to go to the cake decorating store to find these items anymore.
I whipped up 24 cupcakes with my favorite cake mix. No need to get fancy here – regular ol’ cake mix will do just fine.
Then I like to freeze my cupcakes before working with them. I find it helps the frosting to chill onto the cupcake fast & helps it hold it’s shape. I just pipped the frosting on in the desired pattern & added the little eyes in various sizes. These are also easily found at places like Walmart. So easy in fact that I was able to have the hubs pick the up for me. Sending him to find specialty items can sometimes be quite a task – but these eyes were easy for him to find.
My kids are teens & they still loved helping me with these. Granted they were hinting around about getting to sample them as we worked – but really, that’s to be expected when working with cupcakes. Even I like to rush through the prep & photos so I can get on to enjoying them when it comes to cupcakes. What can I say??!!
- 1 box chocolate cake mix + ingredients needed
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- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 4 c. powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp. whole milk
- green food coloring
- purple food coloring
- eyes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
- Prepare cake mix & bake according to the box's instructions. Let cool completely.
- Make the frosting, in a large mixing bowl (with a hand mixer) or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, vanilla and salt together for 1 minute.
- Add the powdered sugar and milk and beat for 1 minute, scrape down the sides, remove a ⅓ cup of the frosting and place in a small bowl.
- Add the green food coloring (a few drops) to the large bowl and beat for an additional minute.
- Place the green frosting in a piping bag with a grass tip and pipe onto the cupcakes.
- Add the purple food coloring (a few drops) to the reserved frosting and mix until combined. Place the frosting in a piping bag with a large tip and pipe onto cupcakes.
- Place the eyes on.
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No way – these are too cute!!
so adorable!! I made these a few years ago – should do it again!
Great share passed it on to my girlfriend for my nieces and nephews :)!
these are SO unbelievably adorable!
Stopping by from the weekend retreat link party. Love these! Pinning:)
so so cute
These are totally awesome! Love the vibrant colours. Found you on the Inspiration Gallery Link up!
These are amazing!! I so wish I could pipe cupcakes that neatly (I can do a swirl, that’s it!!)
Adorable and pinning!!! Too cute.
I love the monster cupcakes!! Sooo cute!
Love these! I just bought the big tip, but I don’t have the stringy one yet. I’m excited to try these. My kids would love them!
Haha this is so cute!
So adorable! Kids will love them!!
Love these! My daughter would love them.
It is very easy to make and very tasty, I prepared it for girls. It was yummmi
These are so cute! I love the colors, my boys would love these. Thanks so much for linking up to the Be. YOU. tiful link party. Pinning!
Love, Love, Love it!! So cute and fun for Halloween without being scary. My kiddos would love them. Thanks for linking up to Show Me Saturday. Hope to see you there again this week!
These are so cute! And simple 🙂 Pinned!
So stinking CUTE! What great cupcake idea for Halloween. Thanks for sharing at SNF! Pinned
These are the cutest cupcakes ever!! Thanks for linking up with SNF!
Thank you so much – they were so much fun.
These are adorable, Pinning! Thanks for linking up to the DIY Inspired Linky Party! 🙂