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Monster Colorful Cupcakes with Candy Eyes Recipe

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  • Author: Emily
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Create colorful and fun Monster Cupcakes perfect for parties and Halloween with vibrant buttercream frosting and candy eyes that bring these spooky treats to life.

Ingredients

Scale

Cupcakes

  • 24 cupcakes, cooled

Frosting

  • 4 cups buttercream frosting
  • Gel food colorings in blue, green, orange, purple, and yellow

Decoration

  • 48 candy eyes

Instructions

  1. Divide Frosting: Separate the buttercream frosting evenly into several bowls, one for each color you plan to use for decorating your cupcakes.
  2. Color Frosting: Add a small dab of gel food coloring to each bowl. Use a toothpick to dip into the gel color and then swirl through the frosting until it achieves a vibrant and uniform color.
  3. Prepare Piping Bags: Fill piping bags fitted with your chosen tips with the colored frostings. Refer to tips on how to fill piping bags properly to avoid mess and ensure smooth decorating.
  4. Pipe Frosting: Use the piping bags to swirl and decorate each cupcake with colorful frosting, creating monster-like patterns and textures.
  5. Add Candy Eyes: Carefully place candy eyes onto the frosted cupcakes to bring the monsters to life. Eyes can be placed singly or in pairs, flipped upside down as mouths, or combined creatively.

Notes

  • Keep the piping bag twisted at the top to prevent frosting from escaping while piping.
  • Retwist the piping bag periodically during piping to maintain control.
  • If frosting softens too much from the heat of your hands, chill it briefly in the fridge to firm it up.
  • Imperfections add character to your monsters, so don’t worry about perfect-looking cupcakes.
  • You can creatively flip candy eyes upside down to use as mouths or add contrasting frosting to enhance features.
  • To swap frosting tips, unscrew the cap from the coupler, remove the tip, and replace it before screwing the cap back on.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 310
  • Sugar: 28g
  • Sodium: 150mg
  • Fat: 18g
  • Saturated Fat: 10g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 7g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 35g
  • Fiber: 0.5g
  • Protein: 2g
  • Cholesterol: 45mg

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