Best Peeps Tombstone Cupcakes Recipes

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PEEPS® SPOOKY GRAVEYARD CAKE



PEEPS® Spooky Graveyard Cake image

Topping your Halloween-themed cake with ghost and tombstone-shaped marshmallows is an easy, festive way to celebrate the season.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil's food cake mix
Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
4 PEEPS® brand marshmallow ghosts
4 PEEPS® brand marshmallow tombstones
1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs (10 cookies)

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Make cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool in pan on cooling rack until completely cooled, about 1 hour.
  • Spread chocolate frosting on top of cake; place marshmallows around edges of cake. Sprinkle with cookie crumbs to look like dirt. Cut into 5 rows by 4 rows.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 260, Carbohydrate 38 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 270 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 1 1/2 g

PEEPS® GHOSTS IN A GRAVEYARD CAKE



PEEPS® Ghosts in a Graveyard Cake image

Topping your Halloween-themed cake with ghost-shaped marshmallows is an easy, festive way to celebrate the season.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h10m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil's food cake mix
Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel or icing
Betty Crocker™ orange or white decorating gel or icing
4 oval-shaped chocolate-filled vanilla sandwich cookies
3 miniature chocolate candy bars
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
1/2 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
4 PEEPS® brand marshmallow ghosts
4 toothpicks
58 pretzel sticks

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Line bottoms of pans with cooking parchment paper, if desired, to prevent sticking.
  • Make and bake cake as directed on box for two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, use black and orange gel or icing to write RIP on oval-shaped cookies and miniature candy bars; set aside.
  • On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Frost top of cake layer with about 1/3 cup of the chocolate frosting. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting.
  • Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs on top of cake to make dirt. Insert cookies and candy bars into top of cake for tombstones. Insert 1 end of toothpick into bottom of each ghost-shaped marshmallow. Insert other end into top of cake.
  • Break 8 of the pretzel sticks into thirds. Use whole pretzels and pretzel thirds to make a fence around edge of cake as shown in photo.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 450, Carbohydrate 63 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Fat 4, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 500 mg, Sugar 23 g, TransFat 0 g

HALLOWEEN TOMBSTONE CUPCAKES



Halloween Tombstone Cupcakes image

Enjoy this tombstone shaped cupcake made with Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy frosting and gel - delightful dessert to serve at Halloween party.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil's food cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy white frosting
2 graham cracker rectangles, crushed
2 chocolate graham cracker rectangles, crushed
1 tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
12 chocolate creme-filled finger sandwich cookies, cut in half crosswise

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Place black paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Frost cupcakes with white frosting. Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon graham cracker crumbs to look like dirt. With black decorating gel, pipe desired design on each cookie half. Insert 1 half into each cupcake to look like tombstone.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 257, Carbohydrate 36 g, Fat 2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 261 mg

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