GHOSTLY CUPCAKE CONES

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Top peanut buttery cupcakes with your favorite frosting and spirited faces to make these frightfully ghostly treats. They'll vanish into thin air before you know it! -Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 50m

Yield about 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup 2% milk
24 ice cream cake cones (about 3 inches tall)
Frosting of your choice
Assorted jimmies and sprinkles

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Place ice cream cones in muffin cups. Spoon about 3 tablespoons batter into each cone, filling to 3/4 in. from the top., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks. Pipe frosting over cupcake tops in ghost shapes; arrange jimmies and sprinkles on frosting as desired to create facial features.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 172 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 23mg cholesterol, Sodium 166mg sodium, Carbohydrate 26g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.