Thursday, October 6, 2011

Wicked Witch Cupcakes

For this fun Halloween project, McCormick and Kitchen Play sent over food coloring and vanilla extract to spark my imagination into proper holiday gear. I think it worked, or I hope it did anyway.

With a bit of adult help, even small kids can make these spooky cupcakes. The cone hats are fragile, so I recommend adults make those first since they’ll need time to dry anyway.

The rest of the decorating, and maybe even the cupcake preparation with some supervision can be handed off to the younger set.

Wicked Witch Cupcakes

It looks like there’s a lot of frosting here and there is, but you’re going to need all of it. Print Recipe

1 package (18 1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
24 chocolate wafer cookies
24 ice cream sugar cones
5 (4.25 ounce) tubes black decorating icing
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors
2 containers vanilla frosting
3 (3.75 ounce) packages Rips Whips colored licorice
24 Sour Patch Sour Apple Candies (Found in bulk bin.)
48 brown Sixlets chocolate coated candies (You’ll have to fish them out of a normal package.)
Small round tip & piping bag for eyes, optional
24 plastic spiders, optional
24 Halloween cupcake liners (Michaels is a great place to find them.)

1. One at a time, with the black decorating icing, frost the top of a wafer cookie and the outside of an ice-cream cone. Carefully place the cone on the cookie to make a hat. Set aside to dry for 4 or more hours. Repeat with the rest of the cones and cookies. Keep any remaining black frosting for spider attachment.

2. Meanwhile, prepare cake mix as directed on package for cupcakes, adding vanilla. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack.

3. Tint frosting green with 2 parts green food color and 1 part yellow food color until desired color is reached. Frost cupcakes.

4. Using scissors cut the licorice in half. Take 1 of each color and place them around the cupcake for hair. Trim any ends that are too long. Frost the bottom of hats and place them on the cupcakes with enough room to place on faces.

5. Place a small amount of black decorating icing on the bottom of plastic spiders and attach them to hats.

6. Gently set Sixlets eyes and sour candy apple mouths on cupcakes. Place a couple tablespoons of green frosting in a piping bag and dot on eyes.

Makes 24 cupcakes.

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Set time: 4 hours
Cook Time: 20 minutes


McCormick is also sponsoring a wonderful giveaway at Kitchen PLAY. Simply recreate any one recipe from this month’s SideCar Series, post about the experience on your blog and provide a link to your post on Kitchen PLAY to enter. All qualifying bloggers in each course will be entered to win $50 (10 prizes total). The deadline is October 31, 2011. Please review the complete contest rules before entering. Good luck!

Recipe inspired by McCormick’s Wicked Witch Cupcakes. Photography by Laura Flowers.

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15 comments:

natasha {schue love} said...

OH Laura! These are SO cute!!! Definitely want to make these for Halloween! :)

Unknown said...

That looks good.

The Atwoods said...

These are soooo cute!

Kim said...

Pardon the pun, but these are WICKED cool!!!!

Morgan said...

Wow! Those are so great! You did an awesome job.

The Cooking Photographer said...

Thank-you ladies!!

L

Joanne said...

These are crazy awesome! I might have to have a halloween party just for the excuse to make them!

Sue said...

Perfect combination of cute and creepy, especially with the setting:)

Ali said...

These are wickedly cute, never seen cupcake this great before, totally love them. Happy Halloween!!

Reeni said...

These are super cute! I like your spooky backdrop too.

scrambledhenfruit said...

These little cuppies are so cute! Perfect for school treats for Halloween. :)

Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...

These are so cute, Laura! Love the photos of the cupcakes :)

foodie @ tasting spot said...

they are very cute... nice pictures

Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets said...

Love these! So cute and great Halloweeny set-up too. So spooooky :)

Amber | Bluebonnets and Brownies said...

Those little witches are super duper cute! Love them.

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