Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes
These Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes are the ultimate spooky dessert, perfect for any festive gathering. With their rich chocolate flavor and delightful Oreo cheesecake filling, these cupcakes are as delicious as they are fun to make. The creative graveyard presentation, adorned with biscuit gravestones and green buttercream grass, will surely impress guests of all ages. Ideal for Halloween parties or as a charming treat for trick-or-treaters, these cupcakes are guaranteed to be a hit this season!
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: Makes approximately 12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 Lotus biscoff biscuits
- 150 g dark chocolate (melted)
- 175 g baking spread or softened unsalted butter
- 175 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 150 g self-raising flour
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 115 g full-fat cream cheese
- 15 g icing sugar
- 15 g Oreos (crushed)
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g unsalted butter (for frosting)
- 165 g icing sugar
- 35 g cocoa powder
- 1–2 tsp milk (for buttercream)
- 25 g unsalted butter (for green buttercream)
- 50 g icing sugar (for green buttercream)
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract (for green buttercream)
- Green food coloring
- 35 g Oreos (crushed, for decoration)
Instructions
- Prepare the biscuits by breaking off a third and dipping them in melted dark chocolate. Set on baking paper to cool.
- Preheat your oven to 140C Fan/160C/325F/Gas Mark 3 and line a cupcake tin with cases.
- In a mixing bowl, combine baking spread and sugar until creamy. Add eggs and milk; mix well.
- Gently fold in flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder until combined.
- Fill cupcake cases with batter and bake for 25–30 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely.
- For the filling, mix cream cheese, icing sugar, crushed Oreos, and vanilla extract until smooth; fill cooled cupcakes using a corer.
- Make chocolate buttercream by mixing softened butter with icing sugar and cocoa powder; pipe onto cupcakes.
- Decorate with biscuit gravestones and green buttercream grass.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake (85g)
- Calories: 370
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 135mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
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