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Easy Stenciled Cupcakes for Halloween

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Decorate Halloween Cupcakes with Stencils

Stenciling cupcakes is a fun way to decorate cupcakes. Using stencils is a pretty easy way to decorate beautiful Halloween cupcakes that are certain to be a frightening fantastic addition to your party table.

By simply using stencils, confectioners sugar or sanding sugar, you too will be able to create tasty treats that double as great Halloween decorations.

If you can't find the cupcake stencil you want, why not use a small cookie cutter?

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Let me show you exactly what I am talking about and what your guests will be talking about at your Halloween party when you make these creepy cupcakes!



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Choose the Right Cupcake Recipe

For convenience, I used boxed cake mixes to make my cupcakes. I baked 12 large Triple Chocolate Fudge with a Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix and 12 large Lemon Supreme cupcakes with Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe cake mix.

I selected these flavors because I knew I would not be icing all of them and I wanted cupcakes that would taste good without icing.
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Supplies You Will Need to Get Started Stenciling

  • Baked Cupcakes ~ I baked Triple Chocolate Fudge and Lemon cupcakes

  • Stencils or Cookie Cutters

  • Confectioners Sugar

  • Sanding Sugar ~ your choice of colors


    • Decorators note: An essential tool for decorating with Confectioner's sugar is a cup with a mesh top.
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    An Upclose Look at the Confectioner's Sugar Cup


    This cup will allow you to literally sprinkle confectioners sugar onto your cupcake once the stencil is in place. It will cut down on the mess often associated with decorating with confectioner's sugar.



    Powdered Sugar Shaker with Stainless Steel Mesh Dome Lid

    Using Cupcake Stencils

    Place the stencil on the cupcake

    Sprinkle Cupcake with Confectioners Sugar then Slowly and Gently Lift Stencil Off of Cupcake

    Raven Cupcake ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    Halloween Jack O'Lantern Face ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    Witch Cupcake ~Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    Spider Web ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    Spider Cupcake ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ With Icing ~ Decorated with White Sanding Sugar

    Sanding Sugar adds Sparkle

    Owl Cupcake ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    I Used an Owl Cookie Cutter for this Cupcake

    Ghost Cupcake ~ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cupcake ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Confectioners Sugar

    I Used a Ghost Cookie Cutter for this Cupcake

    Using a Stencil on Cupcake with Icing ~ Place Stencil on Iced Cupcake

    Sprinkle Sanding Sugar on Stencil Covered Cupcake

    Slowly and Carefully Lift and Remove Stencil

    Raven Cupcake ~ Lemon Cupcake ~ Lemon Icing ~ Decorated with Brown Sanding Sugar

    Witch Cupcake ~ Lemon Cupcake ~ Lemon Icing ~ Decorated with Sanding Sugar

    Using a Cookie Cutter to Make Design on Cupcake ~ Gently Press the Cookie Cutter into the Icing

    Sprinkle on Sanding Sugar

    Remove Cookie Cutter

    Bat Lemon Cupcakes ~ Lemon Icing ~ Decorated with Brown Sanding Sugar

    I used a Cookie cutter for the top Bat Cupcake and the Bat Stencil for the two lower cupcakes.

    Pumpkin Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes ~ Pumpkin Cookie Cutter ~ Chocolate Icing ~ Decorated with Silver Sanding Sugar

    Cat Lemon Cupcakes ~ No Icing ~ Decorated with Black Sanding Sugar

    I Used a Cat Cookie Cutter for this Cupcake

    Cookie Cutters That Would Be Great for These Large Cupcakes

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    Halloween Party Cupcakes

    Halloween Cupcake Box

    Take a Few Special Halloween Cupcakes to Your Special Someone

    Halloween Cupcake Box Each

    This cupcake box is made of cardstock and measures 11 x 11 inches. Simply fill this Halloween Cupcake Box and give as a gift or use for decoration to store cupcakes at your next Halloween party or event.

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    Are you Ready to Make Your Stenciled Halloween Cupcakes?

    • snazzify Jan 1, 2012 @ 5:06 pm | delete
      blessed by a squid angel! :) <3
    • hlkljgk Sep 22, 2011 @ 9:52 am | delete
      these are spooktacular! ;)
    • Tipi Oct 31, 2010 @ 9:35 pm | delete
      This is just one of the neatest ways to decorate cupcakes, ...for any season of the year.
    • GrowWear Oct 28, 2010 @ 6:35 pm | delete
      Very nice! ...Now, I'm hungry. :D
    • WhiteOak50 Sep 29, 2010 @ 2:13 pm | delete
      I just featured this lens on my Halloween Recipes page.
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