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Tombstone Halloween Cupcake Toppers

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Planning your Halloween Party menu? Edible Tombstone Halloween Cupcake Toppers are perfect to decorate your sweet treats this spooky season. 

Using your favorite cupcake recipe, create graveyard cupcakes with just a few simple steps.

Your Halloween tombstone cupcakes will be a great hit. 

peanut butter cookies with R.I.P. piped on them for tombstone cupcakes

If peanut allergies are a concern in this recipe, Milano cookies are a perfect cookie alternative.

As always, things can change but it looks like Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies are free from fish, shellfish, tree nuts, mustard, sesame, peanut, sulfites, mollusks, celery & lupin.

Just be sure to always do the research prior to serving anyone with allergies. 

Tombstone Cupcake Toppers

What You Need to Make Graveyard Cupcakes

  • cupcakes
  • chocolate frosting
  • chocolate sandwich cookies (like Oreos)
  • peanut butter sandwich cookies (like Nutter Butters, see above for peanut-free alternative)
  • Black frosting

You will also need

  • Large open star tip (Wilton 1M Open Star Piping Tip)
  • Piping bag
  • Toothpick

How to Make Halloween Tombstone Cupcakes

Cut peanut butter sandwich cookies in half.

Using the toothpick and black frosting, write the letters (R. I. P.) on the curved side of each cookie half. Allow the frosting to set completely.

Place remaining cookies in a food processor. Pulse until fine crumbs form.

Pipe frosting over cupcakes in a circular direction working from the center of the cupcake towards the outside.

Invert cupcakes and press into cookie crumbs.

Press one RIP cookie half into each cupcake.

four graveyard cupcakes on spider background

These are easy tombstone cupcakes that will be perfect for any Halloween themed celebration.

Plus, kids love decorating cupcakes and this recipe is something they can do with a parent or guardian’s help. 

Do Graveyard Cupcakes Expire?

Homemade cupcakes, depending on ingredients, tend to have a shelf life of 1-2 days.

Ensure that they are properly stored in an airtight container or wrapped with plastic wrap. This locks in the freshness. 

If you place the cupcakes in the fridge, they generally can last 2-4 days.

You can also freeze cupcakes for up to 4 months but do not decorate them prior to freezing them. Let them thaw and then decorate. 

peanut butter cookies used as tombstones in cupcakes

More Decorating Tips

Don’t think for a second that these Halloween tombstone cupcakes must look perfect. That’s the fun and the beauty of these!

You want them to look spooky and haunted. Have you ever seen a Halloween themed cemetery that looked perfect? 

Also, when using the piping tip, be sure you fit it properly within the pastry bag. I will be honest that this technique is probably one of my worst talents when it comes to baking.

I can never fit it properly before cutting the pastry tip and I end up with frosting everywhere. It always better to trim off excess than cut too much off to being with.

tombstone cupcakes made with peanut butter cookies

More Halloween Themed Recipes

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  • Binx Hocus Pocus Cupcakes

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Tombstone Cupcakes

Edible Tombstone Cupcake Toppers

Yield: 12 Cupcake Toppers
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Decorating Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes

These edible Tombstone Cupcake Toppers make for the perfect Graveyard Cupcakes. This easy Halloween Tombstone Cupcakes recipe is perfect for any spooky party.

Ingredients

  • 12 cupcakes
  • 1 to 2 cups chocolate frosting
  • 6 chocolate sandwich cookies (like Oreos)
  • 8 peanut butter sandwich cookies (like Nutter Butters, see above for peanut-free alternative)
  • Black frosting

Instructions

    1. Cut 6 peanut butter sandwich cookies in half.
    2. Using the toothpick and black frosting, write the letters (R. I. P.) on the curved side of each cookie half. Allow the frosting to set completely.
    3. Place remaining cookies in a food processor. Pulse until fine crumbs form.
    4. Pipe frosting over cupcake in a circular direction working from the center of the cupcake towards the outside.
    5. Invert cupcakes and press into cookie crumbs.
    6. Press one RIP cookie half into each cupcake.

Notes

You will also need

  • Large open star tip (Wilton 1M Open Star Piping Tip)
  • Piping bag
  • Toothpick

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 450Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 426mgCarbohydrates: 88gFiber: 3gSugar: 30gProtein: 5g

Nutrition information isn't always accurate.

© Krystal Chiarolla
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert
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