(Halloween music)
- Hey munchies, welcome to the channel.
If you're new or if you're not, I'm Alyssia
and I am stoked, you're here either way.
At Mind Over Much,
Halloween is one of our favorite times of year.
There are only a few days left until Halloween.
So this week I thought I would share
some last minute Halloween cupcake ideas.
The idea is that these decorations can be done easily
without much effort, time or stress
while still looking impressive and festive.
So I used all store bought cake and frostings
to keep it simple.
This video is not about the recipes.
Of course you can use any store bought or homemade
cake recipes or frosting recipes if you would like.
My approach with this video was really,
go online and test out
some of the Halloween cupcake decor ideas that I saw
and then share the ones
that took the least time and stress with you here.
First up, a pull-apart ghost.
This is so easy.
Once I have my cupcakes baked and cooled,
I arranged them on a tray in a shape of a ghost,
tightly packed.
This template required 24 cupcakes.
I added a plain white frosting to a decorating bag
without a tip so that I could easily apply the frosting
to the entire cake top surface,
starting from the outside and working in.
My advice is be liberal here.
More frosting makes it easier to spread
without nicking the tops of the cupcakes.
Use an offset spatula to evenly coat the frosting.
And instead of trying to make it super smooth,
I intentionally made it look rustic with texture.
I also used black decorating gel
to draw the outline of the eyes and the mouth,
and then filled those in.
So this is a super fun and impressive display
for a Halloween party with a larger crowd,
but it takes almost no time.
It's, you know, plain frosting,
requires no fancy tips or decorating ability.
The most intimidating part was drawing those eyes and mouth.
And even that is doable with, you know,
just taking a breath.
Remember there's no perfect ghost anyway, right?
So don't feel that the eyes or mouth
need to look any specific way.
Plus don't forget that at the end of the day,
everyone is going to pull these apart to eat them anyway.
Next up, another pull-apart.
This time, it's a spider web.
Same thing, this time I used funfetti
and chocolate cupcakes to build a circular shape.
Of course, for all of these,
you can use any flavor cupcakes you prefer.
I found store bought orange frosting,
which made it even easier.
I didn't need to do any of the coloring
or mixing of the frostings on my own.
Nice!
So same as before,
I piped the frosting liberally before spreading.
That black decorating gel decor
was a little more intimidating here, but still not so bad.
So I added a dot in the middle
and then circles of the gel around expanding outwards.
It does not need to be perfect to look legit.
I just used a skewer to drag the gel
from the center to the outside to create the web effect.
And then I added a little plastic black spider on top
to complete the look.
Seriously, that took 10 minutes.
Both of those pull up our options really are great,
because you can do them
if you have very little experience with decorating cupcakes.
Next up, witch's hat cupcakes.
Now, in my opinion,
these are the most impressive looking of the day.
And they were probably the most fun for me to make,
especially considering how easy they actually are.
I start with the hats,
which are just Oreo cookies with the icing scraped out
and a little dollop of colored frosting.
Again, I use the pre-made orange.
I also used a decorative tip
and I've linked all of the types that I used
in the description box below.
But you could just use a dollop of icing
without a tip as well.
I added some sprinkles and a Hershey's Chocolate Kiss
to create the hat effect.
Voila, a witches hat.
For the cupcake, which has chocolate flavor this time,
I did dollops of green and purple frosting
with a large decorating tip.
This part looks intimidating if you've never done it before,
but this kind of piping is actually so easy.
It's all about how much pressure you put on the bag
and when you release that pressure.
A little practice is all it takes
to make these look masterful,
and if the top isn't perfect, who cares?
You're squishing that witch's hat on top anyway.
Boom!
I love these.
So much personality and Halloween flare
without even being spooky.
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Okay, next up baby ghost cupcakes.
These are easy,
but they required a little more practice for me
than the witch's hat.
I used a mini red velvet cupcakes
and a store bought marshmallow cream frosting
with a wide circular decorating tip.
It's just a little swoosh of frosting,
and I use chocolate chips for the eyes.
So these are super cute,
but as simple as they are, they may have actually been
the hardest ones of the day for me.
Of course, that is saying a lot
because they still weren't too stressful
and all of these are pretty easy.
I mean, that's the point.
These spooky spiders
might've been the second hardest actually.
They start off really easy.
I just spread icing over the top,
orange or white, or you could use any color you want.
The spider comes from an Oreo cookie
where I used icing to glue on the eye sprinkles
and use chocolate frosting in a piping bag
with a small decorating tip to pipe on the legs.
The legs took some practice to release at the right time.
But my recommendation
is to go from the outside to the middle,
because the middle part will be covered
with the Oreo spider topper,
so you won't see any of those imperfections.
Adorable!
All of these are just so fun.
So this last one might be my favorite.
Mummy cupcakes.
I glued on some large sprinkle eyes with frosting,
and then I used a wide and flat decorating tip
with white frosting to create mummy wrapping.
I just alternated directions
across and down the cupcake going around the eyes.
I thought that these were going to be
way harder than they were.
They were actually really easy and very forgiving,
because you could just cover up mistakes
by going over the wraps diagonally.
And no mummy is perfect either, right?
Okay, so I hope that you found
these last minute cupcake ideas helpful.
I hope that you will share this video if you enjoyed it.
Comment below and let me know which was your favorite.
If you are looking for more fun Halloween ideas,
last week I shared some spooky glow in the dark drinks.
And we always get so excited and have had a lot of fun
with our Halloween videos in the past,
so I will link some of my favorite from previous years
in the description box below.
Thank you so much for being here.
Have a happy Halloween. Be safe.
I'll see you soon with more fall and holiday content.
And remember it's all a matter of Mind Over Munch.