Pumped Pumpkin! Adorable Halloween Cupcakes

Serve your goblin gang terrifying treats they’ll love! The easy ideas are here-you can finish each design with a few simple decorating techniques. Just prepare the icing recipe below and start the decorating fun! Serve your ghoulish goodies on the Wilton Cupcakes ‘N More™ Dessert Stand, designed to hold cupcakes at the perfect angle for viewing the decorated tops!
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• Standard Muffin Pan
• Yellow Icing Color
• Green Icing Color
• Violet Icing Color
• Wilton Pumpkin Face Icing Decorations
• Wilton Tip No. 13, 21
• Wilton Harvest Baking Cups
• Recipes: Buttercream Icing
• Chocolate Buttercream Icing (recommended with Black Icing Color).

Bake and cool cupcakes. Ice smooth with spatula in Yellow.

Figure pipe pumpkin body in Violet: build-up torso using tip 21 in an upright position, add tip 21 shell legs and pull-out arms.

Add tip 3 dot feet in Leaf Green, hands and thumbs in Orange.

Position icing decoration head.

Each serves 1.

For chocolate buttercream icing, add ¾ cup cocoa (or three 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate squares, melted), and an additional 1 to 2 Tablespoons milk to Buttercream Icing Recipe. Mix until well blended.