Sugar Skull Cupcakes

Adding Sugar Skulls to your Halloween celebrations is easy with these double chocolate Sugar Skull Cupcakes. They are adorable, delicious & so easy to make.

Sugar Skull Cupcakes

Remember a little while ago when I posted on Instagram about finding the mother load of sugar skull items at Target? My husband & older daughter were with me at the time.

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We had just the little hand basket. When my hubs turned the corner & saw it all there he immediately sent my daughter back for a large cart, because he knew we were not walking out of there without buying it all.

I was seriously not kidding when I said that I cleaned them out. I found every single thing they had in that store with sugar skulls & took it home with me. Yes I love them.

My office is filled with them, I have one on my ankle – I can’t get enough of the sugar skulls.

So of course when it comes to this time of year I get super excited because not only can I decorate with them more, but it’s so much easier to find them in stores. And, of course, I go a little nuts when I do find them & become a freak.

So some of the things I picked up were these adorable cupcake wrappers & candy toppers. I was literally squealing in the store. It was obnoxious & my family was walking away from me. But I didn’t care – they are so cute. So I knew I had to make them right away!!! I soooooooo looooooooveeeee them!!!

Halloween Cupcakes

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Sugar Skull Cupcakes

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Ingredients

  

• 1 box cake mix - Triple Chocolate Fudge flavor plus ingredients
• oil, eggs, water

Frosting

• 2-3/4 cup confectioners sugar
• 6 tbsp cocoa powder
• 6 tbsp butter
• 5-6 tbsp evaporated milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

sugar skull cupcake wrappers

Sugar Skull candy toppers

• **Halloween colored jimmies orange, black, silver

Instructions

• Preheat oven & prepare cupcakes to directions listed on the box

Note- be sure to use your sugar skull cupcake wrappers

• Once your cupcakes have baked, remove from oven & let cool on a wire rack while you make the frosting.

Frosting

• Place confectioners sugar & cocoa powder in medium size bowl & whisk until light & fluffy
• In mixer bowl, beat butter until smooth
• Add in sugar/cocoa mixture & mix slowly while adding evaporated milk & vanilla
• Once milk is added, increase speed & beat well until light & fluffy
• *if you want it thicker- add more sugar, if you want thinner or less stiff- add more milk
• Place frosting in a piping bag fitted with a large star tip
• Pipe frosting on cupcakes
• Add sprinkles & sugar skull candy
• Enjoy!

Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.

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Don’t forget to make these with a dark, chocolate cake mix. It makes these the perfect Halloween treat!

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