Easy Witch Cupcakes for a Spooky Halloween Treat
These easy-to-make witch hat cupcakes are perfect for a spooky Halloween celebration. With vibrant green frosting bases and intricate black frosting hats, they are sure to impress your guests.
Equipment
- Piping bag
- Ateco 809 tip
- Wilton 127 tip
- Medium round tip
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 12 cupcakes
- 2.5 cups vanilla frosting
- 1.75 cups chocolate frosting
- Wilton color right food coloring in yellow, blue and black
- Wilton 127 tip
- Ateco 809 tip
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Witch Hat Cupcakes
- Tint vanilla frosting lime green using approximately 37 drops of yellow and 4 drops of blue Wilton color right food coloring.
- Scoop the green frosting into a piping bag with an Ateco 809 tip and pipe a swirl onto each cupcake top.
- If desired, roll the sides of the frosted cupcakes in sprinkles.
- Tint chocolate frosting black, using about 50 drops of Wilton's black color right system.
- Scoop one-third of the black frosting into a piping bag with a Wilton 127 tip and, with the narrow end in the center, turn the cupcake while piping to create the hat brim.
- Scoop the remaining black frosting into a bag with a medium round tip, then pipe a large dollop in the center of the cupcakes, releasing pressure as you pull up to form the tapered hat top.
Notes
For the green frosting, precise color can be achieved by using 37 drops of yellow and 4 drops of blue food coloring. Achieving a deep black frosting requires a significant amount of black food coloring, approximately 50 drops as suggested.