Hello Cupcake!

I made lots of Halloween cupcakes this year. It's been a fun challenge to see if I can make them as pretty as the ones in the new cupcake book I got called, "HELLO, CUPCAKE!" The have such cute holiday and special occation cupcakes. I couldn't resist giving some of the ideas a shot!

Here are my sparkely pumpkins. Orange frosting over pumpkin spice cupcakes. I dipped each frosted cupcake in white sugar mixed with orange food coloring. Piped the line detail and topped with a chocolate cookie stick for the stem.

















My mom gave me the idea for these bug cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes with orange frosting. I piped the legs with chocolate frosting. Then added a malted milk ball for the bug face with 2 mini m&ms for the eyes and a almond m&m for the body.
















I saved these wolf cupcakes for my big challange. I used a marshmellow for the snout, marshmello pieces for the ears, M&Ms for the eyes, jelly bean for the nose, red fruit roll up for the open mouth and piped the chocolate fur and fangs.

I baked 18 chocolate cupcakes to make in to scary howling wolves, but after doing six, I decided, six scary howling wolves was pleanty! They all kinda have their own little personalities.
I frosted the rest of the cupcakes with scary chocolate frosting and called it good.

Me decorating the cupcakes. Not the most flattering angle... but hey... anyway....

I wish I could share some of these cupcakes with you all...