Your guests will die over these Zombie Brain Cupcakes! Not only are they undead, but delicious party treats you won't want to run away from. Learn how to make brain cupcakes along with a fun idea for how to display them on your Halloween dessert table. Zombie cups and realistic bugs are a spooktacular way to serve up bloody brains for your next party! Both kids and adults will love being grossed out by these tasty Zombie Brain Cupcakes.
- 1 Chocolate Cake Box Mix (or your choice of cupcakes)
- 1 1/4 c. Water
- 1/2 c. Vegetable Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1½ c. of Soft Butter
- 3 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 6 c. Powdered Sugar
- 3-6 tbs Milk
- Pink Food Coloring
- Black Decorating Gel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and mix cake mix, egg and oil together. Bake for 12-15 minutes until done.
While cupcakes cool, make your frosting. Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and milk together until smooth. Add one drop of pink food coloring, then squeeze some black decorating gel into the frosting and stir until you have a grayish pink tint.
Pour frosting into a cake decorating bag with a round tip. Tips that are sized between 5-10 are best for brains! Place bag in refrigerator until ready to frost cupcakes.
Frost one side of a cupcake to look like a brain. Make lots of squiggles and pile it high! Then add a line of red icing gel down the middle to look like blood.
Frost the other side of your brain cupcake. Add more frosting to the other side if needed.
Decorate your Zombie brain cupcakes with plastic bugs, aunts and roaches! Find the realistic bugs here. Make sure you let your guests know these are not edible. Do not serve cupcakes with these bugs to young children.
Get your Zombie Cups ready to hold their brains by stuffing them with paper or plastic bags. Take a black cupcake liner and turn it upside down so the black side shows. Place it into your cup covering the stuffing. This makes the perfect cake stand for your cupcakes. You can display all cupcakes inside of these cups or just a few. It's up to you!
Decorate a Halloween dessert table with a spider web table runner, zombie cups, blood clots, zombie dessert napkins and realistic bugs.
When you're ready to serve, gently place the brain cupcakes inside of the zombie cups.