Description
Monster Mouthful Cupcakes are whimsical, colorful cupcakes decorated to look like fun and spooky monster faces using various frosting colors and candy eyeballs. Perfect for Halloween or themed parties, these cupcakes feature piped icing shapes and textures that transform ordinary cupcakes into playful edible monsters.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcake Base
- 4 1/2 cups of your favorite cupcake batter (enough for 12 cupcakes)
Decorations
- Large Candy Eyeballs
- Large Edible Black and White Candy Eyeball Sprinkles, 1 oz.
- Blue Icing Pouch (Ready-to-Use Red Vanilla-Flavored Icing Pouch with Tips, 8 oz.)
- Yellow Icing Pouch (Ready-to-Use Red Vanilla-Flavored Icing Pouch with Tips, 8 oz.)
- Red Icing Pouch (Ready-to-Use Red Vanilla-Flavored Icing Pouch with Tips, 8 oz.)
- Orange Icing Pouch (Orange Buttercream Icing Pouch with Star and Round Tips, 8 oz.)
- Green Icing Pouch (Green Buttercream Icing Pouch with Star and Round Tips, 8 oz.)
- Black Icing Pouch (Black Buttercream Icing Pouch with Star and Round Tips, 8 oz.)
Instructions
- Bake Cupcakes: Prepare the cupcake batter according to your favorite recipe or package instructions. Bake the cupcakes as directed, typically at 350°F (175°C) for about 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
- Pipe Mouth Shape: Using the black icing pouch, pipe a mouth shape onto each cooled cupcake. Smooth the piped icing gently with a spatula to create a neat mouth base.
- Decorate Green Monster: With the green icing pouch fitted with a star tip, pipe star shapes by pulling the tip straight up and away from the cupcake surface. Pipe stars closely together, adjusting the tip slightly after each star to avoid gaps, covering the entire cupcake top. Place one candy eyeball on top of the frosting to complete the monster’s eye.
- Decorate Orange Monster: Using the orange icing pouch with the star tip, pipe star shapes in the same manner as the green monster, covering the cupcake surface fully. Place two candy eyeballs atop the frosting, spaced suitably.
- Decorate Blue Monster: Using the blue icing pouch with a round tip, pipe overlapping loops resembling slightly squiggly lines all over the cupcake surface. Position three candy eyeballs on top. Then, using black icing with a round tip, pipe three pull-out lines resembling lashes on the center eyeball.
- Decorate Red Monster: Use the red icing pouch with a round tip to pipe zigzag lines around the black-piped mouth. Achieve this by an up and down motion with steady pressure, stopping pressure and pulling the tip away to end each zigzag. For elongated zigzags, raise the tip height while maintaining pressure; for wider relaxed zigzags, increase width with hand movement. Place two candy eyeballs spaced apart on the frosting. Use black icing to pipe three pull-out lash lines on each eyeball.
- Decorate Yellow Monster: Using the yellow icing pouch with a round tip, pipe overlapping triangular shapes around the mouth opening, extending to the edges of the cupcake. Place two candy eyeballs atop the frosting. Pipe three black pull-out lashes on each eyeball using black icing and a round tip.
Notes
- You can substitute any preferred cupcake flavor for the base.
- Ensure cupcakes are fully cooled before decorating to prevent melting the icing.
- If specific colored icing pouches are unavailable, you can make your own by mixing food coloring into white buttercream icing and using appropriate piping tips.
- Use varying piping tips to achieve different textures and effects.
- Store decorated cupcakes in a cool place; refrigerate if necessary to maintain icing integrity.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
