Things feel like they’re about to get REALLY weird up in here. Not that I feel like things aren’t already weird. Don’t get me wrong, I acknowledge that I have a strange sense of humor and that my nerdiness is kinda odd. But, by weird I mean: I’m about to go zombie-crazy. I decided I want to do a whole bunch of zombie yumminess for the upcoming Halloween festivities. And, one of the first things I did: Graveyard Cupcakes. Ok, well, they’re bubble gum cupcakes just decorated to be graveyards, but that’s still…right? It’s still…LOL!

Ok, so maybe these Graveyard Cupcakes weren’t the FIRST thing I’ve done zombie-licious, not even in the recent past. Because, you know, I did a whole roundup of awesome zombie recipes, brain cookies, and zombie jello snacks. But, that’s ok, right. Because Graveyard Cupcakes were the first thing I did AFTER I decided to be all sorts of focused on zombiness….right?! LOL!

Regardless, this recipe for Graveyard Cupcakes is so much more than JUST little tiny graves of awesome cupcakery. They’re actually bubble gum cupcakes. Yeah–you heard that right. And, as I jam another into my mouth so ungracefully that my mom would give me the evil-eye, I would like to point out that they’re yummy. A big-ole-cupcake-of-yummy. That’s what these tiny graveyards can offer. Cool, huh?

What You Need to Have to Make Graveyard Cupcakes

Wilton 2104-2380 12 Count Graveyard Decorating Kit, Assorted by Wilton Brach’s Pumpkin Mellowcremes Fall Candy, 4.5 Pound Glutino Gluten Free Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, 8.6 Ounce Bakers Angel Flake Sweetened Coconut 14 oz (Pack of 2) LorAnn Gourmet Liquid Flavoring BUBBLE GUM – 1 DRAM

Ok. So, go grab this stuff–and maybe a few other things, I don’t know–it’s late and I’m incredibly tired. Just pin this so that you can make it whenever, because we both know you’re not in the kitchen about to make a batch of Graveyard Cupcakes. Seriously. LOL!

Graveyard Cupcakes

Name: Graveyard Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ cup vegan Butter or Margarine, room temperature (I like Earth's Balance--but am open to suggestion if there's another brand you want to let me know about in the comments that works as well); ¾ cup granulated Sugar; 3 tblspns aquafaba, bean juice; 1-1/4 cups gluten-free Flour mix...I used Bob's Red Mill; 1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder; ¼ tsp Salt; 1 tspn white Vinegar; ½ cup Coconut Milk, just the cereal kind, not the canned kind; 1 tsp bubble gum flavoring; 5-10 drops pink food coloring to make it LOOK bubble-gumilicious; Icing; 1 cup Coconut Cream, this is the stuff you scoop out of the can of coconut milk after it's been in the fridge over night. I found the cheaper the can of coconut milk, the more cream you'll get; ½ cup granulated Sugar; 1 tsp bubble gum flavoring; Topping; Candy corn pumpkins--like you get at the grocery store; Shredded coconut; 2-3 drops green food coloring; 6 chocolate creme cookies; Heastone; Bones; Whatever floats your boat

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

one of the first things I did for Halloween prep this year: Graveyard Cupcakes. Ok, well, they're bubble gum cupcakes just decorated to be graveyards, but that's still...right? It's still...LOL!

Ingredients

¼ cup vegan Butter or Margarine, room temperature (I like Earth's Balance--but am open to suggestion if there's another brand you want to let me know about in the comments that works as well)
¾ cup granulated Sugar
3 tblspns aquafaba, bean juice
1-1/4 cups gluten-free Flour mix...I used Bob's Red Mill
1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Salt
1 tspn white Vinegar
½ cup Coconut Milk, just the cereal kind, not the canned kind
1 tsp bubble gum flavoring
5-10 drops pink food coloring to make it LOOK bubble-gumilicious
Icing
1 cup Coconut Cream, this is the stuff you scoop out of the can of coconut milk after it's been in the fridge over night. I found the cheaper the can of coconut milk, the more cream you'll get
½ cup granulated Sugar
1 tsp bubble gum flavoring
Topping
Candy corn pumpkins--like you get at the grocery store
Shredded coconut
2-3 drops green food coloring
6 chocolate creme cookies
Heastone
Bones
Whatever floats your boat

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350⁰.
Place paper baking cups in 12 muffin tins.
Cream the Butter or Margarine and gradually add Sugar.
Add aquafaba and beat well. Set aside.
Combine dry ingredients and stir.
Add ⅓ of dry ingredient mixture to butter and sugar mixture, mix.
Combine Coconut Milk, Vinegar, Food Coloring and Flavoring, and add ⅓ of milk and flavoring mixture to other mixture, mix well.
Alternately add ⅓ of dry ingredients and ⅓ of milk and flavoring, mixing well between additions.
Fill cupcake cups about ½ to ⅔ full.
Bake for approximately 12 - 14 minutes.
While that's baking, in a large mixing bowl, beat Coconut Cream on high until it begins to thicken.
Add Sugar and flavoring.
Continue beating on high until the mixture becomes stiff and holds its shape.
Place icing in the refrigerator until you're ready for it.
Remove cupcakes from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
Sloppily ice the cupcakes.
Crush the cookies in a baggie.
Sprinkle a portion of the crushed cookies onto the top of each cupcake.
Mix green food coloring and coconut in baggie together until coconut is green.
Sprinkle green coconut "grass" on top of the crushed cookies.
Place headstone and pumpkin on top of the cupcake.
Put the cupcakes in the refrigerator for as long as necessary until you're ready to unearth the awesomeness and eat them.