Tombstone Cupcakes

Name: Tombstone Cupcakes
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 package cake mix of your choice (regular size); 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 24 Milano cookies; 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting; 1/2 cup chocolate wafer crumbs; 1 cup chow mein noodles; 24 orange gumdrops; 3 green gumdrops, cut into small pieces

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Total Time

Prep: 1 hour Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Makes

2 dozen

Updated: Oct. 20, 2022

A cake mix speeds up the prep of these fun little cakes. Chow mein noodles are the "fingers" that reach out from the cupcake grave.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Ingredients

1 package cake mix of your choice (regular size)
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
24 Milano cookies
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
1/2 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
1 cup chow mein noodles
24 orange gumdrops
3 green gumdrops, cut into small pieces

Directions

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
For tombstones, in the microwave, melt chocolate chips. Pipe "RIP" onto cookies; place on waxed paper to dry.
Frost cupcakes; sprinkle with chocolate wafer crumbs. Carefully insert tombstones into cupcakes. Arrange chow mein noodles to resemble fingers. Use gumdrops to make pumpkins; place in front of tombstones.

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