instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2.Line muffin pan with baking cups.
3.Melt chocolate and butter; stir in vanilla.
4.In a separate bowl combine sugar, unbeaten eggs, flour, baking powder and salt.
5.Stir in chocolate mixture.
6.Fill cups half full; place peanut butter cup in center of each and top with remaining batter.
7.Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cupcake Decorating Directions
Spider
Background: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Violet Icing Color
and ice cupcake.
Body: Place Wilton Tip # 2A in a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill
decorating bag with buttercream that has been tinted with Wilton Black Icing
Color. May use chocolate icing and add black icing color. Using tip #2A make
the top and bottom portion of the spider.
Arms and legs: Using thin black licorice, place three arms and legs on
each side of the body.
Eyes: Use white mini jawbreakers for eyes. Place Wilton Tip #2 in the
decorating bag filled with black buttercream and pipe two dots on eyes.
Nose: Place orange jawbreaker at the bottom of both eyes for the nose.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin: Ice cupcake orange and place Wilton Tip #12 in a Wilton
Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill decorating bag with orange buttercream. From
top to bottom of cupcake, pipe one line down each end. On side of the line,
pipe one more line on a slight diagonal to form the pumpkin rind, then pipe
middle line. You will have a total of 5 lines on the cupcake.
Face: Using brown M&M's, place the eyes, nose and mouth in the
appropriate places on the cupcake.
Stem: Place a green gumdrop at the top of the cupcake for the pumpkin
stem.
Monster
Face: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Leaf Green Icing Color and ice cupcake.
Ears: Place Wilton Tip #6 in Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag and fill
with remaining green buttercream. On either side of cupcake, about _ of the
way to the top, pipe the ears.
Mouth: Fill decorating bag with buttercream icing that has been tinted with
Wilton Black Icing Color and color in open part of mouth. Smooth with spatula.
Using Wilton Tip #6 and the remainder of the green buttercream, pipe a circle
that forms an open mouth.
Teeth: Place white tic-tacs all around the open mouth to form teeth.
Nose: Place a green M&M above mouth for nose.
Eyes: Use two white gumballs for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to decorating
bag filled with black buttercream icing. Pipe black dots in the middle of gumballs
and pipe eyebrows using the same tip.
Hair: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Orange Icing Color. Use Wilton
Tip #16 in a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill bag with orange buttercream.
Pipe hair at the top of cupcake.
Wolfman
Fur: Tint buttercream icing using Wilton Brown Icing Color or use chocolate
buttercream icing. Attach Wilton tip #17 to Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag.
Fill bag with brown buttercream. Pipe fur on top of cupcake in pullout star
motion. Pipe with pull out star tip #17.
Eyes: Use two yellow gumballs for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to decorating
bag filled with black buttercream icing. Pipe black dots in the middle of gumballs
and pipe eyebrows using Tip #17.
Nose: Use brown M & M's.
Teeth: Use candy corn for teeth.
Witch
Face: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Leaf Green Icing Color and ice
cupcake.
Nose: Attach Wilton Tip #12 to Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill
bag with green buttercream. Pipe nose in center of cupcake.
Eyes and Mouth: Use white gumballs for eyeballs. Attach Wilton Tip #2
to decorating bag filled with black buttercream. Pipe black dot in the middle
of eyes. Pipe mouth. Use a tic-tac for tooth.
Hair: Tint buttercream with Wilton Orange Icing Color. Attach Wilton
Tip #16 on a decorating bag and fill with orange buttercream. Pipe hair on top
of cupcake. Put black gumdrop that has been molded to a point on top of hair
as a hat.
Mummy
Ice cupcake with chocolate buttercream. Attach Wilton tip #47 to a Wilton Disposable
Decorating Bag and filled with white buttercream. Pipe bandages on cupcake.
Eyes: Use green M&Ms for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to Wilton Disposable
Decorating Bag filled with black buttercream. Pipe black dots in the middle
of M&Ms.