Frankenstein Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Cupcakes:
• 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• Frosting:
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 drops green food coloring, or as desired
• Decorations:
• 3 (1.75 ounce) packages chocolate sprinkles (jimmies)
• 48 dark brown candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
• 48 blue candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
• 2/3 ounce black gel food coloring
• 2/3 ounce red gel food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

Mix cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Fill muffin cups with batter.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

Beat shortening and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; add vanilla extract and mix well. Beat confectioners' sugar, alternating with milk, into butter-shortening mixture until frosting is stiff and holds its shape; mix in green food coloring until desired color is reached.

Fill a piping bag, or large resealable freezer bag with a corner snipped, with frosting. Pipe frosting around the top half perimeter and top of each cupcake creating the “head” and “face”; smooth out the frosting using a small spatula, flattening the top into a square-shape for the top of his “head. “

Pour chocolate sprinkles into a shallow bowl and dip the top of each cupcake into the sprinkles, slightly angling the cupcake to get sprinkles around the uppermost top side of the “head” for the “hair. “

Press 2 dark brown chocolate pieces on the sides of each cupcake creating the “bolts. ” Press 2 blue chocolate pieces into the top front of each cupcake creating the “eyes. ” Put a dot of black food gel in the center of each blue candy for the “pupil. ” Make a “stitch” onto the “face” using the red food gel.