Categories: Halloween Desserts

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• Dash Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 36 mini cupcakes
• 36 large gumdrops
• 36 black candy-coated chocolate pieces
• Black licorice laces
• Red gel paste food coloring or decorating gel

Directions

1. Beat butter until creamy, about 2 minutes.

2. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well.

3. Add salt and beat in vanilla extract

4. Stir until smooth.

5. Frost cupcakes

6. Cut round slices from gumdrops about 1/8 inch thick and center on frosted cupcakes sugar side down.

7. Top each gumdrop with a candy-coated chocolate piece.

8. For lashes, cut licorice laces in 1/2 inch pieces on an angle and add to cupcakes.

9. To make bloodshot eyes, dip a toothpick into food coloring and draw squiggly lines through frosting or pipe with decorating gel.

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