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For the gravestones, choose cookies with a rectangular or oval shape, such as Murray Coconut Bars or Pepperidge Farm Milanos.
Hands on time: 15 minutes Total time: 35 minutes Serves: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
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1 cup white chocolate chips
12 rectangular or oval cookies
Black edible color marker or black frosting and decorator’s writing tip
1 cup flaked sweetened coconut
2 to 3 drops green food coloring
Chocolate frosting
Instructions:
To make the gravestones: In a microwave-safe bowl, heat white chocolate chips at 50 percent power for 45 seconds. Stir, then heat 30 seconds at 50 percent power. Stir. Repeat as necessary until white chocolate is almost melted, then stir until it is smooth, taking care not to burn the white chocolate. Dip cookies two-thirds of the way into the white chocolate and gently shake off the extra, or use a small flat spatula to spread the white chocolate on the top two-thirds of both sides of the cookie. (The uncoated end will go into the cupcake.) Set on wax paper to cool and harden. When the white chocolate has completely hardened, use an edible decorator’s marker or frosting to write “R.I.P.” on one side of the cookies. Set aside.
To make the grass: Place coconut in a plastic container with a lid. Add green food coloring to the coconut; cover the container and shake until all the coconut is evenly colored.
Generously frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Halfway between the center and edge of the cupcake, push a cookie “gravestone,” uncoated side down, into the cake. Sprinkle the frosting with green coconut.
To make the grass: Place coconut in a plastic container with a lid. Add green food coloring to the coconut; cover the container and shake until all the coconut is evenly colored.
Generously frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Halfway between the center and edge of the cupcake, push a cookie “gravestone,” uncoated side down, into the cake. Sprinkle the frosting with green coconut.
Notes:
Prep time will vary depending on ingredients used and decorator's level of expertise.
Total nutrition information will vary depending on the cupcake used.
Total nutrition information will vary depending on the cupcake used.
Nutrition:
Per gravestone and decorative icing only: 558 calories (percent of calories from fat, 45), 8 grams protein, 73 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 28 grams fat (11 grams saturated), 63 milligrams cholesterol, 509 milligrams sodium.
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