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Ghostcakes Cupcakes
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Several online versions of this cupcake call for Nutter Butter cookies frosted in white icing, but we prefer the smoother, more ghostlike look of white chocolate. Even easier: Skip the dipping/frosting step and buy Peeps marshmallow ghost candies instead of Nutter Butters. -- Deborah Geering, for the Journal-Constitution
Hands on time: Total time: 1 hour Serves: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
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1 cup white chocolate chips
12 Nutter Butter cookies
Edible color markers or black frosting and decorator’s writing tip
Chocolate Frosting (or white frosting tinted orange)
Instructions:
To make the ghosts: In a microwave-safe bowl, heat 1 cup 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 Nutter Butter three-fourths of the way into the white chocolate, or use a small flat spatula to spread the white chocolate over three-fourths 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 edible decorator’s markers or frosting to paint eyes and mouths on the ghosts. Set aside.
Generously frost the cupcakes in chocolate or orange-colored icing. Press the “ghosts,” uncoated side down, into the center of the cakes.
Generously frost the cupcakes in chocolate or orange-colored icing. Press the “ghosts,” uncoated side down, into the center of the cakes.
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 as a base.
Total nutrition information will vary depending on the cupcake used as a base.
Nutrition:
Per ghostcake (decoration and icing only): 529 calories (percent of calories from fat, 45), 7 grams protein, 68 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fiber, 27 grams fat (9 grams saturated), 35 milligrams cholesterol, 502 milligrams sodium.
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