I created these tiny fondant ghosts as my spooky dessert for Halloween last year, and they were so simple and quick to decorate that I will do it again this year.
| Prep Time: | 40 mins |
| Cook Time: | 16 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 11 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 1 (16 ounce) package vanilla frosting
- 6 large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar, or as needed
- 8 ounces ready-to-use white fondant
- 12 raisins, halved
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
- Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
- Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture alternately with milk. Beat until batter is just blended.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 16 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tin and cool completely, about 2 hours.
- Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of white vanilla frosting. Place 1 marshmallow half, cut-side up, in the center of each cupcake.
- Dust a work surface with confectioners’ sugar. Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of white fondant; roll into thin circles that are slightly bigger than the cupcakes. Drape over the marshmallows so they look like ghosts. Poke 2 holes near the top for the eyes. Stuff 1 raisin half into each hole.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 454 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 76 g |
| Cholesterol | 36 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 441 mg |
| Sugars | 46 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I will make it again! Very fun and tasty.
Made them with my grandkids this weekend. Super easy and came out great!