Description
Create a spooky and delicious tale with these Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes. This recipe features a moist chocolate cupcake with a surprise Oreo cheesecake filling, topped with rich chocolate buttercream, crushed Oreo “soil,” and a Biscoff cookie “tombstone.” These impressive-looking treats are the perfect centerpiece for any Halloween celebration.
Ingredients
For the biscuit graves
12 Lotus Biscoff cookies
5.5 ounces Dark Chocolate, melted
1 ounce White Chocolate, melted
For the cupcakes
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, softened
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
3 large Eggs
2 tablespoons Milk
1 ¼ cups All-Purpose Flour
¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 ¾ teaspoons Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
For the oreo cheesecake filling (optional)
½ cup (4 ounces) Full-Fat Cream Cheese, softened
2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar
2 tablespoons Crushed Oreos
⅛ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
For the chocolate buttercream
7 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, softened
1 ⅓ cups Powdered Sugar
¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1–2 teaspoons Milk
For the oreo soil
¼ cup Crushed Oreos
Instructions
Craft the Cookie Tombstones:
Dip the bottom half of each Biscoff cookie into the melted dark chocolate and place them on a parchment-lined tray. Once the chocolate is firm, use a piping bag with melted white chocolate to pipe “RIP” on the top of each cookie. Set aside to dry completely.
Bake the Chocolate Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C) and line a muffin tin. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs and milk. In a separate bowl, whisk the dry ingredients, then gradually add them to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Fill liners two-thirds full and bake for 20-22 minutes. Let cool completely.
Prepare the Fillings and Frosting:
For the optional filling, mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, crushed Oreos, and vanilla until smooth. For the buttercream, beat the butter until creamy, then gradually add the powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Add milk one teaspoon at a time until you reach a smooth, spreadable consistency.
Assemble Your Graveyard Scene:
Core the center of each cooled cupcake and fill it with the Oreo cheesecake mixture. Frost the top with chocolate buttercream. Sprinkle crushed Oreo “soil” over the frosting and press a cookie tombstone into the back of each cupcake.
Notes
Make-Ahead Friendly:
You can bake the cupcakes a day in advance and store them in an airtight container. The buttercream can also be made ahead and refrigerated. For best results, assemble the cupcakes on the day of serving to keep the cookie tombstones crisp.
Extra Spooky Touches:
Enhance your graveyard scene by adding a gummy worm crawling out of the “soil” or by piping small tufts of green-tinted frosting at the base of the tombstone to look like moss.
Alternative Tombstones:
If you don’t have Biscoff cookies, Milano cookies or other rectangular shortbread cookies make excellent substitutes for the tombstones.
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 22
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 515
- Sugar: 50g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 31g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Carbohydrates: 56g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 105mg
Keywords: graveyard cupcakes, Halloween cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, Halloween dessert, Oreo cheesecake filling, Biscoff cookie tombstones, spooky treats