It may feel like we have been in spooky season all year, but with October 31 just around the corner, the experts at Spotlight will have you ready to create, decorate and celebrate at home this Halloween.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Lemon Yellow icing
• Leaf Green icing
• Candy Eyeballs
• Black Icing Colour
• Red Sparkle Gel
• Orange Gel Food Colouring
• White Decorator Icing
• Favourite cupcake mix or recipe
• Non-Stick Cooling Grid – 14.5 x 20-Inch -Cooling Rack
• #2110 (1M) Open Star Piping Tip
• #352 Leaf Piping Tip
• Decorator Preferred 9” Angled Spatula
• 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
• Bright Standard Cupcake Liners, 300-Count (orange and green used)
• Perfect Results Premium Non-Stick Bakeware Muffin and Cupcake Pan, 12-Cup
• #2A Round Piping Tip
• #47 Basketweave Piping Tip

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1 – Bake cupcakes. Bake cupcakes in orange and green baking cups. Cool well before decorating.

Step 2 – Tint icing. Combine Leaf Green and Lemon Yellow for green shown. Divide icing and tint icing: 1⁄2 cup black, 2 cups green, 2 cups orange, reserve 1 cup white.

Step 3 – Decorate cupcakes.

Mummy: Use spatula and black icing to cover top 1⁄4 of cupcake. Use white icing and tip 47 to pipe stripes for mummy wrapping. Add red gel to pipe drops of blood. Position candy eyeballs.

Pumpkin: Use orange icing and tip 1M to pipe swirls on top of cupcake. Use green icing and tip 352 to pipe leaf stem on top. Position candy eyeballs.

Monster: Use green icing and tip 2A to pipe swirls on top of cupcake. Position candy eyeballs.

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