Meringues make perfect ghosts for so many reasons! I mean, they’re the perfect color, for starters.

But the fact that they’re barely there is the real seller, right?! Just like ghosts, meringues are not quite solid. One bite and they melt away so you’re almost not certain they existed in the first place.

Meringues do take a little bit of effort and some patience. so we’re going to save our time on the cupcakes. That’s why I use a cake mix box for the cupcakes as a shortcut.

Oh yeah, and I go ahead an skip the trouble of making my own frosting and use a store-bought version too. All our effort is going to go into those adorable meringue ghosts.

How to Make Ghost Cupcakes

Don’t be afraid, the scariest part of these cupcakes is the eerie ghosts, which really aren’t that hard to create.

The good news is, you’ll be able to find all of the ingredients at your nearest grocery store if they aren’t already in your kitchen.

Ingredients

• 1 box white cake mix (plus ingredients to make cake mix)
• 1 jar premade white frosting
• 4 egg whites, room temperature
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Chocolate chips
• Mini chocolate chips

Once you’ve made certain you have everything you need, you’re ready to get cooking.

Step 1: Bake Cupcakes

First, we need to get the cupcakes ready. Just follow the directions on the box you purchased (they all vary just a little so I won’t guess the specific details here).

When you remove the cupcakes from the oven, reduce the temperature to 225°F. Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, frost each cupcake.

I used white cupcakes with white frosting to make it seem like they’re floating in fog. If you prefer your ghosts to be hanging out in a graveyard, you can use chocolate cupcakes and chocolate frosting instead.

Step 2: Prepare Meringue

While the cupcakes are cooling, you can start getting your ghosts ready. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites on high speed until they are frothy.

You can use a hand mixer, but if you have a stand mixer, it’s much easier, especially for the next part.

Next, add the cream of tartar and one tablespoon of sugar continuously beating on high speed. Add the remaining sugar one tablespoon at a time, making sure each one is mixed in before adding more.

If you’re using a stand mixer, you can just keep the beater running and drop in each tablespoon of sugar as the previous one is incorporated. You can accomplish the same thing with a hand mixer and kitchen assistant (or good hand eye coordination) too though so don’t sweat it if you don’t have a stand mixer.

Continue beating until stiff peaks start to form, then add the vanilla extract and beat until it’s fully incorporated.

Step 3: Make the Ghosts

Now is the fun part! Pour the egg white mixture into a piping bag and pipe mounds onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

If you want all of your ghosts to be the same size, you can make the mounds identical in shape. If you prefer to have ghosts of all sizes you can make small and large mounds.

Add two chocolate chips to each mound for eyes.

Then, place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 45 minutes. When the 45 minutes is up, turn off the oven but leave the ghosts in the oven for another hour. 

After the meringues have rested for an hour in the oven, you can then remove them and set them aside to cool completely.

Step 4: Finish Decorating

Once the ghost meringues are completely cooled, place them on the cupcakes.

Yield: 24

Ghost Cupcakes

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These adorable ghost cupcakes are the perfect spooky treat for a Halloween party!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 box white cake mix (plus ingredients to make cake mix)
• 1 jar premade white frosting
• 4 egg whites, room temperature
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Chocolate chips
• Mini chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Prepare the cupcakes according to package instructions and allow to cool completely. Top with a thin layer of icing and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 225 degrees and prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs on high with hand mixer or stand mixer with whisk attachment until they become frothy. Add cream of tartar and beat on medium until soft peaks begin to form.
4. Turn mixer to high and begin adding the sugar one tablespoon at a time, mixing between each addition. Continue beating until all the sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks begin to form.
5. Add vanilla and mix until incorporated.
6. Pour mixture into a piping bag and pipe small and large mounds onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet.
7. Add two chocolate chip eyes to each large mound and mini chocolate chip eyes to the small mounds.
8. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. When the baking time is up, turn off the oven and allow the cookies to rest in the warm oven for an hour.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow to cool completely.
10. Place cooled ghost cookies on top of the ice cupcakes and serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 97Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 23mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 1g

Other Easy Cupcake Recipes You Might Like

If you want to make some Halloween cupcakes but these ghosts are too spooky, you might prefer these Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes.

Catering to an adult crowd? Try these Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes.

If you love this Ghost Cupcakes Recipe, but you don’t have a couple of hours to wait on meringues to set, just pin this to your favorite cupcake recipes board on Pinterest so you can find it quick later!

I have to admit, I had a lot of fun making this cocktail.  First of all, I love every ingredient in this drink.  That’s always priority number one.  But to make something look gory and disgusting, yet taste awesome, just makes me excited!

There are so many options with the flavored vodkas. This Vampire Blood will help you get your ghoul on!! It is not strong at all and taste like a relaxed fruity creation, DELISH!! Half the fun is coming up with a gruesome name for something that is unique and fun!

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Enjoy Happy Halloween!!

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So I started thinking i cant be the only one that has waitied until now to whip something up. So heres a little help if your in my boat. I made this 2 years ago.

NO SEW SUSHI ROLL COSTUME.

What you need:
●Low heat glue gun.
●White packing peanuts.
●Dollar store sponges.
●Black duct tape.
●Cardboard.
●Styrofoam.

Optional Items:
-Chopsticks.
-Take out box.
-Letters cut from cameo to spell sushi.
-The soy sauce hat i made out of felt with fabric glue. The graphic i made out of an iron on transfer.

I will now explain exactly how i did it and feel free to ask any questions I will be fast in replying due to pressing time.

I cut two large circles out of cardboard. And cut two shoulder straps to connect the two circles left the head hole big enough so it could be slipped on and would also stay put.

I then used black duct tape and covered every inch of it to make it stronger and to get the background color i needed.

The sponges i got from the dollar store were smaller but colored perfect for the salmon, and avacado middle i needed so i hot glued 3 together to get the shape and size i wanted. The white (cream chesse) is a piece of Styrofoam from Target.

So then i got my middle of the sushi roll placed on the cardboard with my glue gun so i could then place rice all around the roll (packing peanuts) it was so easy yall… my store only had the S shape peanuts not the actual rice looking shape so i simply broke them into and placed them like rice around all areas that were left using a low heat glue gun and it worked perfect.

I wrapped the back in a green tissue paper that was the “seaweed” wrap. Again i used my low heat glue gun for this as well.

Thats for real all it took yall and people fell in love it well the people that knew what it was. I live in a backwoods small town and the 1st sushi place is 45 min away. Thats why i learned how to make it at home ♡

I glued chopsticks to her little hat but in my opinion it would be just as cute with no hat and chopsticks in their hair.

Please feel free to ask any questions i would love to help !

Happy Halloween!

LC
XOXO
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