Halloween Is Right Around the Corner

Spooooky! This gets me in the mood for one of my favorite holidays, Halloween!

Excellent scary Halloween cupcake by clarescupcakes.co.uk, as usual.

Googly-eye fun marshmallow monster Halloween cupcakes for kids and adults to make

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday for the sheer number of fun, crazy, amazing cupcakes it inspires. Check out these monster cupcakes that even little kids can make, by blogger The Decorated Cookie, who serves up step-by-step instructions at Celebrations.com. Via Flickr. I think my favorite thing about these, aside from the fun marshmallow eyes, is that there's no "wrong" way to make them. It's not about being perfect but about having fun. Also, imagine giving these out to trick-or-treaters!!

Kids 12 and under can win a prize for best cupcake decorating at Little Pearl Cupcake's Sprinkle Station

Little Pearl Cupcake in Grand Rapids, Michigan is hosting a Sprinkle Station at their bakery through October 9th, with an Art Prize for the best decorated cupcake. Here's one example, from their Facebook page. Fun! Anyone can do this with some Halloween candy and a little imagination, too, at home or at a picnic or anywhere. Visit littlepearlcupcake.com for more information.



And these are their Halloween cake pops, available for special order:



And for those who are like "Halloween, whatever," here's their caramel apple cupcake:

Adorable chocolate spider cupcake toppers

How fun are these? Yum! More Halloween cupcake fun, this time from blogger The Decorated Cookie, where you can find out what to do with these ingredients to make these sweet toppers: chocolate chips, disposable decorating bag, lollipop sticks, candy eyes, scissors, baking tray, wax paper. Via Flickr.

Halloween cupcake toppers!

Halloween is fast approaching, and that means we'll have lots of Halloween cupcakes to share. For now, you can start getting ready with these cute cupcake toppers by Etsy seller sosweetpartyshop. It's $10 for a set of 12 (3 each of the 3 designs).

Starlight Mints cupcakes, fall corn on the cob and mini marshmallow monster cupcakes by Cupcake Cruise presenters Karen Tack and Alan Richardson

Exciting 2012 Cupcake Cruise news: very soon you'll be able to purchase tickets at www.cupcakecruise.com! We've also set up a Facebook page and @cupcakecruise on Twitter to keep you posted as we book presenters and have more information.

Two of our workshop presenters will be Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, authors of the bestselling cookbooks Hello, Cupcake and What's New, Cupcake?, as well as the forthcoming Cupcakes, Cookies, and Pie, Oh My!. Visit their fabulous cupcake decorating blog to find out how to make these holiday Starlight Mints cupcakes and corn on the cob cupcakes, plus monster cupcakes for Halloween (Photo courtesy Taste of Home Magazine, copyright 2010, search cupcakes on Taste of Home's site for decorating tips) plus lots more!

Tooth Cupcakes By Erica Sweet Tooth

Tooth Cupcakes by Erica Sweet Tooth

Erica, who is a second year dental student, made these edible molar cupcakes.  Seems like you can be inspired by her creativity and make scary fang teeth cupcakes for Halloween.

Cute ghost cupcake is reminder that Halloween's only two months away!

This cute ghost cupcake by Pleasantville, New York's Flour & Sun Bakery (via Flickr) is a reminder that Halloween is coming up. Has anyone started thinking about it yet? They're actually on vacation through September 6th, but you can find out their daily flavors and get more info at flourandsunbakery.com.







And while I'm getting in the Halloween spirit, here's one of their monster cupcakes: