Spooky Graveyard Buttercream Frosting Board
Welcome, fellow foodies and Halloween enthusiasts! If you’re on the hunt for a delightfully eerie dessert that’s as thrilling to create as it is to devour, look no further than our GraveYard Buttercream Frosting Board.
Equipment
- 12”x10” Cutting Board
- Food Processor
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Spatula
- Microwave Safe Bowl
- Piping Bag
- Scissors
- Measuring Spoons
- Skeleton Molds
Ingredients
- 6 oz Buttercream Frosting
- 1-3 tsps Cocoa Powder
- Halloween Sprinkle Mix
- Gummy Worms
- 10 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 4 Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
- 1 oz White Chocolate Melts
- Brown Food Gel Colors
- Cookies Bone Shaped Cookie Tutorial here
Instructions
- Prep Your Workspace: Begin by clearing and cleaning your cutting board. This will be the canvas for your spooky creation.
- Prepare the Frosting: In a large mixing bowl, combine 6 ounces of buttercream frosting and 1-3 teaspoons of cocoa powder for flavor and coloring. Add 4-6 drops of brown food gel color to achieve a uniform shade. Cover the mixture and allow it to rest for 15 minutes for the color to intensify.
- Melt the White Chocolate: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 ounce of white chocolate candy melts. Heat in 30-second intervals, stirring between each interval, until fully melted.
- Fill Skeleton Molds: Transfer the melted white chocolate into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the tip. Fill skeleton head and hand molds with the chocolate and refrigerate for 10 minutes to set.
- Crush the Cookies: While the chocolate sets, crush chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies either in a food processor or by placing them in a ziplock bag and using a rolling pin.
- Carefully remove the chocolate skeletons from the molds, embrace any breaks, it adds an extra eerie touch.
- Create the Frosting Canvas: Use a spatula to spread the buttercream frosting all over the cutting board. Leave some space on the edges for additional treats.
- Sprinkle the crushed cookies over the buttercream frosting, creating a textured graveyard scene.
- Decorate with Delights: Decorate your creation with Halloween sprinkle mix, chocolate skeleton pieces, and gummy worms, placing them randomly over this eerie buttercream board.
- The Finishing Touch: For an extra dose of spookiness, consider surrounding the board with vanilla bone-shaped cookies, adding to the graveyard ambiance. Get the recipe here.
Notes
Pro Tips and Recipe Variations
- Spooky Shortcut: To save time, use store-bought chocolate and vanilla cookies.
- Ghostly Variation: Swap the brown food gel color for black for a ghostly white-and-black theme.
- Sinister Suggestion: Enhance the creepy factor by adding chocolate bugs or other gummy creatures to the board.
- Chill-Out Trick: Pop the chocolate molds in the freezer for a quicker setting time.