These are cute and spooooky for Halloween.

You KNOW how I despise box cake mix, and make everything from scratch. However, instead of boring you with details on how to make cupcakes, I'll just move on to the good stuff.

Halloween Grave Cupcakes

I will say, that this recipe from EVERYDAY FOOD made the softest best cupcakes I have ever tasted. Also - my secret? REAL VALRHONA cocoa powder. It's a must.

I found tiny doll arms at the local Stats, 24 for $1.59. Good deal for baby arms, I think, who knows.

I really need a food processor - this one that is an attachment to my blender, ain't cutting it. But the little rocky bits do make it more 'dirt like.'

Now frost the cupcakes and dip them into your freshly ground chocolate cookie dirt.

Ah, deliciously creepy goodness. Tombstones would be nice, but who has the time..

I first saw these 'Buried Alive' cupcakes in the Clare Crespo "Hey there cupcake" cookbook. It's her chocolate buttercream frosting recipe that I used, another really great find, incredibly delicious. Email me if you want it.

Again, this frosting would probably just taste average if I hadn't used VALRHONA cocoa powder. .

Now, for the 'grave dirt' I ground up some chocolate cookies - these from Trader Joe's worked out well, but so do Oreos. The white middle part should just dissolve.