Chocolate Covered Oreos

Make ahead:  I made orange and green royal icing.  Using the #32 tip I made single shells on a piece of wax paper.  I then came back with a small round tip (#2 or #3) and added a little stem.  These can be made months in advance.

Dip Oreos in chocolate and place dried royal icing pumpkin on cookie while chocolate is still wet.

Nutter Butter Ghosts

  Super simple!  Place a package of Nutter Butters in the freezer.  I wait until the next day.  Dip them in melted white chocolate and decorate with chocolate chips (normal size for mouth and mini for the eyes).  That is all there is to it.

Pumpkin Marshmallow

 

 This is a fudge dipped marshmallow.  However, you could use orange candy melts as well.  I took a large marshmallow (the giant kind) and placed a caramel apple stick in it.  I then dipped the marshmallow in vanilla fudge (colored orange).  I used semi-sweet chocolate chips (they have a better triangular shape than the others) for the eyes and nose and mini chocolate chips for the mouth.  I put them into place as the fudge began to cool a bit so that they wouldn't slide.  I wrapped them in individual bags and used some green string to seal the bag.  Super sweet treat!

Mummy Cupcake

 

 Just like the owl cupcake, it is pretty amazing the amount of mummy cupcakes you can see when you google it.  For this gem, I used a knife to cover the cupcake with frosting.  I placed two chocolate chips for eyes.  Then, using a basket weave tip - smooth side up, I used random patterns to cover the cupcake.  I also made one swipe around the side to clean up the edges a bit (not too much, you still want a rustic look).  There you have it - fun and easy.  It is amazing to see how two chocolate chips and some frosting can take on personality.

Owl Cupcakes

I have seen these owl cupcakes all over the web, and you can make them even cuter with a little extra piping - but the goal this month was to make something cute fast.  Here is how I did it.

Split the Oreos in half - this is an art and takes some practice.  I have seen online that some people stick them in a microwave for a few seconds, but I didn't find that helpful. 

Cut the 'non-frosted' side into thirds.  I found it best to cut right along the "Oreo" logo in the center.

Discard (or eat) any broken or extra cookie pieces.  I used candy melts for the center of the eye, but I saw people using M&M's and Junior Mints as well.  Whatever you have around will probably work.  I used a bit of melted white chocolate as glue.  Again, that is what I had handy.

I used more candy melts (orange) for the beak.  I simply cut them in half.  Again, you could use many things.  I even saw someone used some banana Runts. 

I used a very light chocolate frosting.  I used my standard 1M tip.  Another fun way to do this would be to lay down a layer of frosting as your glue, layer the parts, then come back with something like the grass tip to add texture around the eyes and nose.

Frost the cupcake.  I started in the center and worked my way around.

Place eyes.  Pupil placement is important - it determines the facial expression on your little owl.

Add the 1/3 Oreo as the tufts on top of the owls head.

Finally the nose.  And you have a really cure little owl cupcake. 

Sunflower Cupcake

My parents own a pumpkin patch.  I have spent the last 4 weeks working every day for them.  Needless to say, I haven't had much time to blog.  However, I did log some time in making some sweet yummies!  I had to come up with some ideas that were cute, but not time consuming to make.  So this was the first idea.  Simply take a cupcake and put a little frosting on top and an Oreo cookie on top of that.  Use a leaf tip to add a few layers of petals with some yellow buttercream frosting and you have yourself a cute little sunflower.  More simple fall ideas to come.