Kids CraftsNo. 9568 · The 2026 edition
Homemade Halloween Skeleton Cupcake Toppers
Turn cupcakes into spooky skeletons with marshmallow heads and pretzel ribcages — easy and fun!
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These homemade Halloween skeleton cupcake toppers are made from large marshmallows and yogurt covered pretzels held together with melted white chocolate. Draw a Jack Skellington face on the marshmallow, assemble a pretzel ribcage on a lollipop stick, and add broken pretzel arms. Then simply stick the whole thing into a frosted cupcake for a delightfully creepy treat.
Ingredients
Directions
- Put the white chocolate chips into a small resealable plastic bag and heat it in the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds. Massage the bag to evenly melt the chips, then snip a tiny corner off. This melted white chocolate will serve as edible glue for assembling the pretzel ribcage.
- Place a small dab of the melted white chocolate onto the lower portion of a lollipop stick.
- Slide a yogurt covered pretzel onto the lollipop stick until it reaches the chocolate dab. Add more melted chocolate to seal the hole around the stick.
- Next, slide two more pretzels onto the stick and attach them together using more melted white chocolate.
- Carefully transfer the assembled pretzel stack onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper so the chocolate glue can set.
- Repeat the process with the remaining pretzels and lollipop sticks. Each skeleton will have a ribcage made from three pretzels.
- While the pretzel ribcages are drying, use a black edible marker to draw a Jack Skellington face on the rounded side of each large marshmallow.
- Once the pretzel ribcages are completely dry, press a decorated marshmallow onto the top of each lollipop stick.
- Carefully snap two pretzels in half to create the skeleton arms.
- Gently insert these broken pretzel pieces into the top pretzel of the ribcage and secure them with additional melted white chocolate.
- Insert the entire lollipop stick into a baked and frosted Halloween cupcake until the pretzel ribcage touches the frosting.
- Enjoy your spooky creation!
Per serving
- 10.0 fat g
- 47.0 carbs g
- 28.0 sugar g
- 293.0 calories
- 4.0 protein g
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