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Up close shot of cupcakes decorated to look like Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas
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Jack Skellington Cupcakes Recipe

These are simple cupcakes for Halloween dressed up to look like Jack Skellington’s Face from the Nightmare Before Christmas.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time22 minutes
Cool time30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix I used Chocolate Halloween Funfetti
  • White Frosting
  • Black Cookie Icing/Frosting I prefer the premade kind in a squeeze tube from the store for ease in decorating, although homemade can be used in a piping bag

Instructions

  • Mix up and bake cupcakes according to box mix directions, or make your favorite homemade recipe.
  • Allow to cool.
    Baked chocolate cupcakes ready to frost
  • Frost tops of cupcakes with white frosting.
    Cupcakes frosted with white frosting
  • Draw the face with the black icing. Two round eyes, two nose slits and the smile by doing a curved line and the perpendicular lines that look like stitches.
    Up close shot of using icing to make Jack Skellington faces