Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake

Name: Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 29
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking cocoa; 1 package fudge brownie mix (8-inch square pan size); 170 grams white candy coating, melted; 3 lollipop sticks; 454 grams can chocolate frosting; 237 milliliters chocolate wafer crumbs; 59 milliliters flaked coconut, toasted; 158 milliliters confectioners sugar; 29 servings Black paste food coloring; 6 chocolate jimmies; 3 pretzel rods; 170 grams cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe makes 29 servings with 247 calories, 2g of protein, and 10g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up chocolate jimmies, semisweet chocolate chips, paste food coloring, and a few other things to make it today. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Halloween. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan and an 8-in. square baking dish with foil and grease the foil. Prepare brownie batter and bake according to package directions, using prepared pans. Cool on wire racks.

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Baking Pan

Oven

Aluminum Foil

Break pretzel rods into various sizes; dip into melted chocolate. Arrange into a tree shape on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet.

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Pretzel Rods

Chocolate

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Place melted white candy coating in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Outline three small ghosts on waxed paper. Fill in ghost outlines, adding a lollipop stick to each for support.

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Almond Bark

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Lollipop Sticks

Ziploc Bags

Place jimmies on ghosts for eyes.

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Sprinkles

Let dry completely.

Using foil, lift brownies out of pans. Discard foil; place 8-in. square brownie on a large serving plate for graveyard.

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Aluminum Foil

Spread chocolate frosting over top and sides.

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Chocolate Frosting

Spread

Cut remaining brownie into 3-in. x 1-1/2-in. tombstone shapes.

Combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa; sprinkle over tombstones. With black food coloring, tint vanilla frosting gray; decorate tombstones.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Frosting

Food Color

Cocoa Powder

Using toothpicks, insert three tombstones into graveyard. Insert tree into graveyard (support as needed with brownie scraps). Insert ghosts into graveyard; sprinkle with wafer crumbs for dirt and coconut for grass.

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Coconut