From: Emma Heinze

Date: 30.10.2025

Muffin ghosts

Spooky face masks made of icing or fondant - perfect for Halloween or children’s birthdays.

Ingredients

for 12 portions

  • 175 g flour
  • 150 g sugar
  • 150 ml milk
  • 150 ml oil
  • 30 g baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pkt. baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • White mini chocolate marshmallow treats
  • Icing pen (dark)
  • 75 g icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

preparation

  1. Spookily simple: first preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat)

  2. Then mix all the dough ingredients in the mixing bowl and distribute the smoothly mixed, liquid batter into the muffin cases

  3. Now bake the muffins until fluffy for about 20 minutes

  4. Meanwhile, you can draw spooky ghost faces on the chocolate treats with the icing pen and mix a tasty icing from the icing sugar and the lemon juice

  5. Once the muffins are baked and cooled, it’s time to drizzle them with a little icing, moisten the treats with a little lemon icing too and then place them on the little cakes

  6. Just distribute the icing artfully and the sweet muffin ghosts are ready!

Emma Heinze

Emma Heinze is a passionate hobby baker who delights generations with her traditional recipes and lots of love