Instructions
White Buttercream:
Tip #6: Outline unicorn ears and unicorn face
Tip #8: Create a candy center mound and dip it in complimentary sprinkles
Tip #44: Create mummy wrap designs
Orange Buttercream:
Tip #8: Use it to pipe pumpkins and unicorn inner ears
Black Buttercream:
Tip #2: Use for spider fangs, glue icing eyes, unicorn eyelashes, cat eyes and face, witch hat buckle, and frankenstein scars
Tip #6: Use for frankenstein hair, outline pumpkin eyes and mouth
Tip #8: Use for spider bodies
Tip #16: Use for spider legs, cat face, rosettes, and kisses on unicorn
Purple Buttercream:
Tip #4: Use for candy wrapper, top of witch hat, cat's ears, and unicorn
Tip #102: Use for ribbon on witch hat brim
Neon Green Buttercream:
Tip #6: Use for franken face and witch hat
Tip #8: Use for franken face nose (pulled dot) and brow, as well as spirals on candy pieces
Tip #16: Use for rosettes on unicorn, vines on pumpkin, and kisses on unicorn
Here's a step-by-step breakdown of the instructions for decorating the Halloween buttercream sugar cookies:
Wrapped Candy Piece:
Pipe a mound of white buttercream and dip it in sprinkles.
To pipe the wrapper ends:
Pipe a pulled dot for the outer layer of the wrapper.
Pipe an overlapping inner layer.
Pipe a line separating the wrapper from the candy center.
Pipe a spiral on the candy center.
Cat Eyes (and Jack-O-Lantern):
Spread a thin layer of neon green buttercream onto the center of the cookie and smooth.
Immediately spray liberally with gold jewel dust before the icing crusts over.
Outline the cat’s eyes and fill in the pupils. Repeat this process for the jack-o-lantern.
Use the star tip to outline the cat's face and ears. Pipe stars around the groove of the cat's eyes and continue to fill in the rest of the cookie.
Pipe purple buttercream in the inner ears.
Pipe rosettes for the floral crown and fill in with green stars for leaves.
Pipe the whiskers and mouth around a candy heart for the nose.
Jack-O-Lantern Face:
Spread a thin layer of black buttercream where the eyes and mouth are positioned and spray liberally with white jewel dust.
Outline the eye and mouth.
Proceed with piping the pumpkin sections following the groove of the cookie.
Add the viney stem with a star tip.
Attach a royal icing flower.
Spider:
Pipe a mound of buttercream for the head and one for the body.
Immediately cover with sprinkles.
Pipe the legs with a star tip.
Attach royal icing eyes with black buttercream.
Pipe some fangs.
Mummy:
Place the eyes on the cookie.
Randomly pipe cloth bandages from one end of the cookie to the other until the surface is covered.
Frankenstein:
Pipe the entire rectangle cookie in green zig-zags.
Outline hair and pipe zigzags.
Place eyes.
Pipe a pulled dot nose and a brow overlapping the eyes.
Add a mouth and scars.
Unicorn:
Outline the ears.
Pipe white zigzags to cover the face of the cookie.
Fill in the inner ears with orange buttercream.
Place the horn.
Pipe a floral crown with black and green rosettes and purple dots.
Pipe the eyelashes.
Spray with jewel dust for added sparkle.
These detailed instructions should help you create a stunning and spooky collection of Halloween buttercream sugar cookies!
