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Halloween Buttercream Board – Fun and Festive Halloween Dessert Idea

A Halloween Buttercream Board is a fun and creative way to make a delicious centerpiece for your Halloween dessert table

This spooky and playful idea lets you mix and match colorful frostings, festive toppings, and creative designs to create a vibrant spread filled with delicious buttercream in all the colors of the season, paired with your favorite Halloween candies like gummy worms and candy corn, making it a must-have for your Halloween celebration.

Whether you’re throwing a big bash or just having a cozy gathering with family, this buttercream board will add a delightful touch of festive fun to your dessert spread, making it both eye-catching and tasty! 

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How to Make a Halloween Frosting Board 

Sketch out your frosting board design on a piece of parchment paper before you start decorating. Use this template to make a Ghost Frosting Board.

Decide on the color palette, theme, and arrangement of treats.

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Make your vanilla buttercream frosting (or use store-bought) and divide it into different bowls if using different colors. You can add gel food coloring to create vibrant Halloween shades like orange, green, purple, and black. Whip it until smooth and creamy.

Use a large cookie sheet or large cutting board to use as the base. 

Then using piping bags or spoons, scoop your colored buttercream into sections on the board.  Use different piping tips for the buttercream to create various textures and patterns. Swirls, blobs, and textured peaks work great!

Decorate around the buttercream with assorted candies and toppings filling up all of the empty spaces. Think of using candy eyes, gummy worms, candy corn, Halloween-themed sprinkles, and more to give the board a spooky vibe.

Place dippable treats like cookies, crackers, mini cupcakes, or anything that can be dipped into the frosting around the board. 

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What to serve with a buttercream board?

You can use a variety of fun and festive dippers on your Halloween Frosting Board! Mix larger Halloween treats with smaller items to create a visually appealing display.

Try cookies like sugar cookies or gingersnaps, graham crackers, pretzels for a salty-sweet combo, fruit slices like apple wedges or strawberries, and even pieces of pound cake or brownies.

You can add a spooky twist to your Halloween Buttercream Board by including Halloween candy and festive treats like mini marshmallows, candy corn, gummy worms, gummy pumpkins, mini Oreo cookies.

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Don’t miss out on our other Halloween recipes like Fall Dessert Dips, No-Bake Halloween Desserts, Dirt Pudding Cake, Eyeball Donuts and Oreo Spiders that will bring even more fun to your Halloween festivities! Try making your own homemade cosmic brownies for a sweet treat that takes you back to your childhood!

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Try other fun ideas for Halloween buttercream boards, like creating a spooky Frankenstein face, a pumpkin icing board, or crafting a graveyard frosting board for a festive touch!

Can I make a buttercream board ahead of time?

Yes, you can prepare it a few hours in advance, but store it in the fridge to keep the frosting fresh. Bring it to room temperature before serving.

What’s the best way to store leftovers?

Keep leftover buttercream and dippable treats in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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How to Make a Halloween Buttercream Board

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

This Halloween Buttercream Board is perfect for any party! Mix and match your favorite frosting flavors and toppings for a spooky and sweet treat.

Ingredients

  • Wilton Creamy Decorator Icing, Medium
  • Wilton Black Sparkle Gel
  • Little Debbie Birthday Cakes
  • Various Butter Cookies
  • Mini OREO Cookies
  • Mini Golden OREO Cookies
  • Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Mini Funfetti Cookies
  • White Chocolate Pretzels
  • Gummy Pumpkins
  • Pink & White Striped Marshmallows
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Sour Worms

Instructions

  1. Fit a pastry bag with 1M Pastry Tip and fill with all of the icing. 
  2. Print ghost template, cut out the shape and trace onto parchment paper if desired.
  3. Secure it to the center of your serving board. 
  4. Trace the outside of the template (or simply freehand) with icing in small short dollops.
  5. Then fill the entire ghost shape in using the same process.
  6. Use 2 Mini OREO Cookies for the eyes and draw on a small smile with black sparkle gel.
  7. Place Mini Golden OREO Cookies around the entire ghost shape to define it.
  8. Add birthday cakes to the top right and bottom left corners. 
  9. Fill in with rest of open white space with a variety cookies. 
  10. Fill in all extra empty spaces with gummy pumpkins and marshmallows
  11. Add as many sour worms as you like for a special touch.
  12. Serve the Ghost Frosting Board with spoons and plates for all to enjoy.

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