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Witches Broom Cupcakes

Three Witch's Broom Cupcakes with pretzel broomstick

I was scarred early in life by witches.

As a small girl I was obsessed with the movie The Wizard of Oz.  As much as I wanted to be Dorothy, in her blue and white gingham dress and her perfectly braided pigtails, I decided I couldn’t really deal with the witch that I would inevitably have to encounter if I were to walk a day in her red, sparkly shoes.

To make matters worse, I am part of a family who, once they know your weakness, will torment you with it until you are rocking in the fetal position.

My mom bought me a Wicked Witch of the West commemorative plate to mount on the wall of my bedroom.  Of course I balked at the idea of waking up with the witch staring and pointing at me everyday, but my mom insisted the plate was a “collector’s item”, as most wall plates are, and that I must keep it up.  Commemorative plates were my mom’s way of trying to look fancy.  It was a disease she inherited from my grandfather who is a staunch member of the Franklin Mint rare coin club.

Anyway, the Wicked Witch was part of my life for many years…until the plate got “broken”.  I am sure it was my brother’s fault, as most trouble in my childhood was, but the plate came crashing down, along with it’s plate “mounting” apparatus.  My mom then literally transformed INTO the Wicked Witch of the West…  One moment she was walking down the hallway to see what the crash was, the next she was sprouting a cape and hat, facing turning green as the witch music started to play in the background.  I blocked out what happened next, as you frequently do when experiencing childhood trauma, but I do remember that clacking my heels 3 times, chanting “there’s no place like home” was surprisingly ineffective.

So you can see that witches tend to bring up all sorts of feelings that I try to keep buried deep down.  DEEP down.

But since Halloween is coming up and there will be plenty of cute witches, mean witches and the inevitable slutty witches trick or treating I decided to jump on the bandwagon and make a witch themed treat.

I’ll mail you my therapy bills.

You’ll need:

  • Cupcakes
  • Frosting
  • Pretzel Rods
  • Mini Donuts
  • Fruit Roll-ups
  • Piping bag, if you are going to use a piping tip.  I used Wilton tip #48 (the one for basket weave)

Here’s how:

First you bake up some cupcakes and make some frosting.  Color your frosting yellow…

Then put a thin layer of frosting on your cupcake.

Take one of your mini donuts…

…and hollow the center out a little but more with a knife, so your pretzel rod will be able to fit through.  Then place it on top of your cupcake.

Next you stick your pretzel through the donut into the cupcake.

Lightly frost the whole donut and then fill your piping bag and pipe on the “broom” and wrap a piece of Fruit Roll-up around the pretzel.

Pipe a touch of frosting on top of the Fruit Roll-up to look like straw peeking out.

Then you’re done!

Now for some other fun Witch inspired treats check out:

Sweet Sugarbelle’s 3D Witches Hat Cookies

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  2. I’m planning on doing these with mini cuppies for a halloween dessert table. I am going to use a gummy life saver in place of the donut and a small pretzel stick instead of the pretzel rod.

    Do you foresee any issues with piping on the bristles? Should I use just a round tip instead of a basketweave tip?

    1. i think either would be fine! Post pics on my facebook site, I would love to see how they come out!

  3. Possible Baker

    Oh, so festive and creative! I’d love to try and make these for the upcoming halloween holiday!

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