1 box (18.25 oz.) chocolate cake mix
- see package for additional ingredients
2 containers (16 oz. each) vanilla frosting
1 oz. red food coloring
1 oz. yellow food coloring
5-8 Vienna Fingers cookies
4-7 Oreo sandwich cookies
1 squeeze bottle (.75 oz.) black decorating gel
1 squeeze bottle (.75 oz.) orange decorating gel
Here's the directions.
Prepare cake according to package directions for a 9"x13" pan. Let cool.
Combine both containers of vanilla frosting in a bowl. Add 30 drops each of red and yellow food coloring and mix with a hand held mixer. Add more drops if a more vibrant orange color is desired.
Frost cake with orange icing.
Decorate Vienna Fingers with black and orange decorating gel. Using a small paring knife, make rows of slits in top of cake and place Vienna Fingers in pockets to resemble tombstones.
Place 4-7 Oreo cookies in a re-sealable bag and crush. Sprinkle crushed Oreo cookies around Vienna Fingers to create a spooky look.
Before serving, add Peeps Marshmallow Pumpkins, Peeps Marshmallow Ghosts
and Peeps Cocoa Flavored Marshmallow Cats around tombstones and along sides
of cake.
This and other recipes can be found on the official Peeps website. You can get a printable PDF version of the instructions here.
