Halloween Sheet Cake Recipe

This fun Halloween sheet cake is a fun dessert for Halloween parties or fall dinners. Easy to make and made with the help of a store-bought cake mix.

This graveyard style cake is always a welcome treat on the Halloween dessert table. This is one of our easy Halloween recipe ideas that you will want to save for later.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

This easy layer cake is festive and fun. It is a spooky Halloween cake that resembles a graveyard.

This chocolate cake dessert is made with just a few simple ingredients and it is a great way to celebrate Halloween season. It can also work as a Halloween themed birthday cake.

This is a festive dessert that the kids can help decorate the top of the cake. Whether it is for a family dinner or a Halloween party, this cake is fun to make.

Ingredients

Just a few simple ingredients are needed for this recipe. Refer to the recipe card for the measurements.

• chocolate cake mix
• eggs
• oil
• chocolate sandwich cookies
• chocolate chips
• Halloween sprinkles
• candy pumpkins
• gummy worms

See recipe card for quantities.

How to Make a Graveyard cake

The full recipe instructions for this copycat recipe are in the recipe card, below but here is a step by step overview.

Combine cake mix with eggs, oil and water according to package directions

Pour cake batter into oblong pan and bake cake at 350° f.

Melt chocolate chips and fill piping bag.

Pipe out RIP on milano cookies. Let set.

Frost cake with chocolate frosting. Meanwhile, Make chocolate “dirt” with the chocolate sandwich cookies. (see below)

Cover the top of the cake with crushed Oreos.

Add cookie headstones, candy pumpkins and gummy works to the top of the cake.

Hint: To make the chocolate dirt, crush Oreos in a ziploc plastic bag using a rolling pin or your hands to crush cookies.

If you are looking for Halloween Appetizers for your party, be sure to check out our Halloween treats board, Mummy Meatballs , Jalapeño popper Mummies and our Mummy Dogs.

Substitutions & Variations

There are some fun ways to change this up.

• Round cake – instead of using a 13 x 9 pan, you can use two 9″ round cake pans
• Ghosts – Fondant ghosts or ghost peeps also make for fun cake topper ideas.
• Spooky Eyes – you can add candy eyes coming out from the “dirt”.

Equipment

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• large mixing bowl
• electric mixer
• 13″ x 9″ baking pan
• piping bag and tip

Storage

Store leftover cake wrapped with plastic wrap or in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

I hope you enjoyed this simple Halloween cake recipe and hope you have a happy Halloween.

Halloween Sheet Cake

Raquel Pineira

This festive Halloween sheet cake is a great dessert idea for Halloween parties or fall dinners. This graveyard cake is easy and fun to make.

5 from 34 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course cake, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 15

Calories 71 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 box Chocolate fudge cake mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 container of chocolate frosting
• About 32 Chocolate sandiwch cookies
• 10 Milano cookies
• ½ cup chocolate chips
• For topping-
• Gummy worms
• candy corn pumpkins
• sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees f, and spray a 9×13 inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together cake mix, oil, water, and eggs, per package directions.
• Pour into prepared 9×13 inch pan.
• Bake according to the package directions- 30-35 minutes.
• Lay 9-10 Milano cookies onto a plate, set aside.
• Then, heat your chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl, on 20 second increments, stirring well in between. Add to a plastic sandwich sized storage bag, and snip the very tip off of the bag. Use the melted chocolate to write “RIP” onto your Milano cookies.
• Place cookies into the refrigerator to allow chocolate to set.
• Next, add chocolate cookies to a food processor, and blitz to crumbs. Set aside.
• Scoop the chocolate frosting out of the container and into a microwave safe bowl.
• Microwave for 20 seconds, and stir well. The frosting should be pourable.
• Pour the frosting evenly over the cake.
• Sprinkle oreo crumbs over the frosting.
• Decorate the cake with RIP cookies, candy pumpkins and gummy worms. Enjoy!

Notes

Hint: To make the chocolate dirt, crush Oreos in a ziploc plastic bag using a rolling pin or your hands to crush cookies.

Be sure to let cake completely cool before frosting.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 71kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 8mgPotassium: 25mgSugar: 3gVitamin A: 32IUCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.1mg

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