This is an easy semi-homemade Halloween Spider Cake Recipe that is also very cute and tasty! With Halloween right around the corner, this Halloween Spider Cake Recipe is the perfect alternative to buying a decorated cake at your local bakery. You will save money, create an adorably spooky cake AND you can even have the kids help, making it a fun family activity!

Halloween Spider Cake Recipe

Halloween is such a fun time for kids, but it is also a fun holiday for adults. I have spent many Halloween weekends in Key West at Fantasy Fest…but unfortunately, I have no one to go with this year. Last year was a total trip, I went as Wonder Woman with one of my good friends – and I got my nose pierced! This year, I will be staying here in Miami and hopefully finding a fun party to go to…which this Halloween Spider Cake Recipe would be perfect for bringing along!

Why Make This Halloween Spider Cake Recipe?

This Halloween Spider Cake Recipe is easy, cute and adorable! It is perfect for classroom Halloween parties, taking to your office for a fun potluck, a church social, or at your own Halloween party.

How to Make This Halloween Spider Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 package, 15.25 oz, vanilla cake mix and ingredients to make cake (egg, oil and water)
1 cup crushed Oreos (about 10 full size Oreo cookies)
1 tub, 16 oz, vanilla frosting
12 mini oreos
Candy Eyes (1/4″ or 6mm in diameter)
1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips

Directions:

Prepare cake according to package directions. Before pouring batter into pan remove 2 teaspoons of crushed Oreos and put them into a separate bowl or resealable sandwich bag. Set bag aside.

Fold remaining Oreos into batter. Pour batter into pan and continue to bake according to package directions. Cool completely.

When cake is cool, frost with frosting.

Take remaining 2 teaspoons of Oreos and finely crush them. If in a bowl, use the back of a spoon or a pastry tart shaper to crush. If in a resealable bag, use a rolling pin to finely crush. Sprinkle on top of the frosting.

Place mini Oreo cookies onto the cake, spacing them apart in 4 rows of 3 cookies each.

Place mini chocolate chips into a resealable sandwich bag but do not seal. Microwave for 45 seconds total, in 15 second increments at 50% power, kneading after each 15 seconds until smooth. Cut a very small tip in the corner of the bag with scissors.

Apply a small amount of chocolate on the back of the eye and attach to the spiders. Repeat until all spiders have eyes. Use the remaining chocolate to create legs on the spider cookies. Let set until chocolate is hard.

Cut your Halloween Spider Cake Recipe into 12 slices and serve!

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Halloween Spider Cake Recipe

Ingredients

1 package 15.25 oz, vanilla cake mix and ingredients to make cake (egg, oil and water)
1 cup crushed Oreos about 10 full size Oreo cookies
1 tub 16 oz, vanilla frosting
12 mini oreos
Candy Eyes 1/4" or 6mm in diameter
1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips

Instructions

Prepare cake according to package directions. Before pouring batter into pan remove 2 teaspoons of crushed Oreos and put them into a separate bowl or resealable sandwich bag. Set bag aside. Fold remaining Oreos into batter. Pour batter into pan and continue to bake according to package directions. Cool completely.
When cake is cool, frost with frosting. Take remaining 2 teaspoons of Oreos and finely crush them. If in a bowl, use the back of a spoon or a pastry tart shaper to crush. If in a resealable bag, use a rolling pin to finely crush. Sprinkle on top of the frosting.
Place mini Oreo cookies onto the cake, spacing them apart in 4 rows of 3 cookies each.
Place mini chocolate chips into a resealable sandwich bag but do not seal. Microwave for 45 seconds total, in 15 second increments at 50% power, kneading after each 15 seconds until smooth. Cut a very small tip in the corner of the bag with scissors.
Apply a small amount of chocolate on the back of the eye and attach to the spiders. Repeat until all spiders have eyes. Use the remaining chocolate to create legs on the spider cookies. Let set until chocolate is hard.