My food writer, Kari, created this adorable little Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe for her daughter’s girl scout troop and they were impressed! She told me that no one even mentioned eating a Halloween Spider in May! Just goes to show you…spiders and bugs are a year-round fascination with children!
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Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe
Coincidentally, my daughter’s baby shower is next weekend…and she’s having a Halloween themed baby shower! We are having a pastry chef create her a Nightmare Before Christmas themed cake, but these adorable little cupcakes would make a great addition!
This fun cupcakes recipe is of course perfect for Halloween, but you can really make them any time of year – they are especially good for little kids who love bugs and insects!
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Check out these delicious Halloween recipes that I have shared over the years. They are all tried and true recipes that I have made over the years, or my trusty food writers have made.
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Can I make this Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe ahead of time?
You can bake up this easy Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe and store it in your fridge or an air tight sealed container for up to 3 days before they get too stale – and hard!
How to Make this Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients needed to make this Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe:
- 24 chocolate cupcakes, baked and cooled
- 1 tub, 16 oz, white frosting
- 12 Oreo sandwich cookies
- black color gel
- 1/4″ candy eyes
- 1 tablespoon white candy melts or white chocolate chips
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Directions for making this Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe:
Frost each cupcake with white frosting.
Place 1 cookie on 12 cupcakes.
Use black color gel to draw legs onto each cookie spider.
Repeat until all cookies have legs.
To affix eyes onto spiders, place candy melts or white chocolate chips is a resealable sandwich bag but do not seal.
Place into microwave and heat on 50% power for 30 seconds. Knead bag until chocolate is smooth and melted and if necessary, repeat microwaving and kneading until melted. Snip a very small tip in the bag and pipe chocolate onto the back of the candy eyes.
Press eyes onto the cookies. Let stand to harden.
With remaining cupcakes, draw a web onto the top. Start with six lines, intersecting in the center to make 6 triangle pie shapes.
Place loops between the lines to create the web.
Serve immediately or store loosely covered until ready to serve.
This Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe makes 24 cupcakes.
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Halloween Spider Cupcakes Recipe
Halloween Spider Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 24 chocolate cupcakes baked and cooled
- 1 tub 16 oz, white frosting
- 12 Oreo sandwich cookies
- black color gel
- 1/4 " candy eyes
- 1 tablespoon white candy melts or white chocolate chips
Instructions
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Frost each cupcake with white frosting.
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Place 1 cookie on 12 cupcakes. Use black color gel to draw legs onto each cookie spider. Repeat until all cookies have legs.
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To affix eyes onto spiders, place candy melts or white chocolate chips is a resealable sandwich bag but do not seal. Place into microwave and heat on 50% power for 30 seconds. Knead bag until chocolate is smooth and melted and if necessary, repeat microwaving and kneading until melted. Snip a very small tip in the bag and pipe chocolate onto the back of the candy eyes. Press eyes onto the cookies. Let stand to harden.
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With remaining cupcakes, draw a web onto the top. Start with six lines, intersecting in the center to make 6 triangle pie shapes. Place loops between the lines to create the web.
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Serve immediately or store loosely covered until ready to serve.
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Makes 24 cupcakes.
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