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    Spooky Spider Cupcakes

    Published: Oct 20, 2021 · Modified: Oct 4, 2022 by Susie Weinrich · This post may contain affiliate links. Leave a Comment

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    These Spider Cupcakes are the perfect Halloween treat for kids! They make a great Halloween party dessert or classroom treat. You just need chocolate cupcakes, frosting, sprinkles, candy eyes, and pull-n-peel licorice.

    Halloween Spider Cupcakes on a table with a spider web

    Another creepy crawly dessert to check out are these Dirt and Worm Cups!

    Check out some of these other fun Halloween treats that are easy to make: Ghost Cookies, Mummy Cookies, Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls, or Haunted Brownie Brittle.

    Ingredients

    Here are the things that you need to make Spider Cupcakes:

    ingredients

    Cupcakes & Frosting

    You can make your own chocolate cupcakes, use a box mix, or buy some unfrosted cupcakes at the local bakery. All will work!

    Same goes for the frosting – make your own or use store bought. All works!

    Sprinkles

    All sprinkles are not equal… some are crunchy, some are like sugar crystals, and some are soft.

    For these Spider Cupcakes you want to get the soft ones, sometimes called “Jimmies”.

    PRO TIP: Go to your grocery store bakery and ask for 1 cup of chocolate jimmies/sprinkles. They will scoop them into a deli container for you, and they will be much cheaper!

    Step by Step Picture Instructions

    Start by making chocolate cupcakes… or take a shortcut and grab some unfrosted cupcakes from a local bakery or grocery store!

    a tray of chocolate cupcakes

    Frost the cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Then adhere two candy eyes to the frosting.

    Flip the cupcake upside down and dip in the chocolate sprinkles.

    • frosted cupcakes with two candy eyes
    • chocolate cupcakes with candy eyes and dipped in chocolate sprinkles

    Cut the licorice to the right length. Then pull it apart into individual strands.

    Stick the licorice legs into the frosting/cupcake, 4 per side, spiders have 8 legs.

    Spider cupcakes with candy eyes and licorice legs

    All done- you have cute little Spooky Spider Cupcakes perfect for Halloween!

    More Fun Halloween Recipes

    • Halloween Breakfast – Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls
    • Bloody Bone Breadsticks
    • Bloody Shirley Temples
    • Devil’s Margarita

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    Spider cupcakes with candy eyes and licorice legs

    Spider Cupcake Recipe

    Spooky chocolate cupcakes that look like spiders and are perfect for Halloween parties or kid's parties.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    cooling the cupcakes: 1 hour
    Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
    Servings: 18 cupcakes
    Author: Susie Weinrich

    Equipment

    • Cupcake Tin
    • Paper cupcake liners

    Ingredients

    • 15.25 oz box chocolate cake mix makes 18-24 cupcakes
    • (oil, water and eggs per box instructions for the cake mix)
    • 16 oz chocolate frosting
    • 1 cup chocolate sprinkles/jimmies
    • edible candy eyes
    • pull-n-peel red licorice
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    Instructions

    Cupcakes

    • Prepare and bake the box cake mix per package instructions- as cupcakes. You will have 18-24 cupcakes.
    • Cool completely.

    Decorating

    • Frost a cupcake, place two edible candy eyes on one side.
      (NOTE: if you are generous with the frosting you may need a second tub of frosting!)
    • Gently dip the frosted cupcake in the chocolate sprinkles.
    • Cut the pull-n-peel licorice so that you have smaller sections. Pull it apart and then place 8 pieces in the frosting, to appear as the "legs" of the spider.
    • Repeat for all the cupcakes.

    Notes:

    For more spooky recipes head over to the Halloween Category on Mom’s Dinner!
    Did you try this recipe? Connect with me & let me know how it turned out by commenting below!
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    If nutrition facts are provided they are calculated as an estimate to the best of our knowledge.

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