Description
Spooky and fun Halloween Spider Cupcakes featuring chocolate cupcakes with black frosting, white spiderweb designs, and topped with toy spider rings—perfect for a festive party treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 24 baked chocolate cupcakes (preferably in black cupcake liners)
Frosting
- 3 cups chocolate frosting
- 1 cup white frosting
- black food coloring (enough to tint the frosting black)
Decoration
- 24 toy spider rings
Instructions
- Prepare Cupcakes: Fill cupcake liners a little less than two-thirds full with batter to ensure flat tops when baked. Bake the cupcakes and allow them to cool completely before frosting.
- Color Frosting: Prepare the chocolate frosting, then add black food coloring to tint it black for the spiderweb base.
- Apply Base Frosting: Frost a thin layer of the black chocolate frosting on the tops of each cooled cupcake, creating a smooth base for the spiderweb design.
- Create Spiderweb Eyes: Using a small frosting tip or a ziplock bag with a corner cut, pipe two white circles on each cupcake with the white frosting. Add a small dot in the center of each white circle to represent eyes.
- Draw Spiderweb: Starting at the center dot of each white eye, use a toothpick to pull straight lines outward to the edges of the cupcake, repeating around to form the spiderweb pattern.
- Add Spider Rings: Finally, place one toy spider ring on top of each cupcake to complete the Halloween spider theme.
Notes
- Use black cupcake liners to enhance the Halloween theme and hide any imperfections from frosting.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cool before frosting to prevent melting or slipping.
- If black food coloring is not available, use a very dark brown or charcoal food coloring alternatively.
- To pipe the white frosting, use a small round tip or cut a very small hole in a ziplock bag for more control.
- Carefully handle the toy spider rings to avoid snapping or injury.
- These cupcakes can be made a day ahead and stored in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
