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Looking for simple easy Halloween cupcakes? These spider cupcakes are a great option for making Halloween cupcakes. Moist chocolate cupcakes with a spider web and a spider, this is one of my favorite Halloween Cupcake Ideas. 

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Fun Spider Cupcakes – Perfect for a Halloween Cupcake Idea

spider cupcakes

These spider cupcakes are really cute. Rich chocolate cupcakes, topped with a chocolate spider web and a fondant spider, these are cupcakes are going to be a hit for any Halloween party.

How to Store these Easy Halloween Cupcakes

When storing these easy Halloween cupcakes, you want to keep them protected from the air. This makes them spoil faster and makes them fry out. Also, while

How Long do Halloween Cupcakes Last

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Is it hard to make Halloween Cupcake Decorations

These Halloween cupcakes look amazing and it seems like it would be hard to make. However, it is actually really easy. You are making the spider webs using melted chocolate in a piping bag. And the spiders are made using premade store bought fondant. You can make your own, but buying it is inexpensive and a lot easier. These cupcakes will get a lot of oohs and ahhs but you will know that it is actually easy to make. 

Variations on Halloween Cupcake Ideas

These cupcakes are perfect but you can change things up a bit if you wanted. You could make a different flavor of cupcake. You can make a cream cheese icing, or make witches hats instead of spiders. You can make the frosting a different color. Orange really pops with this recipe. There are so many Halloween cupcake ideas that this is a great way to get inspiration and go from there. 

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Ingredients in Spider Cupcakes

  • Chocolate Cupcakes
  • Ghirardelli melting chocolate chips
  • butter
  • powder sugar
  • vanilla
  • heavy whipping cream
  • black fondant
  • black cookie icing

Equipment Needed

  • Halloween Cupcakes Liners
  • Cupcake pans
  • piping bag
  • star tip
  • cookie sheet
  • bakers slipmat

How to Make Spider Web Cupcakes

There are several steps to making spider web cupcakes, but they are not hard to do. I am breaking down the directions into each section and then putting the cupcakes together. 

How to Make Chocolate Spider Webs

Melt chocolate until smooth

Pour melted chocolate into the piping bag

Cut the tip of the piping so there is only a small hole. 

Pipe out a line going horizontal

Pipe 4 lines connecting to the bottom line

Pipe out the half circles connecting the lines to make a spider web

Place into the fridge overnight or for a minimum of an hour

spider cupcakes

How to Make Fondant Spiders

Pinch off different sizes of fondant balls. Make sure they are no bigger than 1/4 tsp and 1/2 tsp in size

Roll the fondant into balls

Dip your finger lightly into water

Rub your finger onto the back side of the small ballPlace the larger ball connecting to the small one

Place onto a cookie sheet, making sure they are still connected

The water will act as glue while the fondant dries overnight

Repeat steps for 12 more spider bodies

How to Make Frosting

Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.

Mix until you see stiffed peaks in your frosting.

Mix in a few drops of the green food coloring and continue to mix until fully combined

Scoop frosting into piping bag

Frost cooled cupcakes

How to Assemble Cupcakes
chocolate cupcakes

frosted chocolate cupcakes

Frost the cooled cupcakes

Carefully peel off the chocolate web and place into the frosting

Place a spider body in front of the web

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Using the icing, pipe out legs

Allow icing to harden for 10 minutes

Enjoy!

halloween spider cupcakes

Need More Halloween Ideas?

If you are looking for more Halloween Ideas perfect for parties or get togethers, you are going to absolutely love these Halloween ideas. 

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Spider Cupcakes
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Looking for simple easy Halloween cupcakes? These spider cupcakes are a great option for making Halloween cupcakes. Moist chocolate cupcakes with a spider web and a spider, this is one of my favorite Halloween Cupcake Ideas. 

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: spider cupcakes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
  • Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Spiderwebs
  • 1 C of Ghirardelli melting chocolate chips
Fondant spiders
  • 4 oz black fondant
  • 1 black cookie icing
Frosting Ingredients
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2 1/2 C powder sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
Instructions
How to Make Chocolate Spider Webs
  1. Melt chocolate until smooth
  2. Pour melted chocolate into the piping bag
  3. Cut the tip of the piping so there is only a small hole.
  4. Pipe out a line going horizontal
  5. Pipe 4 lines connecting to the bottom line
  6. Pipe out the half circles connecting the lines to make a spider web
  7. Place into the fridge overnight or for a minimum of an hour
How to Make Fondant Spiders
  1. Pinch off different sizes of fondant balls. Make sure they are no bigger than 1/4 tsp and 1/2 tsp in size
  2. Roll the fondant into balls
  3. Dip your finger lightly into water
  4. Rub your finger onto the back side of the small ballPlace the larger ball connecting to the small one
  5. Place onto a cookie sheet, making sure they are still connected
  6. The water will act as glue while the fondant dries overnight
  7. Repeat steps for 12 more spider bodies
How to Make Frosting
  1. Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.
  2. Mix until you see stiffed peaks in your frosting.
  3. Mix in a few drops of the green food coloring and continue to mix until fully combined
  4. Scoop frosting into piping bag
  5. Frost cooled cupcakes
How to Assemble Cupcakes
  1. Frost the cooled cupcakes
  2. Carefully peel off the chocolate web and place into the frosting
  3. Place a spider body in front of the web
  4. Using the icing, pipe out legs
  5. Allow icing to harden for 10 minutes
  6. Enjoy!

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