Halloween Spider Cupcakes
Creepy crawly spider cupcake recipe, easy to make and delicious. This spider cupcake recipe looks great on Halloween party dessert tables. Topped with Oreo's and candy makes this a great fun Halloween recipe to make with the kids.

This Creepy crawly Spider cupcakes recipe is perfect for any Halloween dessert table. They are so simple to make, basically a kid friendly recipe. This is one of my absolute favorite Halloween cupcake recipes to date. Halloween cupcakes always disappear from the dessert table first, everyone seems to love them. The chocolate cupcake sponge itself tastes soft, moist and so chocolaty. Everyone loves this recipe as its quick and easy to make, you just need a whisk and a mixing bowl.... and obviously the spooky ingredients LOL.
This Creepy crawly Spider cupcakes recipe is perfect for any Halloween dessert table. They are so simple to make, basically a kid friendly recipe. This is one of my absolute favorite Halloween cupcake recipes to date. Halloween cupcakes always disappear from the dessert table first, everyone seems to love them. The chocolate cupcake sponge itself tastes soft, moist and so chocolaty. Everyone loves this recipe as its quick and easy to make, you just need a whisk and a mixing bowl.... and obviously the spooky ingredients LOL.
Spider Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the chocolate cupcakes
- 190 g Plain flour All purpose flour
- 200 g Granulated sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 25 g Cocoa powder
- 1 Tablespoon White distilled vinegar
- 236 ml Coffee Warm, not hot
- 80 ml Olive oil
- 1 Medium Egg at room temperature
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract
For the chocolate buttercream frosting
- 115 g Unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 Teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 160 g Icing sugar
- 30 g Cocoa powder
- 2 Teaspoons Milk
For the Halloween spider decoration
Instructions
To make the chocolate cupcakes
- First preheat your oven to 170 Celsius or 340 degrees Fahrenheit , grab yourself a muffin tin and fill with 12 cupcake cases. Grab two mixing bowls, one for wet ingredients and one for dry ingredients.
- In one bowl add in the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt then give it a good mix making sure there are know big lump of cocoa powder.
- In the second mixing bowl add in the warm coffee, vinegar, olive oil, vanilla extract and 1 egg then whisk until all the ingredients are combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients and whisk until all the ingredients are well combined and you have a runny batter like mixture (don't over mix).
- Divide the cupcake batter evenly between the 12 cupcake cases, fill each paper case 2/3 full, I use an ice cream scoop to make each portion even.
- Bake in the middle of your preheated oven for 20 minutes, to test if the cupcakes are cooked simply stick a wooden cocktail stick into the center of your cupcake, if it comes out clean its done if there is a little batter stuck to it, pop them back into your oven and bake for a couple more minutes.
- Once baked leave to cool for five minutes in their tin before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
To make the chocolate buttercream frosting.
- Into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer add in your butter (room temperature) and cream it for a few minutes using the paddle attachment or wooden spoon.
- While the butter is being creamed measure out and sieve your icing sugar and cocoa powder into a separate mixing bowl and set to one side.
- Next add in your vanilla extract and give it a quick mix.
- Add in your dry ingredients a little at a time and mix well. Continue mixing until the frosting is thick and creamy. Last but not least add in 1 tablespoon of milk and give it one more mix until it’s all incorporated.
How to make the Halloween spider decoration
- Using a palette knife add a little chocolate buttercream to the top of each cupcake, making sure to reach the edges and smooth it off, Set the cupcakes to side once you have finished frosting them all.
- Next open and scrape out the cream of 12 Oreo cookies, add the biscuit pieces into a zip lock bag and crush them with a rolling pin until they are in little crumbs and set to one side.
- Now take the liquorice lace from the Catherine wheel candy and cut it into short lengths for the spiders legs you'll need 96 legs all together.
- Now your ready to decorate and make your spiders, top each cake with the crushed Oreo cookies.
- Add on two candy eyes to the front of each cake.
- Lastly add 8 spider legs from a lengths of liquorice lace adding 4 legs to each side of the cupcake.
- That’s its your creepy crawly spider cupcakes are ready to serve.
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If your hosting a Halloween party this year and need a few more Halloween inspired recipe ideas why not take a look at some of Love Food Feed's most popular spooky treats, Toxic Fizz looks amazing on the drinks table and the Witches brew punch is always a big hit at all our parties. We even have a spider web celebration cake which would make a great center piece at any Halloween buffet table.
This looks great thanks my little one is terrified of spiders lol
Lol