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.

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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.

October is one of my favorite months of the year, as the character Anne from the famous book Anne of Green Gables quoted "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers". Its seriously the best month of the year. Not only is it Halloween, the autumn colors are just beautiful, oranges, reds and yellows, there's pumpkin picking, hot chocolate to make, wearing cozy jumpers and thick socks. Plus parties with friends, scary movies and also its pizza month, you cant get much better than that.

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.

October is one of my favorite months of the year, as the character Anne from the famous book Anne of Green Gables quoted "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers". Its seriously the best month of the year. Not only is it Halloween, the autumn colors are just beautiful, oranges, reds and yellows, there's pumpkin picking, hot chocolate to make, wearing cozy jumpers and thick socks. Plus parties with friends, scary movies and also its pizza month, you cant get much better than that.
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Spider Cupcakes

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These creepy crawly spider cupcakes are simple to make and taste delicious too. 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.
5 from 9 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Servings 12
Calories 338 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the chocolate cupcakes

For the chocolate buttercream frosting

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.
    Preheat oven 170 degrees
  • 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.
    Chocolate cupcake ready to be decorated

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.
    Chocolate cupcake being iced with chocolate buttercream
  • 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.
    Oreo biscuit opened scraping out cream with a knife
  • 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.
    Catherine Liquorice wheels used to make spider legs
  • Now your ready to decorate and make your spiders, top each cake with the crushed Oreo cookies.
    Top each Halloween cupcake with crushed Oreo cookies
  • Add on two candy eyes to the front of each cake.
    added edible eye balls to oreo spider halloween cupcake
  • Lastly add 8 spider legs from a lengths of liquorice lace adding 4 legs to each side of the cupcake.
    adding liquorice legs to oreo spider halloween cupcake
  • That’s its your creepy crawly spider cupcakes are ready to serve.
    Oreo spider Halloween cupcake ready to serve

Video

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Notes

Tips & Tricks
If your not keen on the taste of liquorice you can use cola laces instead for the spider legs.

Nutrition

Calories: 338kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 309mgPotassium: 136mgFiber: 3gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 292IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 3mg
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