The BEST and most delicious spider cupcakes with licorice legs for Halloween. The cupcakes are moist, tender, and got a vanilla flavor. Bake them and make the spider topping really easy. A delicious treat for Halloween.
Easy Spider Halloween Cupcakes
Sunday is my baking day! And today a spooky treat. I saw this idea come along to the website taste of home and this is my spider cupcake variant. After tasting, I found them great, and the children were flabbergasted. So they were successful! The recipe is simple, quick, and got great effect! We surely make them for our Halloween party.
What to use for these Spider Cupcakes for Halloween
These ingredients do you use for the Spider Halloween Cupcakes:
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📖 Recipe
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 stick butter unsalted, room temperature
- ⅔ cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs size L
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 2 tablespoons milk
Decoration
- 4 tablespoons Nutella paste
- 4 tablespoons Chocolate sprinkles
- 6 licorice laces
- 12 M & M's green and red for a spooky effect
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat oven to
350 °F or 320 °F - Put the paper cupcake forms in the baking pan.
Cupcakes
- Mix the butter with the sugar for three minutes until airy at high speed.1 stick butter, ⅔ cups sugar
- Add the vanilla extract and eggs one by one, while continuing to mix. Add the next egg when the previous one is fully incorporated.1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 eggs
- Mix for two minutes.
- Turn the mixer to low speed and add half of the flour, then two tablespoons of milk followed by the rest of the flour. Turn the mixer off, when the flour is incorporated.1 cup self-rising flour, 2 tablespoons milk
- Divide the batter between the muffin cups (fill the cups about ⅔) and put it in the oven.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Check with a satay pricker if the cakes are done.
- Let the cakes cool on a wire rack to room temperature.
Decoration
- Coat the top of the cupcake with a layer of Nutella.4 tablespoons Nutella paste
- Spread the sprinkles on top.4 tablespoons Chocolate sprinkles
- Cut the licorice laces into small pieces of about 1 ½ inch (three cm) (you need eight pieces per cupcake).6 licorice laces
- Insert a skewer to make eight holes for the legs in the cupcake and put a licorice lace in each hole.
- Smear a bit of Nutella on the M & M (on the side with the white letter) and "glue" it on the cupcake.12 M & M's
Notes
- Self-rising flour: Substitute with 1 cup of all-purpose flour mixed with a teaspoon baking powder.
- Nutella: can be substituted with dark apple butter or chocolate paste
- M&M's: use Smarties or jelly beans instead of these chocolate treats
- Licorice lace: You can also use strawberry lace if you like them better.
- The cupcakes can be stored, undecorated, for up to two days at room temperature. Store them in an airtight container.
- You can freeze undecorated cupcakes. Wrap them airtight and store them in a box. This way they can be stored up to one month.
- When the cupcakes are decorated, you have to eat them the same day.
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