• Spider Cupcakes

  Filed under dessert - cakes/cupcakes
  Oct 25
  

  Can you believe that Halloween is less than a week away?  It seems like when you are a kid, time seems to go so slow. You are so excited to dress up for Halloween and go Trick-or-Treating, but the days just drag on.  Then, as you get older, time just seems to fly by faster and faster.  Before I know it, Christmas is going to come and go!

  In honor of the holiday coming up this weekend, I’m going to be posting Halloween recipes from today until Thursday.  That way, if you are still trying to come up with an idea for a party or just something fun for your family, hopefully I’ll be able to help you out!

  First up are these incredibly cute spider cupcakes.  We had a Halloween party for church this past weekend, and I volunteered to bring some cupcakes for the cake walk.  I saw these online and knew I wanted to make them!!  They are a little time consuming, but totally worth it for the cute factor!

  Spider Cupcakes
  from Bright Ideas

  Makes 24 cupcakes

  24 chocolate cupcakes
  chocolate frosting
  chocolate sprinkles
  24 large marshmallows
  72 M&Ms
  red or black licorice laces

  Spread the tops of the cupcakes with the frosting, reserving about 1/4 cup of the frosting.  Coat the tops of the cupcakes with the chocolate sprinkles.

  Cut the marshmallows in half crosswise.  Take the reserved frosting and put it in a resealable zip top bag.  Cut a small hole in one corner.  Using the frosting like glue, adhere an M&M to each marshmallow.  Using the frosting again, adhere the marshmallow to the cupcake, making the eyes.  Use another M&M to make the nose.  Repeat on all cupcakes.

  Cut each of the licorice laces into 4 equal pieces.  Using a toothpick, poke holes in the sides of the cupcakes.  Insert the cut licorice into the holes to make the legs.  Do 4 legs on each side of the cupcake, making 8 legs per cupcake.

  Make sure and check out some other great Halloween cupcakes at Hoosier Homemade’s Cupcake Tuesday!

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  18 Comments

18 Responses to “Spider Cupcakes”

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   Susi said on October 25th, 2010 at 3:20 pm

   Deborah, these cupcakes are adorable. My kids would love helping me make them and then of course eat them! I have a week of Halloween treats going as well, so I'm really looking forward to your ideas to compare )

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   Sophia said on October 25th, 2010 at 3:53 pm

   Yum!! These cupcakes look delicious! If you're interested in winning a fabulous prize, you should submit this to Recipe4Living's Ghoulishly Good Halloween Recipe Contest!

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   scrambledhenfruit said on October 25th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

   These are so cute! My kids at school would love eating the treats off of the tops of them first.

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   Joanne said on October 25th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

   Haha time seriously does fly! I'm currently baking some pumpkin bars to make up for lost time but these look awesome as well!

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   The Comfort of Cooking said on October 25th, 2010 at 5:49 pm

   Oh my gosh, you made spiders look as cute as they can possibly look… and I am NOT a fan of spiders, but these I want to eat! Thanks for sharing, Deborah!

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   Rosa's Yummy Yums said on October 25th, 2010 at 6:47 pm

   They are so cute!

   Cheers,

   Rosa

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   Julie said on October 26th, 2010 at 12:08 am

   Too cute! I love their big eyes oO

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   Little Inbox said on October 26th, 2010 at 12:46 am

   These are lovely cup cakes for Halloween. In fact, they look so cute!

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   Evan B said on October 26th, 2010 at 1:24 am

   These are so cute! Makes me wish I had a halloween party to go to so I could bring these along!

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    Kim said on October 26th, 2010 at 3:09 am

    Very cute! I'm looking forward to all your Halloween posts.

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    Monet said on October 26th, 2010 at 4:02 am

    Oh I'm so excited to see all your Halloween recipes. This was a great one to begin the week with. Not only do the look adorable but I'm sure they taste great too! And they are so easy to put together. Perfect. Thanks for sharing.

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    keepitsweet said on October 26th, 2010 at 10:34 am

    so cute!!

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    Barbara said on October 26th, 2010 at 10:44 am

    Those are adorable, Deborah! What fun for the kids!

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    Tasha said on October 26th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    These are darling! My little one saw the picture as I was reading this post and loved them.

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    HoosierHomemade said on October 26th, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Super cute! Don't forget about Cupcake Tuesday {wink,wink}
    ~Liz

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    Jacqueline said on October 26th, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    Popping over from Cupcake Tuesday! These are super cute. Those eyes would freak anybody out if that were a real spider. I had bad spider dreams last night! Maybe I just need to eat one and then I will conquer over the spiders! Send one my way.

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    Creative Cupcake Recipes said on October 26th, 2010 at 10:25 pm

    These spiders are the cutest. .

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    grace said on October 28th, 2010 at 9:29 am

    i wish all spiders looked like that–i'd be far less scared of them (and much more amused).

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