Spiderweb Halloween Cupcakes

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Spiderweb Halloween cupcakes are a beautiful, stunning, unexpected treat! They’re perfect for Halloween parties, October movie nights, and classroom celebrations. Make this Halloween extra special with homemade chocolate cupcakes topped with delicious vanilla frosting and white cotton candy.

Halloween Spiderweb Cupcakes

HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES

It’s super easy to make these spooky, stylish Halloween cupcakes! These are the simple ingredients you’ll need to make decadent chocolate cupcakes:

  • Granulated sugar
  • All-purpose flour
  • Natural unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Baking soda
  • Baking powder
  • Sea salt
  • Large eggs, room temperature
  • Whole milk
  • Vegetable oil
  • Pure vanilla extract
  • Boiling Water

Spiderweb Halloween Cupcakes

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

This chocolate cupcake recipe produces beautiful tender cupcakes. Here’s how to make delicious chocolate cupcakes with a good crumb:

  1. Adjust oven rack to the center position. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line muffin cups with cupcake liners.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the dry ingredients. Mix briefly.
  4. Add the eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla. Beat for two minutes.
  5. Pour in the boiling water. Mix until incorporated.

Best Chocolate Cupcakes

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE RECIPE

The homemade batter for these yummy Halloween cupcakes is thin, not thick. Prepare your USA cupcake pans with decorative Halloween liners.

  1. Using a 1/4 measuring cup, ladle the the batter into 27 cupcake liners.
  2. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted inserted into the center of two separate cupcakes comes out clean.
  3. Allow the chocolate cupcakes to cool for 15 minutes while in the pans.
  4. Remove to wire racks to finish cooling.

Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

BEST VANILLA FROSTING

This recipe produces the best vanilla frosting you’ve ever tasted! These are the ingredients you’ll need to make a batch of scrumptious vanilla frosting:

Best Vanilla Frosting

HOW TO FROST CUPCAKES

For frosting these chocolate cupcakes I used my favorite decorating tip: an open star ATECO #828 TIP. It gives frosted cupcakes a beautiful bakery-style look.

  1. With scissors, snip off one corner of a quart-size kitchen bag.
  2. Push a decorating tip through the small opening in the bag.
  3. Spoon frosting into the bag. Press out all the air. Close the seal.

Chocolate Cupcakes

PERFECTLY FROSTED CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Here’s how to frost a batch of chocolate cupcakes quickly and easily:

  1. Use even pressure when squeezing out the vanilla frosting.
  2. Start piping at the outer edge of the chocolate cupcakes.
  3. Spiral toward the middle.
  4. At the desired height, lift up to create a peak of vanilla frosting.

Spiderweb Cupcakes for Halloween

HALLOWEEN SPIDERWEB CUPCAKES

These spiderweb cupcakes for Halloween require white cotton candy (sweet spun candy or fairy floss). Look for it at an old-fashioned candy store in your area. Here’s how to make spiderwebs for your Halloween cupcakes:

  1. Make sure your hands are clean and very dry.
  2. With a decorating scriber needle, separate thin wispy layers of cotton candy.
  3. Gently lift and place a few pieces on top of the vanilla frosting.
  4. Top off your Halloween spiderweb cupcakes with licorice spiders.
  5. If using plastic spiders, remove the spiders before serving!

Halloween Cupcakes with Spiderwebs

BEST HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES

Keep these important tips in mind when making spiderweb Halloween cupcakes:

  • Spun sugar is fragile and does not hold up well in heat.
  • Add the spiderwebs to your chocolate cupcakes just before serving.
  • Do not place spiderweb cupcakes in a drafty area.
  • Do not place plastic spiders on cupcakes served to children.
  • Enjoy Halloween cupcakes the same day they’re made!

Halloween Cupcakes with cotton candy

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Spiderweb Halloween Cupcakes

Spiderweb Halloween Cupcakes


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Beautiful spiderweb Halloween cupcakes are the perfect treat for your upcoming Halloween party!


Ingredients

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CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 +3/4 all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa (natural, unsweetened)
  • 1 + 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 + 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (use the clear type)
  • 1 cup boiling water

VANILLA FROSTING

  • 4 + 1/2 sticks butter, cold (2.25 cups)
  • 7 + 1/2 cups powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
  • 1 +1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

SPIDERWEBS

  • 1 two-ounce container of cotton candy

Instructions

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

  1. Adjust oven rack to the center. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Line muffin pans with 27 cupcake wrappers.
  3. In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients: sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder, and salt. Add in the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. With an electric mixer beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water.
  4. Fill the cupcake liners with batter using a 1/4 measuring cup.
  5. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes within the pans. Remove to wire racks. Cool completely before frosting.

VANILLA FROSTING

  1. Chop the cold butter into tiny pieces. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, whip the butter for 6-7 minutes until it’s light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl, as needed.
  2. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix on low speed until incorporated. Beat for one minute.
  3. Add in 2 more cups of powdered sugar. Beat on low speed until sugar is well incorporated. Increase speed to medium-high. Beat the frosting for 3 minutes.
  4. Add the final cup of powdered sugar and the heavy whipping cream. Beat on low speed, gradually increasing the speed to medium-high. Beat for 4-5 minutes so the frosting is light and airy.

SPIDERWEB HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES

  1. With a decorating scriber needle or toothpick, lift and separate spun candy into thin airy pieces.
  2. Artfully arrange the cotton candy on top of the vanilla frosting.
  3. Add candy spiders to the “spiderwebs” on top of each cupcake.*

Notes

  • If using plastic spiders, be sure to remove before serving!
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

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44 Comments

  1. Girl, you have some serious skills! These are absolutely adorable! My son would LOVE to make these!






  2. These spiderweb Halloween cupcakes look really cute. This is a kid’s dream. A chocolate cupcake, frosting, and cotton candy. My kids will love it.






  3. OMG, my kids will LOVE this. They love spiders and when Halloween comes they love talking about spiders. These look like the perfect cupcakes for a kids Halloween party.






  4. Ohh, this is so nice. I am so glad I stumble upon your website. This is a perfect addition for the Halloween treats on our upcoming family gathering/ Halloween party.

  5. Wow, these cupcakes are very beautiful! I want to eat them every day. Ideal for Halloween. Thank you for this great recipe! So YUMMY!






  6. These are all so creative and sooo pretty! My desserts would not come out looking like that haha!

    Kasey Ma

  7. wow! these are SOOO cute! they would be so fun for a party-or just as a fun treat for my kids. I absolutely LOVE them!

  8. These look pretty cool! The cotton candy is a nice touch. At first I thought it was the spiderweb stuff you buy for decorations but with these you can actually eat it!

  9. Wow! These look incredible. I love how they look and I bet they’d be great for my kids Halloween parties!

  10. I can tell you had a lot of fun with this post. I am getting ready to make cake balls for Halloween and I am so excited about it! Loving the “eyes” peeking out at you!






  11. So spooky and fun! I really liked the part about the vanilla frosting – it does look magnificent! I am ready to make a big batch of this frosting! :)






  12. I think this looks so cool! My kiddo and I like to celebrate the holidays by making themed stuff. These cupcakes are perfect for Halloween and I can’t wait to make them with him!

  13. Your Halloween cupcakes look so delicious with just the right amount of spooky. Love the spiderwebs on top and all that frosting! Yum!






  14. This is such a cool idea. Your vanilla frosting looks so yummy. Looking forward to trying this recipe with my kiddos.

  15. Those are beautiful. I know they’d be a welcome addition to any of our fall celebrations. We adore homemade chocolate cupcakes.