Recipe

Creepy Spider Cupcakes Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mountainmama / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago With chocolate bodies and licorice legs, these cute spiders on cobwebs will "catch" attention fast! They're easy to scare up, too—simply put a Halloween spin on cupcakes they baked from a purchased from a mix. Prep:30m Cook:25m Servings:9	Mountainmam
	devils food cream cheese confectioners sugar chocolate chips

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Ingredients

1 package (18-1/4 ounces) devil's food cake mix

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened

3 cups confectioners' sugar

2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon milk, divided

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Red and yellow liquid food coloring or orange paste food coloring

1 tablespoon baking cocoa

Round pastry tip #3

9 chocolate kisses

9 semisweet chocolate chips

Black shoestring licorice, cut into 3/4-inch pieces

18 white nonpareils

Directions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions.

Fill greased jumbo muffin cups with 1/2 cup batter. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Cut a thin slice off the top of each cupcake.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla; mix well. Remove 1 cup; tint orange and frost cupcakes. To the remaining frosting, add baking cocoa and remaining milk. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert round tip. Fill with chocolate frosting. Pipe a web on each cupcake; set remaining frosting aside.

For spider, insert chocolate kiss, point side down, next to edge of cupcake. Insert chocolate chip, point side down, next to kiss. Place four licorice pieces on each side of kiss. For eyes, pipe two small circles of chocolate frosting on chocolate chip; insert nonpareils.

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