Easy & fun spider web cupcakes are the perfect treat to bring to your Halloween party, and they are totally fool-proof!
When I was a little kid, I absolutely LOVED Halloween. Not surprising that this theatre kid loved getting dressed up, right? The best part was that every year my dad would take me trick-or-treating, and we would have themed costumes. I can’t remember everything we did, but I know it included The Lion King and 101 Dalmations. Sometimes he would rent the most elaborate costumes from local costume shops. He always went all-out, and it made the holiday really special to me.
In fact, I’m pretty sure I went trick-or-treating all the way through high school, and even one year in college (with my brother–not alone!!). Oh my brother…one year we went he was riding some scooter around! The epitome of lazy, right? I have never let him get over that one!
I actually haven’t really gotten into Halloween for a long time…until this year! You guys, Nicole and I had such a blast getting dressed into costumes, playing with dry ice and spider webs, and creating fun Halloween concoctions together. It really reminded me what this holiday is about (for me)–having fun. I’m actually looking forward to it this year also because I work at an arts school, and I just know my students are going to come decked out in super creative costumes.
So let’s chat about these cupcakes. They are ridiculously simple. You can use any chocolate cupcake you’d like. Homemade, box mix, even one you buy from the store. I like chocolate because of the dark color, but anything will work. Red? Orange? Candy corn colors? You name it. Then you just need a white frosting. I used cream cheese because that’s what I like, but you could use butter cream, or even a store bought variety (although, I beg you, don’t buy the ones with the weird hydrogenated oils). You’ll also need some black royal icing. Confession:I bought one at the store. This stuff is totally out of my realm, and I was all about ease and simplicity.
A few tips that will help you:
- Use a very small tip on your piping bag. <—Small tip = more control
- Chill the royal icing. <–chilled icing makes it thicker, less runny, and easier to work with
- Start conservatively. <–You can always add later, but you can’t take away.
- Practice on some wax paper or paper towel before trying it out on your cupcakes. <–I did, and I figured out what I liked.
In the latest episode of Drink & Dish, I demonstrate exactly how to make these, so you can see the step-by-step process. Nicole makes a devil’s food cake martini that is not only delicious, but she also shows how to use her awesome fake blood to make your martini look like blood is dripping down it–totally creepy and awesome. Oh, and we definitely wore costumes. It was my favorite episode we’ve ever filmed.
Easy & fun spider web cupcakes are the perfect treat to bring to your Halloween party, and they are totally fool-proof!
Ingredients
- Chocolate cupcakes
- Cream cheese frosting (or butter cream, or any white frosting)
- Black royal icing
Instructions
https://arismenu.com/drink-dish-spider-web-cupcakes/
Those cupcakes turned out spook-tacular!
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cute!
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How pretty!
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I used to love Halloween but now I stress because I can never think of a costume. It’s a good thing there’s Instagram and Pinterest! These cupcakes look super cute and those little webs on top are just perfect.
Katy @ KatysKitchen recently posted…Pumpkin Cornbread Waffles
I love everything about Halloween. I think my son is a bit too young to do these with him, but next year I think I will have him help me make these!
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They would be super fun to do with kids! I am basically a kid (maturity wise), so I’m sure he’d enjoy it next year! 😉
Amazing photos! I loved the video too, you guys are too cute 🙂 haha
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These are so much fun! I liked Halloween growing up, but I would always make my brother knock on the doors when we went trick-or-treating, haha!
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Awww that’s so cute! What a good brother. 😉
This is so fantastic!! Love everything about the cupcakes because I am also not very good at anything related to visual art, haha. These I think I could handle. And I adore you two in this video. The costumes are great and it just looks like fun. 🙂
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You too??? I always imagined you had beautiful handwriting and drew things perfectly. You could totally make these! And thanks so much for all your support Jenn. It really means a lot!
Such fun cupcakes for one of my favorite times of year!
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Ari, these cupcakes look spectacular! Pinning them! You decorated them beautifully and the spider web is so perfectly shaped. And, I want to eat that frosting on top with a spoon!
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Aww thanks Julia! And the frosting? Me too. I had extra and I had to throw it in the sink IMMEDIATELY to stop myself from making a very big frosting mistake, haha.
These are super cool! I wanna make these for Halloween!
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Love the costumes and the pictures are phenomenal! It’s the first picture I was drawn to when I looked at Foodgawker this morning!
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They look fantastic 🙂 Gr8 job..
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Obviously I think these are the cutest things ever, since we basically made the same cupcakes. 🙂 Great minds! Love the black on white, and the orange spiders are an awesome touch!
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Loved this episode and these cupcakes! Great pics too!
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You crack me up Ari. Love these, and I am sure your students will approve. SO pinnable. Doing that now:)
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Boo, I’ve been trying to comment on your last few posts but they haven’t been showing up. I wonder if it’s a problem with bloglovin. ANYWHO these cupcakes are gorgeous, perfect little webs. I made some spider cupcakes once with liquorice for the legs but it was a bit finicky and I bet these would be way easier!
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I found them–they all went to spam. I have no idea why my blog thinks that you’re spam when you are obviously not and comment all the time. So sorry!! It was a nice kick in the pants to go through the hundreds of comments in that folder though… Thanks friend! And yes, these are SO easy! 🙂