This Spun Spiderweb Cupcakes recipe is perfect for your Halloween party. Easy to make and the kids (and adults) will love them.

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Spun Spiderweb Cupcakes Recipe
With Halloween right around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about what to serve the kiddos.
No one knows for sure if Halloween will even take place publicly this year or not once again.
However, you can still celebrate Halloween with your family and this Spun Spiderweb Cupcakes recipe is perfect.
Happy Haunting!
Scary Halloween Cupcakes Ingredients
- Chocolate Cupcakes (Prepared, you can vanilla if you prefer)
- Vanilla Marshmallow Fluffy Frosting
- Sugar
- Corn Syrup
- Water
- Plastic Toy Spiders
(ring spiders work too)
- Candy Thermometer
- Parchment Paper
*You can find the exact amounts in the recipe card below.
**Note: If you don't want to make the spiderwebs out of the sugar and corn syrup, you can make them with chocolate simply by using a Chocolate Pen.
SpiderWeb Cupcakes Recipe
In a saucepan, add the sugar, corn syrup, and water, mix well. Place a candy thermometer on the side of the pan.
Over medium to high heat, bring the mixture to a boil. Make sure you are constantly stirring until you’ve reached a boil.
Once the mixture is boiling, STOP stirring. Let the mixture boil for 6-7 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 280 degrees.
Take off the stove immediately and with a wire whisk create small round “webs” on parchment paper.
I just spun the whisk in circles and crisscrossed back and forth a few times until I had a little web.
***You must work FAST. The candy will start to harden quickly.
Make as many as you can before the mixture is gone or starts to harden.
I managed to make about 12. I made extra just in case some broke.
Let cool completely.
While those are cooling, frost your cupcakes.
Once the webs are completely cooled, carefully stand them up on each cupcake.
If needed, take a knife and make a score on the cupcake and place the web in the scored line. It’ll give the candy web a place to “sit” into.
Place spiders all around on each cupcake. Just be really careful when placing them on the web.
Serve right away and enjoy!
Spun Spiderweb Cupcakes Recipe
This Spun Spiderweb Cupcakes recipe is perfect for your Halloween party. Easy to make and the kids (and adults) will love them.
Ingredients
- 6 Chocolate Cupcakes (Prepared)
- Vanilla Marshmallow Fluffy Frosting 1 Can
- Sugar 1 Cup
- Tbsp Corn Syrup
- ¼ Water
- Plastic Toy Spiders (ring spiders work too)
- Candy Thermometer
- Parchment Paper
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add the sugar, corn syrup, and water, mix well. Place a candy thermometer on the side of the pan.
- Over medium to high heat, bring mixture to a boil. Make sure you are constantly stirring until you’ve reached a boil.
- Once the mixture is boiling, STOP stirring. Let mixture boil for 6-7 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 280 degrees.
- Take off stove immediately and with a wire whisk create small round “webs” on parchment paper. I just spun the whisk in circles and crisscrossed back and forth a few times until I had a little web.
- Let cool completely.
- While those are cooling, frost your cupcakes.
- Once the webs are completely cooled, carefully stand them up on each cupcake. If needed, take a knife and make a score on the cupcake and place the web in the scored line. It’ll give the candy web a place to “sit” into.
- Place spiders all around on each cupcake. Just be really careful when placing them on the web.
- Serve right away and enjoy!
Notes
***You must work FAST. The candy will start to harden quickly. Make as many as you can before the mixture is gone or starts to harden. I managed to make about 12. I made extra just in case some broke.
**Note: If you don't want to make the spiderwebs out of the sugar and corn syrup, you can make with chocolate simply by using a Chocolate Pen.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 262Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 4mgSodium 66mgCarbohydrates 53gFiber 1gSugar 50gProtein 1g
Nutrition may vary depending on the products used. *Does not include cupcake calories!
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Dana Rodriguez
This is a cute idea. Perfect for a Halloween party!
Beyond Comps
These give me the willies as I hate spiders!