Recipe
Halloween Spider Cupcakes with Candy Legs
Fun chocolate cupcakes decorated with Oreo spiders and candy eyes — spooky, cute, and perfect for kids to help decorate!
Prep Time 40 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Time: 1 hour 
Difficulty: Moderate
Yield: 12 cupcakesIngredients
Chocolate Cupcakes:
- 150 g all-purpose flour
- 50 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 200 g sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 100 ml milk
- 75 ml vegetable oil (rapeseed or canola)
- 100 ml hot coffee
Chocolate Buttercream:
- ½ batch of my Cocoa Chocolate Buttercream
Royal Icing:
- 30 g powdered sugar
- 1 tsp egg white
Decoration:
- 4-5 candy laces
- 12 Oreos
- 24 sugar eyes
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes:
- Sift together flour and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Add sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and salt, and whisk to combine.150 g all-purpose flour, 50 g unsweetened cocoa powder, 200 g sugar, 1 tbsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp salt
- Add the egg, milk, and oil, and stir with a spoon or spatula until smooth. Pour in the hot coffee and mix until the batter is thin and even.1 egg, 100 ml milk, 75 ml vegetable oil, 100 ml hot coffee
- Divide the batter evenly into 12 cupcake liners placed in a muffin tin. Bake at 180 °C (356 °F) for 15–17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
Chocolate Buttercream:
- Prepare the chocolate buttercream following my recipe for Cocoa Chocolate Buttercream.½ batch of my Cocoa Chocolate Buttercream
- Fill the buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (about 1 cm / ⅜ inch).
Royal Icing:
- Whisk together powdered sugar and egg white until smooth and slightly runny. This will act as edible glue for the spider decorations.30 g powdered sugar, 1 tsp egg white
Decorating:
- Cut the candy laces into short pieces for spider legs.4-5 candy laces
- Gently separate each Oreo using a sharp knife. Press eight licorice legs into the cream filling — four on each side. Add a small dab of royal icing in the center and place the top cookie back on.12 Oreos
- Dip the sugar eyes into a little royal icing and “glue” them onto the Oreo top (a pair of tweezers helps!).24 sugar eyes
- Pipe buttercream on each cooled cupcake. Hold the piping bag vertically over the center and press until a smooth mound forms.
- Gently press an Oreo spider on top of each cupcake so it sticks to the frosting.