Black and White Spider Web Cupcakes are so fun to make and they're so creepy for a Halloween party! Dark chocolate cake combines with marshmallow buttercream for these spooky treats.
1cunsalted butter,softened but not to room temperature
1 1/2cpowdered sugar
1jarmarshmallow,7 oz
1/4tsp.almond extract
Spider Webs
1packageblack candy melts,12 oz
1packageminiature marshmallows,16 oz
1packageblack candy pearls
24plastic spider rings
Instructions
Bake the Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners into muffin cups.
Combine buttermilk, oil, and eggs in the bowl of your mixer. Add a small amount of black food coloring and mix well. The mixture will then be grey.
Add cake mix and cocoa powder to wet ingredients and mix together until combined.
Use an ice cream scoop to fill cupcake liners 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 15-17 minutes and remove from the oven to cool.
Prepare the Buttercream
Beat the butter with an electric hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar a 1/2 cup at a time until well combined with the butter; add almond extract and marshmallow fluff.
Place the frosting in a 16oz frosting bag fixed with a Wilton 1M star tip. Pipe the frosting evenly over cupcakes.
Top with Spider Webs
From here you can either dip the cupcakes into black candy melts or you can go right to adding the spider webs and spiders.
Adding Webs to Cupcakes with Black Candy Melts
Melt the candy melts according to package directions. Dip cupcakes into the candy melts enough to cover 1/2-2/3 of the buttercream; allow to cool completely
Melt 1 cup mini marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds; do not mix marshmallows.
With bare hands or with gloves (this part is sticky), grab about 2 marshmallows and stretch into strands. Place on the cupcakes to make spider webs. Every cupcake will look different! (Baking with Blondie has a great video for applying marshmallows to cupcakes to make the webs!)
Use scissors to carefully cut the ring part off of the spider rings. Place spiders onto individual cupcakes.
Adding Webs to Cupcakes without Black Candy Melts
With bare hands or with gloves (this part is sticky), grab about 2 marshmallows and stretch into strands. Place on the cupcakes to make spider webs. Every cupcake will look different!
Use scissors to carefully cut the ring part off of the spider rings. Place spiders onto individual cupcakes.
Add candy pearls one at a time to the frosting and spiderwebs for the spider eggs.