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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.
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Black and White Spider Web Cupcakes

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.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, cupcakes, dessert, halloween popcorn
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes

Equipment

  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • stand mixer or electric hand mixer
  • medium mixing bowl
  • whisk
  • wooden spoon
  • muffin tin
  • ice cream scoop
  • 16 oz frosting bag
  • Wilton 1M frosting tip
  • scissors

Ingredients

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

  • 1 dark chocolate cake mix
  • 1/4 c dark chocolate coca powder
  • 1 c buttermilk
  • 1/2 c oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • black food coloring
  • 24 black cupcake liners

Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 c unsalted butter, softened but not to room temperature
  • 1 1/2 c powdered sugar
  • 1 jar marshmallow, 7 oz
  • 1/4 tsp. almond extract

Spider Webs

  • 1 package black candy melts, 12 oz
  • 1 package miniature marshmallows, 16 oz
  • 1 package black candy pearls
  • 24 plastic 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.