Easy Spooky Spider Cupcakes for Halloween

Create a scare if you dare with these spooktacularly delicious spider cupcakes!

Halloween is all about the treats. And listen, we are so here for it. Give us all the excuses for yummy desserts, cute costumes, and the chance to raid our kids’ candy collections straight through to Thanksgiving. (Dibs on the KitKats!).

What we aren’t here for is the free time to make all those Pinterest-worthy desserts and crafts. We wish we had the free time to create bats out of our kids’ sandwiches or bake a life-sized Frankenstein pizza, but sometimes life doesn’t always work out that way.

We’ve worked some of our busy mom-approved witchcraft, and created these adorable spider cupcakes. The best part, (aside from being delicious of course) they only take a few moments to create. In just a few quick and easy steps you will have all that pin-worthy Halloween cuteness, without all the pin-worthy time.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 1 pkg of boxed cupcake mix (we used pumpkin for our cupcakes, but it would look cute with vanilla or chocolate as well!)
• 1 container of frosting
• Tube of decorators frosting
• cupcake liners
• 1 toothpick
• assorted spider rings
• serving tray (we used this striped one and here is a more cost effective one)

HOW TO CREATE YOUR SPOOKY SPIDER CUPCAKES

1: Bake cupcakes according to box instructions. Let cool for approximately half an hour. (Note: If you want to speed up this process you can buy pre-made cupcakes as well. No judgment.)

2: Once your cupcakes have cooled, place frosting on top spreading out generously. Don’t worry about creating any sort of pattern. You want the frosting to be as smooth and flat as possible.

3: Take your decorator’s frosting and cut the end of the tip at an angle. Place a small dot of frosting in the middle of your cupcake. Then place rings of frosting around the dot increasing in size as you go. Repeat for all cupcakes.

4: Take the toothpick, and place it at the center frosting dot. Gently trace a line outward through all the rings. It should start to look connected like a web.

5: Once you’ve connected all the rings, place a spider ring in the center of the cupcake. (Note: We placed ours in the center, but later realized it would also be adorable to place them in any part of the “web”.)

6: Place on serving tray and let everyone enjoy!

WHAT ARE SOME EASY TREATS YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR HALLOWEEN? SHARE WITH US!

Halloween Snack Mix

We just love this time of year and all of the yummy treats that come along with it.  When I was little I remember my mom always had a dish of candy out and around holidays it was always themed candy.  Candy corn for Halloween, conversation hearts at Valentine's Day and I have found myself doing the same thing for my kids.  The candy corn dish doesn't still filled very long with lots of little hands dipping into it, but I let it slide!  I used to like candy corn, but now I only like it in this simple snack mix. There is something about the sweet and salty tastes that makes this snack mix one of our favorites.

We made a batch last week and I'm sharing the simple steps to make your own over on Savvy Sassy Moms today!  You can check out the recipe HERE!

This is great to have at home to munch on when you want a treat, but also perfect to package up and hand out to teachers, bus drivers, friends, coaches and neighbors!  I've even packaged this up for our school's fall bake sale and it was a hit with all of the kids.

What is your favorite Halloween treat?  

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