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Perfect for a Halloween party, these rich, chocolaty cupcakes are fun to make.

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139 Ratings

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4 spoons 22%

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PREP TIME
20 Min
TOTAL TIME
1 Hr 10 Min
SERVINGS
24

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix

: Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1: container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

3: drops red food color

4: to 5 drops yellow food color

1: tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® black decorating gel

48: large black gumdrops

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1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and cool cupcakes as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.
2 Tint frosting with red and yellow food colors to make orange frosting. Spread frosting over tops of cupcakes.
3 Squeeze circles of decorating gel on each cupcake; pull knife through gel from center outward to make web. To make each spider, roll out 1 gumdrop and cut out 8 strips for legs; place another gumdrop on top. Place spider on cupcake. Store loosely covered.

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Expert Tips

Turn these into Holly Wreath Cupcakes by using green-tinted frosting instead of orange. Squeeze circles of red decorating gel on each cupcake, and decorate with small red cinnamon candy berries.

Get the kids to help! Kids can make spider legs without cutting by pinching and gently rolling gumdrops back and forth between their fingertips into long thin strips. The more they roll them, the stickier they become, so have extra sugar handy to make them less sticky.

If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting Only))

Calories 190

(Calories from Fat 80),

Total Fat 9g

(Saturated Fat 2g,
Trans Fat 1g),

Cholesterol 25mg;
Sodium 200mg;
Total Carbohydrate 27g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,
Sugars 18g),

Protein 1g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 0.00%;
Vitamin C 0.00%;
Calcium 4.00%;
Iron 4.00%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 11/1/2010 10:22:07 PM REPORT ABUSE Heidi D said:

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I made these and the came out so great everyone loved them, And best part was they were easy

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Posted 10/25/2010 8:52:54 AM REPORT ABUSE annelegalley said:

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Thanks for all the tips! I plan on trying this, and using all of your advice! Also, I'm going to make my own frosting with a buttercream recipe and orange kool-aid.

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