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Scary Spiderweb Cupcakes

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

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Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 1 hr 10 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

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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Directions

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.

EXPERT TIPS

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

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting Only)

Calories: 190
Calories from Fat: 80),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 9g; 9%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 25mg; 25%;
Sodium: 200mg; 200%;
Total Carbohydrate: 27g; 27%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 18g 18% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 4%;
Iron: 4%;

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 10/21/2012 3:28:15 PM REPORT ABUSE BestBaker421 said:

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Cool, i love the spider web affect, going to make these at my Halloween party!!

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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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