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Are you looking for some spooky treats to create for Halloween? Disney Family Fun site has some great recipes that bring you and your family together to spend quality time in the kitchen. These spider creepy cupcakes will be the centerpiece for your next Halloween party and they are really easy to make. You will need…
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cake Mix
- Chocolate Frosting
- Chocolate Sprinkles (hair)
- 2 pieces of eye-type candy (we used colored marshmallows)
- Scissors
- Ruler
- 1 package of black string lace licorice or black twist licorice cut into thin pieces (legs)
- Optional: toothpick
Instructions
- Use a box cake mix to bake your cupcakes by following the directions on the box. You can also bake from scratch if you are feeling adventurous.
- Frost the cupcake with chocolate frosting and cover with sprinkles.
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- 3. Press the eyes into place and you can use black tube icing to dot the eye or a toothpick with a small amount of the frosting.
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- 4. Use scissors to cut eight 4-inch pieces of licorice for the legs. Holding all of the legs together in a bunch, bend them in half and crease. Push the end of each leg into the cupcake as shown.
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5. Enjoy!
What fun treats do you and your family like to make for Halloween?
Contributed by: Ashley Reeve (NDW#43) Ashley is the DDL Food Blogger. She is also the creator of A Cup of Disney.
Ashley is DDL’s resident food expert and is a passionate foodie who enjoys cooking, fine dining, traveling and all things Disney. From a young age she has been in love with the magic of what Disney represents. She is the chief editor of her website acupofdisney.com where she shares Disney information,vacation tips, videos and Disney recipes. She also currently is a columnist for StudioCentral.com. To contact Ashley you can find her on Twitter @acupofdisney
Very cute Ashley! I can only wish that I was there to enjoy them with you!
I took these puppies to work for our Halloween bake-off. They came in 2nd place for creativity. 😀