Make a spooky but tasty mess with these fun Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcakes! Homemade chocolate cupcakes and chocolate frosting get covered in creepy homemade marshmallow spiderwebs for a dessert that’s perfect for Halloween!
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I fell in love with marshmallow spiderwebs on cakes and cupcakes years ago but I just always assumed that they were much more complicated than I wanted to tackle for a cupcake. However, I was wrong! Yes, they take just a little bit of time and thought but they’re not as crazy hard as I thought they were going to be.
I loved the chocolate frosting so that the white spiderwebs would show up well but white frosting would be great. I used a few plastic spiders for photos but you don’t have to top them with spiders. I just think they look awesome with them!
What you’ll need to make Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcake:
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Chocolate Cupcakes (recipe below)
FOR THE FROSTING:
- butter
- cocoa
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
SPIDERWEBS:
- Marshmallows
- water
TO ASSEMBLE THESE CUPCAKES:
Place frosted cupcakes into the fridge for about 10 minutes to chill the frosting.
Melt marshmallows and water in microwave for about 30 seconds. Stir/heat until melted.
Use your fingers to carefully pick up a bit of the melted marshmallow and spread it apart to form a spider web. Carefully pull it and wrap it around the chilled icing and cupcake.
Cupcake frosting must be chilled to be able to wrap marshmallow web. If it’s not chilled the marshmallow web will cut through the soft frosting instead of wrapping over it.
NOTES
Cupcake frosting must be chilled to be able to wrap marshmallow web.
I tried to just use melted marshmallow for the webs but found that it was much easier to make the spider webs with a bit of water mixed with the melted marshmallow.
More Halloween Cupcake Recipes to make:
SPONSORED ITEMS USED IN THIS RECIPE:
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- Dixie Crystals – White Sugar & Powdered Sugar
Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcake
Make a spooky but tasty mess with these fun Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcakes! Homemade chocolate cupcakes and chocolate frosting get covered in creepy homemade marshmallow spiderwebs for a dessert that's perfect for Halloween! Preheat oven to 350F. In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add in the eggs and mix. Add in the milk, oil and vanilla; mix until everything is combined. Mix for 2-3 minutes Mix in the boiling water. (Batter will be very VERY thin!) Line a muffin/cupcake tin with liners. Fill each cupcake liner with a little less than 1/4 cup of batter. (About 2/3 of the way full) Bake for 18 minutes or until done. Cool Completely. Pour melted butter into the bowl of a mixer., Mix in the cocoa. Add in 3 cups of powered sugar. Mix well. Add in 1/3 cup of milk and mix well. Add in the rest of the powered sugar and mix well. Add in the rest of the milk and mix well. Stir in vanilla. To make the frosting thicker add more powdered sugar. To make the frosting thinner add more milk. Melt marshmallows and water in microwave for about 30 seconds. Stir/heat until melted. Use your fingers to carefully pick up a bit of the melted marshmallow and spread it apart to form a spider web. Carefully pull it and wrap it around the chilled icing and cupcake. Cupcake frosting must be chilled to be able to wrap marshmallow web. 
Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcakes
Ingredients
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
FOR THE FROSTING:
SPIDERWEBS:
Instructions
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
FOR THE FROSTING:
TO ASSEMBLE:
Place frosted cupcakes into the fridge for about 10 minutes to chill the frosting.
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Take a look more spooky Halloween recipes from our #HalloweenTreatsWeek Bloggers today:
Halloween Cookies & Bars:
- Bat Sugar Cookies from The Flour Handprint
- Voodoo Doll Cookies from Sweet ReciPEAS
- Halloween Confetti Cookies from Fake Ginger
Halloween Cakes & Cupcakes:
- Marshmallow SpiderWeb Cupcakes from Big Bear’s Wife
- Candy Corn Poke Cake from Devour Dinner
- Halloween Brownie Cupcakes from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes from It’s Shanaka
Halloween Brownies:
- Spider Brownie Bites from Tastes of Homemade
- Evil Dead Necronomicon Brownies from Savory Moments
Halloween Pies & Cheesecakes:
- Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes from Cheese Curd in Paradise
Halloween Drinks:
- Halloween Themed Layered Drinks from 4 Sons R Us
Chilled Halloween Treats:
- Easy Chocolate Pudding from Pastry Chef Online
Sweet Halloween Treats:
- Halloween Bark from West Via Midwest
- Halloween Snack Mix from Savory Experiments
- Healthy Halloween Snacks from House of Nash Eats
- Sweet & Savory Halloween Snack Board from An Affair from the Heart
- Spooky Candy Bark from Sweet Beginnings
- Poisoned Candy Apples from Fresh Coast Eats
- Donut Hole Mummies from Family Around the Table
- Halloween Caramel Popcorn Munch Recipe from Back To My Southern Roots
- Spiderweb Baked Donuts from Lemon Blossoms
Savory Halloween Recipes:
- Mini Monster Meatball Sliders from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Mummy Brie from The Spiffy Cookie
- Halloween Deviled Eggs from I am a Honey Bee
Happy Halloween!
Spooky Season is here and it is time for 2020’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event! #HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife & its a creepy and haunting week-long event is filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats, recipes and some frightfully fun giveaways.
“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”
For the 3rd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 30 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week!
Follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media and look at the bottom of each post to see all of the Halloween recipes that we’re sharing!
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Ninja OP301 Foodi 9-in-1 Pressure, Slow Cooker, Air Fryer and More, with 6.5 Quart Capacity and 45 Recipe Book, and a High Gloss Finish
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6 Quart Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
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Young Living’s Thieves Mints ($50 Value)
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Prize #6 from Julie at Back To My Southern Roots
1 Copy of – The Peanuts Family Cookbook: Delicious Dishes for Kids to Make with Their Favorite Grown-Ups
Prize #7 from Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS
1 Copy of her new cookbook “Holy Sweet! 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts”
Prize #8 from Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
1 Copy of her cookbook, “Incredible One-Pot Cooking: Easy, Delicious Recipes for Exciting Meals Without the Mess”
Prize #9 from Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog
1 Copy of “Friends: The Official Cookbook”
Prize #10 from Michaela from An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer from Take Two Tapas and Michele from West Via Midwest
ONE (1) $75 Amazon gift card
Prize #11 from Shanaka from It’s Shanaka
ONE (1) $25 Amazon gift card
Prize #12 from Ashley from Cheese Curd In Paradise
Prize #13 from Amy from House of Nash Eats
ONE (1) $100 Amazon gift card
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Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing brand sponsors: Dixie Crystals that provided a prize pack for our giveaways and also sent some samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes. We would also love to give a huge thanks to our Halloween Treats Week bloggers because a lot of them also donated prizes for the giveaways, including: Angie of BigBearsWife , Nicole of Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar, Kathy of Lemon Blossoms, Terri of Our Good Life, Julie of Back To My Southern Roots, Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS, Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen, Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog, Michaela of An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer of Take Two Tapas , Michele of West Via Midwest, Shanaka of It’s Shanaka, Ashley of Cheese Curd In Paradise, and Amy from House of Nash Eats!
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