Halloween Spiderweb Cupcakes

These are easy and FUN cupcakes to make for any party for just for the pure Halloween fun of it!

Having a Halloween party at school? Whip up a tray of these and just wait for the oohs and ahhs from delighted children. And adults love them as well.

Ingredients

1. Your favorite boxed cake mix
2. Halloween themed cupcake baking liners
3. White or cream cheese frosting
4. Red and yellow food coloring
5. 1 tube black decorating gel OR melted chocolate (Hint: the tube of decorating gel is much easier to handle!)
6. Black string licorice
7. 24 large gum drops
8. Toothpicks

Instructions

• Follow the instructions on the cake mix box for cupcakes
• While the cupcakes are in the oven, start preparing the orange icing by mixing in a few drops of red and yellow orange coloring in the tub of icing. Start with just a drop of each and then add more to get the desired orange color.
• After the cupcakes are completely cooled, frost them with the orange icing
• Using the black decorating gel or melted chocolate inside a plastic bag (cut-off the corner to make it like a piping bag), make 3 or 4 concentric circles radiating out from the center of the cupcake. Then use a toothpick starting at the center of the cupcake and pulling to the edge of the cupcake about 8 times around the entire circumference to create the web-like appearance.
• Take a large gumdrop and attach 3 or 4 pieces of black string licorice to each side to make the spider legs by poking a hole in the gumdrop using a toothpick where you want to insert the licorice. Use the black decorating gel to put a couple eyes on each gumdrop and place the completed spider on top the cupcake web.