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Marshmallow Spider Web Cupcakes

These Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes are an easy spooky treat everyone will love! The spider webs are made from melted marshmallow and topped onto a double chocolate cake! Perfect served with chocolate spiders for that Halloween recipe finishing touch.
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Decorating Time 20 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Author Jesseca

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes:

  • 1 15.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix
  • 1 3.4 ounce package instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup warm coffee
  • Chocolate frosting- canned or homemade

To Decorate:

  • 1 cup Marshmallows

Instructions

For the Cupcakes:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two muffin tins with paper liners. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, oil, eggs, and coffee. Mix for 2 minutes, or until well combined.
  • Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared muffin tins, roughly 1/4 cup per cupcake.
  • Bake 15-18 minutes or until the top of the cakes bounce back or a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove immediately from the tins and allow to cool completely before frosting.

To Decorate:

  • Bake and frost the cupcakes as directed. Prep a work surface with a plate or cutting board to help reduce the mess while decorating.
  • Place the marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl.
  • Heat for 30 seconds.
  • Stir until the marshmallows are cool enough to handle, but not too hard.
  • Use fingers from both hands to stretch a small bit of marshmallow into stringy strands.
  • Gently cover the top of each cupcake with a strand, securing the edges to the cupcake liners if necessary.
  • Continue to pull and stretch marshmallow strings until all cupcakes are covered, adding up to 2 marshmallow webs to cupcakes if necessary.

Notes

WARNING: Melted marshmallow is HOT. Be careful not to burn yourself.
This idea works well with bakery cupcakes! Buy a batch and add the webs at home.