Spooky Spider Cupcakes Recipe

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“These delightful spiders are very tasty and easy to make. You can really let your imagination go wild with them!” Edie DeSpain - Logan, Utah

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Spooky Spider Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 50 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

50 20 70

Ingredients

1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
Orange paste food coloring
24 Oreo cookies
Red or black shoestring licorice
48 milk chocolate M&M's

Directions

Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
In a small bowl, tint frosting orange; set aside 1 tablespoon. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Place one cookie on each cupcake.
For legs, cut licorice into 2-in. pieces; press eight pieces into each cupcake. Attach two M&M's to each cookie for eyes, using reserved frosting. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cupcake equals 232 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 204 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Spooky Spider Cupcakes in Simple & Delicious September/October 2009, p14