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Spider Cupcakes

Prep Time:

15 min

Total Time:

1 hr 10 min

Makes:

What You Need

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

1/3 cup KOOL-AID Orange Sugar Sweetened Drink Mix

2 Tbsp. hot water

1 container (450 g) vanilla ready-to-spread frosting

24 OREO Cookies

12 pieces black shoestring licorice (32 inch each)

48 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces

Make It

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package. Blend in dry pudding mix. Spoon evenly into 24 paper-lined medium muffin cups. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool completely.

DISSOLVE drink mix in hot water. Stir into frosting until well blended. Use to frost cupcakes, reserving some of the frosting for attaching the candies.

CUT each licorice piece into 16 (2-inch) lengths; set aside. Place 1 cookie on top of each cupcake. Insert 4 licorice pieces into frosting on each side of cookie for each spider's legs. (Eight licorice pieces for each cookie.) Use reserved frosting to attach candies to tops of cookies for the spiders' eyes.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Make Ahead

Cupcakes can be decorated up to 8 hours ahead.

Size-Wise

At 24 cupcakes, this fun recipe is great for a party or classroom celebration.

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Rated

by a cook on 2/1/2008
" I made this with my class. They were a big hit. I did NOT want to use the sweet orange stuff, just added a little bit of food colouring to the icing instead. The legs were tricky to stick in the cookies so we put the legs on the icing and then put the Oreo, etc., on top."

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Serving Size = 1 cupcake (81 g)

Nutritional Information

Calories

320

Total fat

14 g

Saturated fat

4 g

Cholesterol

25 mg

Sodium

340 mg

Carbohydrate

49 g

Dietary fibre

1 g

Sugars

29 g

Protein

3 g

Vitamin A

0 %DV

Vitamin C

0 %DV

Calcium

4 %DV

Iron

8 %DV