Chef Becky’s Halloween Treats Spider Cupcakes and Spooky Punch

Watch this cute video and learn two kid-friendly recipes for Halloween! Decorate cupcakes with a spider web and create a black bubbling punch!

Spider Web Cupcakes & Spooky Halloween Punch

Spider Web Cupcakes

  • 1 box Devil’s Food Cakemix, follow package directions to bake cupcakes
  • 1 16-ounce tub vanilla frosting
  • 1 3.5-ounce tube Wilton sparkle gel-black
  • Wooden toothpicks
  • 18 plastic spider rings
  1. Bake cupcakes according to package directions. Let cupcakes cool completely.
  2. Frost cupcakes with the vanilla frosting. Use black sparkle gel, and draw a spiral shape on top of each cupcake. Using a wooden toothpick, drag it through the gel icing from the center outwards. Repeat this process on all of the cupcakes. Top each cupcake with a plastic spider ring.

Spooky Halloween Punch

  • 1 packet unsweetened Orange drink mix (.22 oz)
  • 1 packet unsweetened Grape drink mix (.22 oz)
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 8 cups cold water
  • 2 liters ginger ale
  • 8 ounces dry ice **Do not handle with bare hands. Use tongs….adult participation required!
  1. In a large glass punch bowl, combine the grape and orange drink mix packets.
  2. Add the sugar and cold water.
  3. Stir until sugar has dissolved.
  4. Add the club soda.
  5. Store in the refrigerator until party begins.
  6. Just before guests arrive, place the dry ice into the punch bowl using tongs.