Chocolate Spider Cupcakes Recipe

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Chocolate Spider Cupcakes
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  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. To prepare cupcakes, weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and 1/8 teaspoon salt, stirring with a whisk.
  3. Place 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well combined (about 3 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in chocolate. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups lined with muffin cup liners. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs clinging. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.
  4. To prepare icing, combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and bourbon in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, for 3 minutes or until a candy thermometer registers 250°. Combine egg whites, cream of tartar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; using clean, dry beaters, beat with a mixer at high speed until foamy. Pour hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low, and continue beating until the egg white mixture cools (about 3 minutes).
  5. Place 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Fold in 1 cup egg white mixture. Fold butter mixture into the remaining egg white mixture. Spread about 3 tablespoons icing over each cooled cupcake. Combine meringue powder and 1 tablespoon water in a bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beating with a mixer at medium speed until thick and smooth. Stir in black food coloring to desired shade. Scrape the powdered sugar mixture into a zip-top plastic bag, and snip a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag. Pipe black spiders or webs over frosted cupcakes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 5718.48 Kcal (23942 kJ)
Calories from fat 2315.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 257.31g 396%
Cholesterol 633.26mg 211%
Sodium 5233.78mg 218%
Potassium 8892.54mg 189%
Total Carbs 801.87g 267%
Sugars 539.44g 2158%
Dietary Fiber 12.2g 49%
Protein 76.92g 154%
Vitamin C 2.6mg 4%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 15.4mg 86%
Calcium 657.3mg 66%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 369.43 Kcal (1547 kJ)
Calories from fat 149.61 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.62g 396%
Cholesterol 40.91mg 211%
Sodium 338.12mg 218%
Potassium 574.49mg 189%
Total Carbs 51.8g 267%
Sugars 34.85g 2158%
Dietary Fiber 0.79g 49%
Protein 4.97g 154%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 38%
Iron 1mg 86%
Calcium 42.5mg 66%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 135
    Points
  • 159
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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