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Fun, tasty, and absolutely delicious, these Crispy Spider Webs are a fun Halloween treat that is perfect for kids and adults. Topped with chocolate and powdered sugar, you couldn’t ask for more.
If you are a Funnel Cake lover, then you will absolutely love these Crispy Spider Webs. They are Mini Funnel Cakes dressed up to look like spider webs.
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“These are the cutest funnel cakes I’ve ever seen–brilliant! I am definitely adding this to my fun Halloween treat list. Thank you!” – Shannon
A super fun Halloween idea that is not only tasty but a little spooky and a treat that you can enjoy at your holiday table for your next party.
This is one recipe that we actually enjoy all year long as we love Funnel Cakes, chocolate, and powdered sugar, they just work so well together.
Add some spiders and decorate these with the chocolate, and you turn them into a Halloween dessert that is bound to be fun, and everyone will love.
If you love Halloween and all the treats that come with it but want something just a little bit different – then you need to make these Crispy Spider Webs.
Some of our other favorite Halloween desserts that we have on our site include: Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pumpkins, Pop Tart Ghost Pops and Pumpkin Patch Munch.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- Minimal ingredients help these come together easily.
- They are mini, so the perfect-sized single-serving dessert.
- Easily double these or make them larger to have more at once.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):
Eggs
Granulated sugar
Milk
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Salt
Oil for frying
Powdered sugar for topping
Melting chocolate for decoration
HOW TO MAKE CRISPY SPIDER WEBS:
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until smooth. Carefully whisk in the milk.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, and whisk until smooth with no lumps.
- Now, set aside in the fridge until ready to fry the cakes OR place half the mixture into a gallon-sized plastic bag and close it, letting all the air out first.
- In a heavy bottom skillet, place about 1 ½ to 2 inches of oil over medium heat to 350°F.
- With scissors, snip a tiny hole in one of the bottom points of the bag so now you have a funnel. Carefully pour some of the batter into the hot oil using your funnel. Do this by making a small circle and zig-zag lines into the oil, so the batter forms a small “web” or circle.
- Fry until golden brown, and carefully flip this over with a tong. Let the other side get golden brown. This only takes about 2 minutes on each side. Now, let drain on a wire rack over a sheet tray. Keep repeating with the remaining batter.
- Dust them with powdered sugar.
- Melt the chocolate and using another plastic baggie, snip off a corner and use this to decorate the tops of the funnel cake like a spider web. Serve immediately.
WHAT KIND OF CHOCOLATE IS BEST?
We like melting chocolate wafers for this recipe as they melt really well and are great for decorating. We used dark chocolate for this recipe, but you can also use semi-sweet or milk chocolate as well.
DO I HAVE TO USE CHOCOLATE?
No, you can also use black icing for the spider web decoration if you want. You can make this yourself, or you can purchase cookie decorating icing from the store.
CAN I MAKE THESE LARGER?
Absolutely, these are smaller because we wanted to make more and have them more as a smaller single-serving dessert for kids and adults.
If you want to make them larger, just double the size, and instead of 16, you will have 8.
HOW TO STORE:
The funnel cake batter can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, where it keeps for up to 3 days. I do not recommend storing these after making them as they are best eaten right away.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- These are best served warm. Since they will be warm, the melting chocolate will not harden. If you want the chocolate to harden, wait until the funnel cakes are completely cool, then pipe on the chocolate.
- Plastic or candy spiders can be put on top of these.
- The powdered sugar adds a great sweetness to these, I recommend using it.
- You can use other chocolate, see above on how to do that.
- If you don’t want to use chocolate you can use black icing in its place.
- This works best using a piping bag with the tip cut off.
Love Halloween and Halloween-themed treats? Then these Crispy Spider Webs are a fun and tasty recipe that you don’t want to pass up.
If you like this recipe you might also like:
- Mummy Stromboli
- Easy Decorated Halloween Sugar Cookies Recipe
- Spooky Halloween Punch with Eyeballs (Non-Alcoholic Recipe)
If you’ve tried these CRISPY SPIDER WEBS let me know in the comments how it turned out! You can follow me over on PINTEREST, INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK to find some more of our mouthwatering recipes!
Crispy Spider Webs {Mini Funnel Cakes}
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups milk
- 3 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Oil for frying
- Powdered sugar for topping
- Melting chocolate for decoration
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until smooth. Carefully whisk in the milk.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, and whisk until smooth with no lumps.
- Now, set aside in the fridge until ready to fry the cakes OR place half the mixture into a gallon-sized plastic bag and close it, letting all the air out first.
- In a heavy bottom skillet, place about 1 ½ to 2 inches of oil over medium heat to 350°F.
- With scissors, snip a tiny hole in one of the bottom points of the bag so now you have a funnel. Carefully pour some of the batter into the hot oil using your funnel. Do this by making a small circle and zig-zag lines into the oil, so the batter forms a small “web” or circle.
- Fry until golden brown, and carefully flip this over with a tong. Let the other side get golden brown. This only takes about 2 minutes on each side. Now, let drain on a wire rack over a sheet tray. Keep repeating with the remaining batter.
- Dust them with powdered sugar.
- Melt the chocolate and using another plastic baggie, snip off a corner and use this to decorate the tops of the funnel cake like a spider web. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Nutritional information does not include the powdered sugar or chocolate.
- These are best served warm. Since they will be warm, the melting chocolate will not harden. If you want the chocolate to harden, wait until the funnel cakes are completely cool, then pipe on the chocolate.
- Plastic or candy spiders can be put on top of these.
- The powdered sugar adds a great sweetness to these, I recommend using it.
- You can use other chocolate, see above on how to do that.
- If you don't want to use chocolate you can use black icing in its place.
- This works best using a piping bag with the tip cut off.
Nutrition
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I think funnel cake is right any time of year! Our weekly Super Saturday Link Party is live. We would love to have you join us with any of your great ideas. It would make us so happy to have you on board. http://www.madefrompinterest.net/2013/10/super-saturday-link-party-14/
These are going to be so much fun to make! Thank you for sharing on Foodie Friday
What a cute and creative idea and I love funnel cakes. I would love for you to link up to Inspire Me this afternoon. The party goes live at 2:30 PT. http://www.astrollthrulife.net Hope to see you there. Hugs, Marty
Oh these look amazing and cute! Love how you turned them into fun Spider Webs! Thank you for sharing with us at Monday Funday! We will be sharing this on our FB page tonight! 😉
OMG this looks delicious and super cute! 🙂
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
These are the cutest funnel cakes I’ve ever seen–brilliant! I am definitely adding this to my fun Halloween treat list. Thank you!
We love funnel cakes and I like the idea of making them smaller and turning them into spider webs! Thank you so much for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday.
I love the look of these wonderful delish desserts, they look like they are so much fun to make and they look so cute with the spider…Phyllis
The best looking spider webs ever! That and so yummy!!!! Thanks for Sharing on Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s
So cute! I love funnel cakes, and I think I may gain 50 pounds making these at home.
Those are adorable Dana! Pinned and shared on facebook. 🙂
I absolutely love funnel cakes (blame it on been a Jersey girl for too long! lol) so this is an awesome treat. I love the spiderwebs on top – so creative!
Thanks so much for sharing on Turn It Up Tuesdays…we love having you! 🙂
You really rocked these!! Just had to add them to my post today:))
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Thanks Dana for always sharing at Freedom Fridays!
Dear Dana, I love how you designed these cakes! How festive. And they sound fabulous. Will be pinning! Blessings, Catherine
These are so cute and such a great idea. Thanks for sharing at the Pinworthy Projects Party.
These are awesome! Thanks for linking up at the Tasty Tuesdays! I am co-hosting this week. I hope you will hop over to my place http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/ for a visit and if you like what you see, follow me. Enter to win KitchenAid Holiday Baking Bundle Giveaway! http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/10/kitchenaid-holiday-baking-bundle.html Hope you are having a terrific week! Cathy
These look great! I can’t wait to try them out 🙂
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So fun and festive!!! Will be sharing on my networks! Can’t wait to make and devour them 🙂 Thanks for linkin to Sunday FUNday!
So cute! They look delicious! Thanks for linking up to the “Get Your DIY On” Link up party! Be sure to come back Sunday at 7:00 PM if you have any more spooky outdoor décor!
What a fun Halloween treat idea; so cute Dana! My boys would love these! 🙂
Just wanted you to know that you have been featured on my blog! Thanks so much for sharing at The Scoop!…hugs…Debbie
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This is adorable (and YUMMY looking, too!). Thanks so much for linking it up at the party! I’m going to have to make some for Halloween! TOO cute!
Stopping by to let you know I’m featuring you twice on tomorrows Linky on Made in a Day!! Thanks so much for linking up!
Kim
These funnel cakes are super cute with the spider web drizzled onto it. Super creative and fun for every one!
Tum thanks for sharing on my bloghop last week!!
This is a great Halloween recipe! Thanks for sharing it at The Pin Junkie Link Party. This recipe was featured in a HUGE Halloween roundup. Hope you can stop by to grab a button and let everyone know that you were featured on The Pin Junkie. http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2013/10/halloween-roundup-31-halloween-projects.html
Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop your post is featured at Katherines Corner today ♥