Chocolate Pudding Spider Cupcakes

Happy Halloween!

You will need: 1 recipe for chocolate cupcakes for the body (below), 1 recipe for choclate pudding for the frosting (below), chocolate dipped stick pretzels for the legs, and chopped, white chocolate chips for the eyes.

Cupcakes

3 C flour

1 tsp salt

¾ C cocoa powder

2 C sugar

2 tsp soda

¾ C oil

2 TBS apple cider vinegar

2 tsp vanilla

2 C cold water

Mix ingredients together in bowl.

 Pour into cupcake pans. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes. For the smaller cupcakes, bake for a little bit less.

Pudding 

1/2 cup white sugar

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 3/4 cups milk

2 tablespoons margarine or butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Place over medium heat, and stir in milk. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat, and stir in margarine and vanilla. Let cool briefly, and serve warm, or chill in refrigerator until serving.