FODMAP IT!™ Spider Web Cupcakes

These cupcakes are much easier than they look and they always impress! They are based on our basic Low FODMAP Chocolate Cupcakes recipe.

Low FODMAP Serving Size Info: Makes 18 cupcakes; serving size 1 cupcake

Course: Dessert, Snack, Treat

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 18 Cupcakes

Calories: 374 kcal

Author: Dédé Wilson

1 batch Chocolate Cupcakes, baked in fluted paper cups and cooled
1 batch Dark Chocolate Ganache, slightly cooled to a thick but fluid consistency
6- ounces (170 g) white chocolate, melted
3 parchment cones or small zip-top plastic bags

Bake Chocolate Cupcakes according to directions. Cool.
Prepare the Dark Chocolate Ganache and have it in a slightly cooled and thickened but fluid state and in a bowl. Take a cupcake, turn upside down and dip the top of the cupcake into the ganache going just down to where the paper liner and the cupcake top meet. Pull cupcake, still upside down, out of the ganache and make a swirling motion over the bowl to encourage any excess ganache to flow back into the bowl.
Place melted white chocolate in parchment cone to fill about halfway. Snip a very small opening in the tip. Place the tip over the center of the cupcake and very gently squeeze while you pipe a spiral moving towards the outer edge of the cupcake (about 4 spirals). Immediately, while the ganache and white chocolate are still soft, again starting at the center, draw the tip of a bamboo skewer, toothpick or a thin sharp knife out towards the edge of the cupcake. Repeat this in a spoke pattern going around the cupcake (about 6 spokes) – voila, webs! Chill cupcakes briefly until glaze is set. Cupcakes are now ready to serve and best served the same day or within 24 hours. Store in airtight container.

If you like, search out tiny sugar spider decorations from cake decorating stores and place one on each “web”. Or, since you are probably making these around Halloween, do what we did and go to a party store or dollar store to pick up small plastic spiders. Just be careful with little children as the spiders are not edible and they might be tempted to put in their mouths.
By the way, the “web” design is actually a very classic French patisserie technique that you might recognize from traditional mille feuille and Napoleon pastries. The technique is called “feathering” and can also be done across the cupcake like this one below, so don’t think that you have to wait for Halloween to make these luscious chocolate cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts

FODMAP IT!™ Spider Web Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 374 Calories from Fat 162

% Daily Value*

Fat 18g28%

Saturated Fat 2g10%

Cholesterol 2mg1%

Sodium 9mg0%

Potassium 27mg1%

Carbohydrates 48g16%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 6g7%

Protein 4g8%

Vitamin A 5IU0%

Vitamin C 0.1mg0%

Calcium 19mg2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.