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Spun Sugar Spider Webs

October 23, 2014 By Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com 6 Comments

Spun Sugar Spider Webs

 

It’s that tiiiime! Creepy clowns, wicked witches, and the most frightening– sugar-stocked kiddos. Boahahahah!

 

Halloween is my favorite time of the year. This Spun Sugar Spider Web is sure to make your party sweet and spooky!

 

 

Happy Halloween, Y'all!

Happy Halloween, Y’all! Pretty sure my Mom made this for me…

 

Halloween was always the best time of the year at my house when I was growing up. This was the time of year when my Dad and I would just go crazy. Being the meticulously nerdy child that I was, blueprints would be drafted, every detail tested and tried, candy counted.

 

Our house was the house to see. Everything from witches that would fly from the roof past unknowing trick-or-treaters to custom-made graves, complete with the names of whatever turtles or goldfish happened to not quite make it through the year. There were more Halloween decorations and gadgets in the attic than Christmas ones. For a good Southern family, that really means something substantial.

 

Cooking Sugar to Temp

 

Spun sugar is just a matter of science. (Like everything that is fun, right?) Cook the sugar to an exact stage (temperature), and most of the work is done.

 

Making the Sugar Web Base

 

While you could whip up a flat spider web, I thought it would be better to give it a bit of depth and height. I place tiny aluminum tins around a baking mat and gave them a quick spray with non-stick.

 

After removing the sugar from the heat once it reached its proper temp., I grabbed a fork (I found that a wooden one with well-separated fingers worked best) and began to spin what would become to spun sugar web. I dunno how spiders do this all the time. 5 minutes of flicking around and my hands were tired!

 

Start of the Spun Sugar Spider Webs

 

After you toss the hot sugar (carefully) around, you will start to see the web forming. A quick rest, and you are basically done! How simple, right? This would be perfect for a centerpiece for a party, I think.

 

Spun Sugar Spider Webs

 

The best kind of centerpiece for a party is one that you can actually eat, isn’t it? Toss on some of your favorite pet plastic spiders and gather the dead man’s toes for your witches brew. It’s Halloween, after all!

 

Spun Sugar Spider Webs

 

Happy tricking, y’all! Or treating, if you must.

 

 

Spun Sugar Spider Webs
 
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Cook time
10 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
Create edible spun sugar spider webs with sugar! Perfect for Halloween party.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup light corn syrup
  • ¼ cup water
  • candy thermometer
Instructions
  1. Heat all in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Insert candy thermometer.
  2. Heat to precise 302 F (hard crack stage).
  3. Setup baking mat with any small tins, etc. to elevate areas of the webs.
  4. Spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
  5. Immediately remove from heat once temperature is reached.
  6. Cool slightly.
  7. With a fork, dip and flick from about a ft. above baking mat.
  8. Be cautious, as the hot sugar will burn. Keep away the kids and pets!
  9. Spin sugar carefully, allowing large droplets to drip in pan just before flicking above mat to avoid large blobs.
  10. Cool completely when finished and remove carefully to use.
  11. Edible! Be careful of sharp ends.
  12. Enjoy! Moore spooky favorites on SouthernFATTY.com
Notes
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What’s your favorite Halloween tip or treat? Let me know below!

 

 

Filed Under: Confections / Sweets, Few Ingredients Tagged With: halloween, holiday, sugar, sweet

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  1. Nicole

    April 7, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    It worked great until … 3 hours later and the edible cobwebs dissolved on my cake and left a syrupy type of sugar making my cake look like a mess …. sadly my cake was for a grade … so much for that class. And sorry I don’t blame you for it failing , just it would’ve been for it nice to work out.

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    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      April 9, 2018 at 2:39 pm

      Hate to hear that! Sugar, especially thin sugar like this, will not last on any surface that has moisture. The only thing that might work in the future is if you spin the sugar and before it hardens, quickly wrap it around areas. Some will melt, but if you use enough, it will bundle.

      Reply
  2. Brett / Fig+Bleu

    October 26, 2014 at 10:39 am

    I hope to be seen’ dat croquembouche on here soon, buddy boy

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      October 26, 2014 at 12:53 pm

      Coming soon, yo!

      Reply
  3. Leah Short

    October 23, 2014 at 10:25 am

    Love this! That would be so awesome for a display at a Halloween party!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      October 23, 2014 at 11:03 am

      Thanks! It couldn’t have been any easier. It really would work well for a centerpiece for a party. This one ended up being pretty large. I would love to try a really long one for a big table. Maybe do it in pieces to make picking it up easier.

      Reply

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