Best 6 Halloween Peanut Spider Cookies Recipes

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Calling all peanut butter lovers and Halloween enthusiasts! Prepare to be spooked and delighted with our collection of Halloween Peanut Spider Cookies recipes. These creepy-crawly treats are not only visually stunning but also a burst of deliciousness that will leave your taste buds tingling. Dive into our assortment of recipes, from classic chocolate-dipped peanut butter cookies transformed into spooky spiders to colorful and playful peanut butter spider cookies adorned with candy eyes and licorice legs. Our recipes cater to various dietary preferences, including gluten-free and vegan options, ensuring everyone can indulge in the Halloween spirit. Get ready to whip up a batch of these delightful spider cookies and add a touch of eerie sweetness to your Halloween celebration!

Let's cook with our recipes!

PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES



Peanut Butter Spider Cookies image

This is a fun Halloween treat that is easy enough for kids to help create. I modified an idea I found on Pinterest to be less expensive and easier to put together.

Provided by What's for dinner, mom?

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 14

½ cup shortening
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup white sugar for rolling
24 chocolate candy spheres with smooth chocolate filling (such as Lindt Lindor Truffles), refrigerated until cold
48 decorative candy eyeballs
½ cup prepared chocolate frosting

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with baking parchment.
  • Beat shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup white sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat egg into the creamy mixture until fully incorporated. Stir milk and vanilla extract into the mixture until smooth.
  • Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a small bowl; add to the wet mixture in the large bowl and stir until completely incorporated into a dough. Divide and shape dough into 48 balls.
  • Spread 1/4 cup white sugar into a wide, shallow bowl. Roll dough balls in sugar to coat and arrange about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and quickly press a dimple into the middle of each cookie using the blunt end of a wooden spoon. Cool cookies on sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Cut each chocolate sphere into two hemispheres. Put one piece atop each cookie with the rounded side facing upwards.
  • Spoon frosting into a pastry bag with a small round tip or a plastic freezer bag with one end snipped off. Dab a small amount of frosting onto the back of each candy eyeball and stick two onto each chocolate candy to resemble eyes. Then pipe frosting in four thin lines, starting at the base of the candy, on each side atop the cookie to resemble spider legs.
  • Let frosting harden at room temperature, about 30 minutes. Store cookies in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 117.2 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Cholesterol 7 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 78 mg, Sugar 10.1 g

HALLOWEEN SPIDER COOKIES



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Different from many Halloween treats, these cookies are more cute than they are spooky-perfect for a holiday celebration with little ones (or adults) who don't like traditional creepy crawlies. With cartoon-like candy eyeballs, these spiders will brighten a room with smiles from those who catch a glimpse. Similar to a peanut butter blossom, this cookie dough is unique in that it puffs and does not spread on its own like most cookies; instead, the baker uses the back of a 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon to press a crater into the cookie dough while it bakes. This forces the cookie to spread and crack all over while making an ideal mold to hold the chocolate truffle that will be the body of the spider sitting atop the peanut butter cookie. Sweet, slightly salty, and supporting the irresistible lusciousness of a Lindt Lindor truffle, our Halloween Spider Cookies are ready for any October celebration.

Provided by Southern Living Editors

Time 1h25m

Yield 16 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 stick butter, room temperature
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon whole milk
16 Lindt Lindor dark chocolate truffles, wrappers removed
1/2 cup chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vegetable shortening
32 mini candy eyeballs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt until combined. Set aside.
  • Combine butter, peanut butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl and add eggs one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Add vanilla and milk; beat on medium-high until airy and doubled in volume, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and incorporate on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
  • Place remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small bowl. Portion dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place sugar coated dough balls 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven, use the round side of a rounded 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon to press a crater into the center of each puffed dough ball (the dough will crack and create a rounded crater around the measuring spoon). Return to the oven and bake until light golden brown, 3-5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Melt chocolate and shortening together in a microwave-safe bowl by microwaving in 30 second intervals on 30% power, stirring between each interval, until completely melted. Transfer melted chocolate to a pastry bag fitted with a small round piping tip. On one cookie, pipe 2 sets of 4 lines originating in the crater and running parallel to each other on either side of the cookie for the illusion of spider legs. Repeat with remaining cookies. Place one chocolate truffle in each crater. Use remaining melted chocolate in piping bag to adhere the candy eyeballs onto the faces of each truffle.

HALLOWEEN PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES RECIPE



Halloween Peanut Butter Spider Cookies Recipe image

Cute and creepy, this Halloween Peanut Butter Spider Cookies recipe is sure to be a hit at your next Halloween party!

Provided by Stefanie Fauquet

Categories     Desserts

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar, for rolling
48 miniature Reese's cups, unwrapped and frozen
96 candy eyes
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • In a large bowl, beat together shortening, peanut butter, egg, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and milk.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • Gradually add dry mixture to wet mixture and beat until blended.
  • Form into 1" balls.
  • Roll in sugar and place a couple of inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
  • Immediately, gently press an upside down frozen peanut butter cup on top of each cookie and move to wire rack to cool.
  • After placing and moving all of the cookies on the wire rack, put in place the candy eyes while chocolate is still slightly soft.
  • Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow cookies to firm.
  • Put chocolate chips in the corner of zippered sandwich bag.
  • Microwave for 20 seconds, knead and repeat until chocolate has melted.
  • Clip tiny piece off of the corner of bag to allow for piping and draw eight legs on each spider cookie.
  • Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow legs to set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 339 calories, Carbohydrate 46 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 8 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 17 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1 grams, Sodium 220 grams sodium, Sugar 35 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams unsaturated fat

HALLOWEEN PEANUT SPIDER COOKIES



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These cute spider cookies are so easy. They'll be the star at your next Halloween party! -Rashanda Cobbins, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 38m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
24 Reese's mini peanut butter cups
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
48 candy eyes

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass. Bake until tops are slightly cracked, 15-17 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Immediately press 1 mini peanut butter cup into center of each cookie. Let stand until set., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Place mixture in a resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Adhere candy eyes to peanut butter cups with melted chocolate mixture. Pipe 8 lines alongside each peanut butter cup to resemble spider legs. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 138 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 60mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

SCARY PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES



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These scary spider cookies are entertaining for little ones and adults to make together. From pushing chocolate candies into warm cookies, to drawing spider legs with chocolate and making silly eyes, there's plenty of fun for everyone.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 11

One 5-ounce box small ball-shaped chocolates, such as malted milk balls
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of fine salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 small tube white cake decorating gel

Steps:

  • Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Separate the chocolate candy balls into larger and smaller balls. The larger balls will make up the spider bodies and the smaller balls the heads.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Cream the sugar and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the vanilla and egg and mix until thoroughly combined, about 1 minute. Add the peanut butter and mix until creamy, about 1 minute. Turn the mixer speed down to low and add half of the flour mixture. Beat on medium until incorporated, then turn the speed down to low again and add the rest of the flour mixture. Beat on medium until incorporated.
  • Roll the dough by hand into 1-inch balls, place about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets and bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the cookies are light golden brown and have spread to about 2 inches wide, about 16 minutes. The cookies are done when they smell very peanut buttery and the tops feel dry and slightly firm when pressed with fingers.
  • Meanwhile, melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Remove from the heat and let cool briefly so that it is slightly thickened but still pipe-able.
  • When the cookies are done, remove them from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack. Immediately push 2 chocolate candies directly into each hot cookie, putting a smaller chocolate ball toward the edge of the cookie and a larger chocolate ball directly behind it in the center of the cookie.
  • When the melted chocolate has thickened slightly, put it into a plastic bag and cut a small hole in the corner to create a piping bag. Pipe 8 legs on each cookie, starting from the point where the 2 chocolate candies meet. Pipe the front 4 legs so that they curve up toward the head and the back 4 legs so that they curve backward beyond the body. Reserve the remaining chocolate in the piping bag for the pupils of the eyes.
  • To make eyes, pipe two 1/4-inch circles on the "heads" of each spider with the cake decorating gel. Pipe a tiny dot of the reserved melted chocolate in the center of each to make the pupils.

SPIDER COOKIES



Spider Cookies image

Halloween cookies have never looked cuter than these peanut butter cup spider cookies! Make them in advance and freeze them for your Halloween party or Boo Kit!

Provided by Janelle

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup white sugar + 1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 bag miniature peanut butter cups
candy eyeballs
1/2 cup melting chocolate (dark, semi sweet or milk)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350*F
  • Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper, non stick foil, baking mat or spray with cooking spray.
  • Cream butter, brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar together.
  • Add eggs and blend well, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
  • Add peanut butter and blend again. Scrape sides.
  • Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing between each addition.
  • Add baking soda and salt - blend.
  • In a small bowl add 1/4 cup of sugar.
  • Scoop out 1 Tablespoon portions of dough and roll into a ball.
  • Place cookie dough in sugar and roll around, coating entire ball.
  • Place sugared ball onto prepared cookie sheet. Fill entire sheet, leaving enough space between so cookies can expand.
  • Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
  • While cookies are baking, unwrap enough peanut butter cups to place one on each cookie.
  • Remove cookies from oven and gently press one peanut butter cup in the center of each cookie.
  • When all cookies have a peanut butter cup on them, go back around and gently press each cup again into cookie.
  • Add two eyeballs onto the sides of each peanut butter cup.
  • Place melting chocolate wafers in a freezer zipper bag - into a corner of the bag. Cook in microwave for 10 seconds then massage wafers. Repeat until all wafers are melted. Ensure that all chocolate is in the corner of the bag.
  • Snip a tiny piece of the edge of zipper bag and pipe on eight legs to every spider.
  • Allow cookies to cool fully to allow chocolate to harden. Then store, freeze or eat!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 229 calories, Carbohydrate 28 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 29 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 12 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 202 milligrams sodium, Sugar 17 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams unsaturated fat

Tips:

  • For a spooky effect, use black food coloring to tint the cookie dough.
  • To make the spider legs, you can use pretzel sticks, licorice, or even thin strips of fruit leather.
  • If you don't have a spider-shaped cookie cutter, you can use a round cutter and cut the cookies in half to make two spider bodies.
  • Be sure to chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies hold their shape.
  • Don't overbake the cookies. They should be slightly soft in the center.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before decorating them.
  • To make the spider webs, you can use white chocolate chips, melted chocolate, or even white icing.
  • You can also use edible markers to draw spider webs on the cookies.
  • Have fun and be creative with your decorations!

Conclusion:

These Halloween peanut spider cookies are a fun and festive treat that is perfect for Halloween parties or gatherings. They are easy to make and can be decorated in a variety of ways, making them a great activity for kids and adults alike. So get creative and have fun making these spooky treats!

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