Calling all Halloween enthusiasts and dessert lovers! Get ready to sink your teeth into the spooktacular Spider Cookies, a delightful treat that combines the essence of Halloween with the irresistible charm of homemade cookies. This article presents a collection of three unique Spider Cookie recipes, each offering a distinct taste and texture to satisfy your sweet cravings. From classic chocolate chip cookies adorned with chocolate spiderwebs to peanut butter cookies topped with candy spider legs, these recipes promise a fun and festive baking experience. Whether you're hosting a Halloween party, looking for a creative activity with the kids, or simply craving a sweet treat, these Spider Cookies are sure to cast a spell on your taste buds. With step-by-step instructions and helpful tips, these recipes will guide you in creating the perfect Halloween-themed cookies that are both visually stunning and deliciously satisfying. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a spooky baking journey!
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERSCOTCH CHOW MEIN NOODLE COOKIES (SPIDER COOK
A popular holiday cookie. This is just the basic version with no adds of nuts, marshmallows, etc. I couldn't find the basic recipe so I'm posting it here for safe keeping and for others who are looking for the basic recipe
Provided by brian48195
Categories Candy
Time 10m
Yield 4 Dozen
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Put Butterscotch morsels and peanut butter into a large pot and put heat on a medium setting.
- Heat and stir constantly until the morsels melt and are combined with the peanut butter.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the Chow Mein noodles until the noodles are completely coated with the mixture.
- Once coated drop onto waxed paper to cool and harden up in about the size of a old silver dollar (1 1/2 inches).
PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES
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
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 PEANUT SPIDER COOKIES
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
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.
SPIDER COOKIES
A spooky spin on the classic black-and-white cookie, these treats will weave a tangled web of fun on the Halloween dessert table. A novice-friendly decorating technique makes these Halloween cookies easy to pull off, while a juicy 'black widow spider' made of raspberry gummies and black licorice sets a polished trap.
Provided by Riley Wofford
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield Makes 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter with granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat to combine.
- Reduce speed to low and add half of flour mixture, then buttermilk, then remaining flour mixture, beating until just combined. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop dough into 1 1/2-inch balls; place on parchment-lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake, rotating halfway through, until bottoms are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets.
- Meanwhile, in another small bowl, whisk together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, cocoa, and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Add water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until mixture forms a loose but pipeable glaze. Transfer half of mixture to a resealable plastic bag; snip a small hole in one corner.
- In another bowl, whisk together remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Add water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until mixture forms a loose but pipeable glaze. Transfer half to another resealable bag; snip a small hole in one corner.
- Working with a few cookies at a time, dip flat sides into remaining icing in bowls (some chocolate, some white), allowing excess to drip off. Transfer, flat-sides up, to a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet.
- While glaze is still wet, pipe rings with alternate-color icings, starting in center and working your way to edges of cookies. Drag a toothpick from centers outward in 1/2-inch increments to create spider-web patterns. Place a raspberry candy on each cookie and decorate with licorice-lace legs, pressing into glaze to adhere.
PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES
Jump-start Halloween cookie making with a cookie mix. A few extra candies are all you need.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until dough forms.
- Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press 1 chewy caramel in center of each cookie. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
- Cut licorice into 8 (2-inch) pieces for each spider. Attach legs by sticking into chewy caramel. Use M&M's™ minis chocolate candies for eyes and black gel to make pupils in eyes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 90 mg, Sugar 11 g, TransFat 0 g
SPOOKY PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES
These spooky 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
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 (NO BAKE--FOR THE KIDS)
Make and share this Spider Cookies (No Bake--For the Kids) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mimi in Maine
Categories Dessert
Time 20m
Yield 25 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Melt in a pan the two bags of bits.
- Add the chow mein noodles (large can).
- Stir and drop onto wax paper and put in refrigerator till hard.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 94.6, Fat 5.2, SaturatedFat 3.5, Sodium 27.9, Carbohydrate 11.5, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 9.4, Protein 0.6
PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES
Jump-start Halloween cookie making with a cookie mix. A few extra candies are all you need.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until dough forms.
- Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press 1 chewy caramel in center of each cookie. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
- Cut licorice into 8 (2-inch) pieces for each spider. Attach legs by sticking into chewy caramel. Use M&M's™ minis chocolate candies for eyes and black gel to make pupils in eyes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 90 mg, Sugar 11 g, TransFat 0 g
SPOOKY SPIDER COOKIES
Keep the creepy coming with these Oreo® Spider Cookies. They're the perfect touch to your tray of treats and super easy to put together. When time is short and imaginations are running wild, call the family to help you put together these delicious treats and spin a web of spectacular around your tastebuds. These Oreo® Spiders only take a few ingredients, making it the perfect treat to plan for a quick and yummy Halloween activity.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- For each cookie, cut eight 1 1/2-inch pieces of licorice for legs. Insert 4 pieces into filling on each side of each cookie.
- With frosting, attach 2 M&M's™ minis chocolate candies to top of each cookie for eyes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 80, Carbohydrate 11 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 3 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 45 mg, Sugar 7 g, TransFat 0 g
CHOCOLATE CHIP SPIDER COOKIES RECIPE - (4.1/5)
Provided by S_brabec
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325°F. In a medium bowl mix together flour, salt, and baking soda. In a separate large mixing bowl beat the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently stir in ¾ cup chocolate chips. The dough will be soft. Gently scoop dough into balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and place 3-4 chocolate chips into the tops of each cookie, point side up. Add remaining chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and microwave, on low power, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted. Just barely cut the corner off of a small ziplock bag (you want the hole to be very small to make your spider legs). Spoon the melted chocolate into the bag and use it draw spider legs on the sides of the chocolate chips. Store cookies in an airtight container or freeze in a freezer ziplock bag.
Tips:
- Use a cookie press to create uniform spider shapes. If you don't have a cookie press, you can roll out the dough and cut out spider shapes with a knife or cookie cutter.
- To make the spider legs, use a fork to press down on the dough before baking. This will create indentations that will resemble spider legs.
- For a more realistic look, add candy eyes to the spiders after they have cooled.
- To make the spider webs, use a piping bag fitted with a small round tip. Pipe concentric circles of white frosting onto a piece of parchment paper. Let the frosting dry completely before carefully transferring the spider webs to the cookies.
- If you don't have a piping bag, you can use a zip-top bag with the corner snipped off. Alternatively, you can spread the frosting onto the parchment paper with a spoon and then use a toothpick to create the spider webs.
Conclusion:
Spider cookies are a fun and festive treat that is perfect for Halloween parties or any other spooky occasion. With a little creativity, you can create spider cookies that are both delicious and visually appealing. So get creative and have fun with it!
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