Halloween Spider Cookies
These Halloween Spider Cookies are soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with chocolate candies, candy eyes, and piped spider legs. Small batch makes 10 cookies!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup Jif creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Rolling
- ¼ cup Sugar
Spider Decorations
- 20 chocolate candy balls
- 20 edible candy eyes
- Melted chocolate for piping
Instructions
- Preheat to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat the softened butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Mix in the egg yolk until combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- Divide the dough into 10 equal balls, roll into sugar and then arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Immediately press two chocolate candy balls into each warm cookie to create the spider's head and body. Allow the cookies to cool completely.
- Attach the candy eyes with melted chocolate, then pipe four chocolate legs on each side. Let the chocolate set before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 189kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 173mgPotassium: 65mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 199IUCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg
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