These Halloween chocolate peanut butter spider cookies are made with Reeses cups. These spider peanut butter blossoms make super cute Halloween spider snacks.
Halloween is such a fun holiday where we love to dress up in costumes and eat sweet treats. And it’s loads of fun to make spooky but tasty treats for parties, or just for the family, like these peanut butter spider cookies.
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We use our easy peanut butter blossoms cookie recipe and make these cute spider snacks. These spider peanut butter cookies are made with a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup for the body and candy googly eyes. Your little ghosts, goblin, princess’ and super heroes will certainly gobble up these Halloween treats.
Peanut Butter Spider Cookie Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 36 Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
Ingredients for decorating:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips, melted
- Candy Edible Googly Eyes
Equipment Needed:
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Mixing Bowls
- Wilton Disposable piping bag
How to make these Chocolate Peanut Butter Spider Cookies:
Preheat your oven to 375° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Start your peanut butter spider cookies by making the dough. Add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder to a medium bowl. Whisk to combine all the dry ingredients together, then set your bowl aside.
In a separate large bowl, add the softened butter, peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat the ingredients together until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Add the egg and the vanilla extract and beat to combine all the ingredients. The mixture will be light and fluffy.
Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the peanut butter mixture. Beat the ingredients together on low until the dough begins to come together. If the dough seems too sticky , you can chill it for 30 minutes.
Place 1/3 cup sugar in a small bowl. Use a tablespoon or cookie scoop to scoop the dough and roll the dough between your hands to form an even ball. Then roll each ball in the sugar until it’s fully coated on all sides. Continue making cookie balls until all the dough has been used.
Place each cookie ball on the parchment lined baking sheet. Lightly press the cookies down with your hand to flatten them. Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, until the bottom of the cookies is golden brown but the tops are still slightly soft.
Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, press a chocolate peanut butter cup upside down into the top of each cookie. This will be the cute little spider’s body in the cookies.
Allow the cookies to cool for five minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
When the cookies are cooled, place the chocolate chips in your Wilton piping bag. (You can use other piping bags but make sure your piping bags are microwave safe.). Microwave at 50% power or defrost setting for 1 minute and knead bag. Return to the microwave, kneading at 30-second intervals until chocolate is melted.
Let your melted chocolate stay in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds before removing. This lets the residual heat from the bag melt any remaining chocolate. Remove bag from microwave and kneed.
Pipe eight legs on the sides of each peanut butter cup to make the peanut butter spider cookies. Also use the melted chocolate to attach two candy googly eyes to the top of each peanut butter cup to complete your spider snack cookie.
Allow the melted chocolate to cool and harden before serving your peanut butter spider cookies.
Other Halloween Treats:
- Creepy Halloween Ice Cube Eyeballs
- Oogie Boogie Cocktail (or Mocktail
- Mummy Dogs
- Loaded Brownies
- Halloween Tricks or Treats
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Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 36 Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
Ingredients for decorating
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips melted
- 72 Candy Edible Googly Eyes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Start your peanut butter spider cookies by making the dough. Add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder to a medium bowl. Whisk to combine all the dry ingredients together, then set your bowl aside.
- In a separate large bowl, add the softened butter, peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat the ingredients together until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Add the egg and the vanilla extract and beat to combine all the ingredients. The mixture will be light and fluffy.
- Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the peanut butter mixture. Beat the ingredients together on low until the dough begins to come together. If the dough seems too sticky , you can chill it for 30 minutes.
- Place 1/3 cup sugar in a small bowl. Use a tablespoon or cookie scoop to scoop the dough and roll the dough between your hands to form an even ball. Then roll each ball in the sugar until it’s fully coated on all sides. Continue making cookie balls until all the dough has been used
- Place each cookie ball on the parchment lined baking sheet. Lightly press the cookies down with your hand to flatten them. Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, until the bottom of the cookies is golden brown but the tops are still slightly soft.
- Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, press a chocolate peanut butter cup upside down into the top of each cookie. This will be the cute little spider’s body in the cookies.
- Allow the cookies to cool for five minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- When the cookies are cooled, place the chocolate chips in your Wilton piping bag. (You can use other piping bags but make sure your piping bags are microwave safe.). Microwave at 50% power or defrost setting for 1 minute and knead bag. Return to the microwave, kneading at 30-second intervals until chocolate is melted.
- Let your melted chocolate stay in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds before removing. This lets the residual heat from the bag melt any remaining chocolate. Remove bag from microwave and kneed.
- Pipe eight legs on the sides of each peanut butter cup to make the peanut butter spider cookies. Also use the melted chocolate to attach two googly eyes to the top of each peanut butter cup to complete your spider snack cookie.
- Allow the melted chocolate to cool and harden before serving your peanut butter spider cookies.
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