Peanut Butter Spider Cookies Recipe
These Peanut Butter Spider Cookies are easy to make, fun for the kids, and taste absolutely amazing for a spooky treat.
Serving24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cup sugar, divided
- 1 ½ cup peanut butter (creamy)
- 2 eggs
- 3 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 24 Milk Chocolate Lindor Lindt Balls
- 48 candy eyes
- 1.25 ounce black gel, tube
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar, and peanut butter.
- Add eggs, flour, baking soda and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls, roll in additional 1/2 cup sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Use a fork to make a criss-cross design on top.
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Once removed from the oven, allow them to cool for 10 minutes. Move the cookies to a cooling rack or paper towel.
- While the cookies are still warm, press the chocolate balls into the middle, just slightly pressing down.
- Using the black gel, create 4 legs on each side and use small dots of gel to stick the candy eyes on.
- Let the cookies cool completely.
- Enjoy your spooky treat
Notes
You could also use melted milk chocolate chips to stick the eyeballs onto the chocolate ball. They will blend a little easier and they will harden quicker, but I am all about saving time, so I just used the gel.
Nutrition
Calories: 378 kcal · Carbohydrates: 42 g · Protein: 6 g · Fat: 16 g · Saturated Fat: 7 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 34 mg · Sodium: 195 mg · Potassium: 141 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 23 g · Vitamin A: 256 IU · Calcium: 21 mg · Iron: 1 mg