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4.75 from 4 votes

Spider Cookies

Peanut butter and Reese's cup spider cookies.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: spider cookies
Calories: 1294kcal

Ingredients

  • Peanut butter cookie mix and ingredients on package see below
  • 1/4 cup sugar for rolling
  • 18 miniature Reese's cups unwrapped and frozen
  • candy eyeballs https://amzn.to/30QTfpE
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Prepare peanut butter cookies per the package instructions. You can use the Betty Crocker kind in the bag, or use a prepared peanut butter cookie dough like Pilsbury.
  • Chill dough in refrigerator for 10-15 minutes so it’s workable
  • Form into 1inch balls and place on a prepared and lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Do not overcook.
  • Remove from oven and immediately press a frozen peanut butter cup (upside down) on top of each cookie.
  • When all cookies have a peanut butter cup on them, next add two googly eyes to the front of one side of the peanut butter cup. They should stick because the chocolate is warm.
  • Move them to a wire rack and allow to cool.
  • While the cookies are cooling, place the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and melt in 30 second increments in the microwave. Stir in between each melting session in the microwave. Chocolate holds its shape until stirred.
  • Pour melted chocolate into a piping bag or a ziptop sandwich page. Cut off a corner and pipe six legs onto each cookie.
  • Refrigerate cookies to help the chocolate set.

Nutrition

Serving: 3g | Calories: 1294kcal | Carbohydrates: 181g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 59g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 512mg | Potassium: 432mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 166g | Vitamin A: 272IU | Calcium: 203mg | Iron: 3mg