Description
These spooky and delicious Spider Cookies combine creamy peanut butter cookies topped with miniature Reese’s peanut butter cups and candy eyes, decorated with melted chocolate to create adorable spider designs—perfect for Halloween or any fun occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling
- 1 egg
Decoration
- 1/4 cup chocolate melting wafers
- 12 miniature Reese’s peanut butter cups
- 24 mini candy eyes
Instructions
- Make cookie dough: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. In a medium bowl, mix together 1 cup of creamy peanut butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1 egg until well combined. If the dough feels too sticky to handle, refrigerate it for 10 to 20 minutes until it firms up slightly.
- Roll in sugar: Using a medium cookie scoop or your hands, form the dough into twelve 1-inch balls. Roll each ball generously in granulated sugar, then place them onto the prepared baking sheet. Gently press each ball down with a fork to create a crisscross pattern on top.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the bottoms are very lightly browned. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and allow the cookies to rest on the pan for 2 minutes to set.
- Place peanut butter cups: While the cookies are still warm, gently press one miniature Reese’s peanut butter cup onto the center top of each cookie. Then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Decorate like spiders: Melt the chocolate melting wafers in a microwave-safe bowl by heating in 30-second intervals, stirring well between each until fully smooth. Transfer the melted chocolate to a small zip-top bag and snip off a tiny corner to create a piping tip. Pipe two small dots on top of each Reese’s cup and attach two mini candy eyes onto the dots. Next, use the melted chocolate to draw four legs on each side of the peanut butter cup to complete the spider design. Allow the chocolate to harden before serving.
Notes
- These peanut butter spider cookies make a festive and fun treat, ideal for Halloween celebrations.
- If cookie dough is sticky and hard to handle, chilling it briefly helps with rolling.
- You can substitute chocolate melting wafers with any good-quality melting chocolate or chocolate chips.
- Be sure to let the cookies cool completely before decorating to prevent melting of the candy eyes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 273 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 199 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
