These creepy spider cookies look laborious but are oh-so-easy to make with lots of chocolate, crunchy cookies, and caramel. And everyone loves these Halloween cookies.

A treat for children

These cookies are great for Halloween Eve. Make them as a trick or treat sweet and Halloween birthday parties. Because if your birthday is close to Halloween, then there is no nicer entry than this cookie.

What do you need for Spider Cookies for Halloween?

To prepare these spider cookies, you require the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:

Ingredients Spider cookies for Halloween

Cookies: A round, somewhat thicker biscuit is very suitable for this. In this recipe, I used chocolate chip cookies.
Rolo: The Rolo chocolates that come in the roll.
Chocolate icing: These tubes (decoration markers) can be bought online or in a baking store. Warm them, and you can quickly and easily make a decoration on the Halloween cookies. You can use dark chocolate icing or .
Sugar eyes: I got them at an online store, and they're edible. You quickly stick them on the spider biscuit with the icing.

A grey plate with cookies topped with rolo, sugar eyes and icing legs (looks like a spider on a grey background.

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Spider Cookies Recipe

Andréa

These creepy spider cookies look laborious but are oh-so-easy to make with lots of chocolate, crunchy cookies, and caramel. And everyone loves these Halloween cookies.

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Cook Time 15

Total Time 15

Course Sweets and Sweet Baking

Cuisine American

Servings cookies

Calories 139 kcal

Ingredients

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Instructions

Put a cookie in front of you.
12 chocolate chip cookies
Coat the bottom of a Rolo with frosting and stick it on the cookie.
3½ oz. Frosting, 24 Rolo chocolates
Coat frosting on one side of the Rolo and tighten it against the other Rolo.
Take two eyes, spread some frosting on the back, and stick it on the first Rolo (see photo).
24 candy eyes
Make 8 legs (on each side 4) from the Rolo spider to the edge.
2 oz. colored sugar pencil
Let everything dry, and continue with the rest of the cookies.

Notes

1. Dark-colored sugar pencil: These tubes (decoration markers) are for sale in the supermarket or . Heat them before use (this way the icing is softer and this decorates better). You can quickly and easily make a decoration for the Halloween cookies.

2. Cookies: You need a round, somewhat thicker biscuit. In this recipe, I used chocolate chip cookies.

3. Storage

Room Temperature: Store the Halloween cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 58mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 9IUIron: 0.4mg

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