Recipes

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

Jump-start Halloween cookie making with a cookie mix. A few extra candies are all you need. 

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

5.0 star

star

(6)

 

Prep Time

1hr 

Total Time

1hr 

Servings

36cookies

Related Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1  pouch Betty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix
  • 3  tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1  tablespoon water
  • 1  egg
  • 36  chewy caramels in milk chocolate
  • Black or red string licorice
  • 1/3  cup (72) miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • Betty Crocker® black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until dough forms.

  2. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart.

  3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press 1 chewy caramel in center of each cookie. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

  4. Cut licorice into 8 (2-inch) pieces for each spider. Attach legs by sticking into chewy caramel. Use baking bits for eyes and black gel to make pupils in eyes.

Recipe Versions

To create a version of this recipe, just or join

Tips & Notes

  • Special Touch

    Having a Halloween party? Make cookie baking the fun activity.

  • Storage

    Store cookies in a single layer and tightly covered.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Cookie:
  • 120
  • 5g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 5mg
  • 90mg
  • 17g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g)
  • 1g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • Exchanges:
  • 1
  • 1/2
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Comments

Have at it! To add a comment, simply or Join.

See something fishy?

Let us know. We'll take down any content that violates our Community Rules.

False