Halloween Spider Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Combine flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Gradually add dry ingredients, mixing well after each addition.
• Drop dough into 30 mounds, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets. Gently flatten each mound with bottom of clean drinking glass.
• Bake 8 to 10 min. or until lightly browned. Cool on baking sheet 2 min. Gently press 1 milk chocolate piece into top of each warm cookie. Remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
• Melt white chocolate as directed on package; spoon into resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to squeeze some of the melted chocolate into spider web pattern around edge of each cookie as shown in photo. Use remaining melted chocolate to add 2 small dots of chocolate to each milk chocolate piece for the spider's eyes. Let stand 10 min. or until chocolate is firm.
• Use orange decorating icing fitted with small round tip to add the spiders' legs as shown in photo.

Steps:

• Split the cookies in half, spread a dab of icing on each side.
• Take the licorice strings and break them in half.
• Add 4 pieces to each cookie.
• Close it back up.
• Add a dab of icing for each eye candy, stick on the candy.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass. Bake until tops are slightly cracked, 15-17 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Immediately press 1 mini peanut butter cup into center of each cookie. Let stand until set., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Place mixture in a resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Adhere candy eyes to peanut butter cups with melted chocolate mixture. Pipe 8 lines alongside each peanut butter cup to resemble spider legs. Let stand until set.

Steps:

• In saucepan over medium heat melt the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.
• Remove from heat and add chow mien noodles, turning over until all coated.
• Add peanuts and turn over until all coated.
• Drop in tablespoon sized heaps on wax paper lined cookie tray.
• Refrigerate until hardened (overnight is best).