Can you believe that Halloween is less than 2 weeks away? With Halloween costumes and decorations still to make, I’m looking for some simple Halloween snacks that can be whipped up in a jiffy. Jamie from Searching4Savings.com has a really fun guest recipe post for us today. Her Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween start off with a delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe and get finished off with a spooky spider surprise.
First you make the chocolate chip cookies (recipe below). Next, you use black gel frosting to add some super spooky spiders.
Here’s a spider in the making…
Spooky Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween
Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween
Recipe Type: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- [b]Spiders: [/b]
- Black Gel Frosting
- Red Gel Frosting (Optional)
Instructions
- [b]Cookie Instructions:[/b]
- In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat together butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Using a stand mixer (or hand mixer) add eggs one at time to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Continue to beat mixture until creamy.
- Slowly add in your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients, mixing well and scraping the sides of the bowl down. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate dough for 1-2 hours, or until chilled through.
- Drop 1 inch sized balls of dough onto a well greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 9-10 minutes.
- [b]Spider Instructions:[/b]
- Allow cookies to cool on a baking rack. Once cookies have cooled completely, add a small dot of black gel frosting.
- Using a toothpick, pull the frosting out at 4 corners to create the main 4 legs of your spider.
- Continuing pulling out 2 additional legs on each side, in between the larger lines.
- Drop a small dot of red gel frosting onto the bottom of the spider to give it a Black Widow look.
Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- [b]Spiders: [/b]
- Black Gel Frosting
- Red Gel Frosting (Optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat together butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Using a stand mixer (or hand mixer) add eggs one at time to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Continue to beat mixture until creamy.
- Slowly add in your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients, mixing well and scraping the sides of the bowl down. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate dough for 1-2 hours, or until chilled through.
- Drop 1 inch sized balls of dough onto a well greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 9-10 minutes.
- [b]Spider Instructions:[/b]
- Allow cookies to cool on a baking rack. Once cookies have cooled completely, add a small dot of black gel frosting.
- Using a toothpick, pull the frosting out at 4 corners to create the main 4 legs of your spider.
- Continuing pulling out 2 additional legs on each side, in between the larger lines.
- Drop a small dot of red gel frosting onto the bottom of the spider to give it a Black Widow look.
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Melanie says
October 17, 2013 at 12:13 PMwhat a COOL idea!!!! I never would’ve thought to do that but they look awesome! 🙂
courtney b says
October 17, 2013 at 2:27 PMohhh creepy! spider chip cookies!
Stacey Roberson says
October 17, 2013 at 3:02 PMWhat an awesome idea for some Halloween treats! And everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Yummy and erie!
Toni says
October 17, 2013 at 4:16 PMVery spooky! I looks like they were made from the chocolate chips.
Jennifer @TheRebelChick says
October 17, 2013 at 4:38 PMAw, those are so cute! And so easy to make!
Kelsey Apley says
October 17, 2013 at 5:49 PMMan that looks real!!! Super cute and I love how easy to make.. now I am craving some cookies!!!
Penelope (NYC Blogger) says
October 17, 2013 at 9:52 PMThat is awesome, I never would have thought to do that!
Christine @Live_Out_Loud77 says
October 17, 2013 at 11:33 PMWhat a fun and super easy way to add some spooky whimsy to a family fave! Love this idea with the spooky spiders! Thanks for posting!
Janet W. says
October 18, 2013 at 9:22 AMWhat a cute idea and looks pretty easy to do! My grandsons would love the spiders on their cookies!
Mellisa says
October 18, 2013 at 10:17 AMHow cute!!! I think kids would flip when they see these.
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
October 18, 2013 at 10:51 AMThose are really cute! Does the gel dry? Those would be a great idea for tonight’s concession sales.
Lisa @ Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy says
October 18, 2013 at 1:22 PMwhat acute idea that kids would love
Sheri says
October 18, 2013 at 4:49 PMI have such a spider phobia that I couldn’t eat these, lol…but my kids would think they are great!
Marcie W. says
October 18, 2013 at 7:31 PMThese are really super awesome!! I would love to surprise my kids with a batch as an after school snack.
Amy Orvin says
October 18, 2013 at 10:29 PMNo, I can’t believe Halloween is so close now. I think these cookies are so cute! The little spider really makes it. Great idea!!
Tiff @ Babes and Kids says
October 18, 2013 at 11:55 PMThese are such a cute idea!
Leilani says
October 19, 2013 at 1:05 AMLove this! What a neat idea!
Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins says
October 19, 2013 at 1:10 AMThese look amazing! I just may have to make some of these for my kids next weekend!
Tricia @ Night owl mama says
October 19, 2013 at 1:29 AMwow that is a fabulous and creative Idea we’ll definitely have to make these up.
Lolo says
October 19, 2013 at 2:36 AMThose totally look like little spiders. Love it!
Cynthia R says
October 19, 2013 at 3:54 PMthat’s such a great idea and so simple, some of the halloween treat ideas I’ve seen lately cool effect but way too complicated to attempt, thanks for sharing
Elena says
October 19, 2013 at 7:11 PMLooks fun and yummy!
Dee @ Cocktails with Mom says
October 19, 2013 at 8:23 PMI bet these are as good as they are cute. I want some now!!
Kathleen says
October 19, 2013 at 10:06 PMThose are awesome! What a great idea, and so easy to do too!
Colleen says
October 19, 2013 at 11:05 PMOh what a fun idea for the holiday. I would love to make these and not tell the kids and see what they say at first LOL.
stephanie says
October 20, 2013 at 8:00 AMi love this idea!! so cute!
Katie says
October 20, 2013 at 8:56 PMthose are so adorable – my daughter would freak out with them though! I relocated a spider from our living room to outside today and she freaked out!
HilLesha says
October 20, 2013 at 10:30 PMThat is definitely different!
RANDY FULGHAM says
October 21, 2013 at 12:48 PMTHIS IS A GREAT RECIPE I MUST TRY –I LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES THE BEST!!!!!
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy.com says
October 22, 2013 at 8:32 PMSuper creepy! Love the spider.