Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween

By Angela Sellari Jump to Recipe

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 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…

Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween

Angela Sellari

Create some fun this year with these simple to prepare Spider Chip Cookies for Halloween.

5 from 9 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Freezing Time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 10

Calories 6078 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 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 ounces packaged semi-sweet chocolate chips

Spiders:

• Black Gel Frosting
• Red Gel Frosting Optional

Instructions

 

• Cookie 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.
• Spider Instructions:
• 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 6078kcalCarbohydrates: 716gProtein: 64gFat: 334gSaturated Fat: 199gSodium: 5094mgFiber: 36g

Keyword Spider Chip Cookies

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