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The completed spider cookies are displayed on the white marble cooktop, allowing the frosting to set before serving. The cookies are spooky and ready to be enjoyed!

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

These adorable peanut butter spider cookies are a fun treat! Decorated with candy eyes and chocolate spheres, they're perfect for Halloween or any playful gathering.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48
Calories 117 kcal

Equipment

  • Electric mixer
  • Baking sheets
  • Parchment paper
  • Wooden spoon (for dimpling cookies)
  • Wire cooling rack
  • Pastry bag or plastic freezer bag
  • Measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup shortening
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 large egg beaten
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup white sugar for rolling
  • 24 chocolate candy spheres with smooth chocolate filling such as Lindt Lindor Truffles, refrigerated until cold
  • 48 decorative candy eyeballs
  • ½ cup prepared chocolate frosting

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Beat together shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Add egg, milk, and vanilla extract.
    A glass mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop contains shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar being beaten together until smooth. The creamy mixture is ready for the next ingredients
  • Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to the wet mixture to form dough. Shape dough into 48 balls.
    Beaten egg, milk, and vanilla extract are being added into the glass bowl on the white marble cooktop, combining into the smooth mixture.
  • Roll dough balls in sugar and place them on prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart.
    Hands are shaping the dough into 48 small balls on the white marble cooktop. The dough balls are then rolled in white sugar, ready to be placed on the baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes. Quickly press a dimple in each cookie with a wooden spoon.
  • After cookies cool, cut chocolate spheres in half and place one on each cookie.
    Chocolate spheres, cut in half, are being placed in the dimple of each cooled cookie on the white marble cooktop, forming the spider’s body
  • Pipe frosting to add candy eyes and spider legs on each cookie.
  • Allow frosting to set before serving.
    The completed spider cookies are displayed on the white marble cooktop, allowing the frosting to set before serving. The cookies are spooky and ready to be enjoyed!