Description
Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies topped with Reese’s, melted chocolate, and candy eyes, these peanut butter spider cookies are both easy and fun to make. The perfect Halloween dessert for your next party!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 24 mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 48 candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix together peanut butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet, spacing about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are set and lightly golden around the edges.
- Immediately press a mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cup into the center of each cookie while still warm.
- Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Using melted chocolate, pipe spider legs from the Reese's cup outward onto the cookie.
- Attach two candy eyes to each Reese's cup with a small dot of melted chocolate.
- Let chocolate set before serving.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. For best results, ensure cookies are completely cool before adding chocolate decorations to prevent melting. You can use milk or dark chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet if preferred.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Method: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 65
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 20
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 8