Description
Soft, chewy peanut butter cookies topped with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and decorated with chocolate spider legs and candy eyes to create spooky, delicious spider cookies perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients
Scale
- ⅔ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 Tablespoons white sugar, plus extra for rolling
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- ⅓ cup Peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 18 mini Reese’s Peanut butter cups
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 36 candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Add peanut butter, egg, and vanilla, and mix until combined.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until dough forms.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls, then roll in extra sugar.
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 8–10 minutes until lightly golden.
- While cookies are still warm, press a mini Reese’s cup into the center of each.
- Melt chocolate chips and butter, and pipe legs onto the sides of the Reese’s cup to form a spider.
- Place candy eyes on the Reese’s cup using the melted chocolate as glue.
Notes
Let cookies cool completely before serving for best results.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 70g
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: Halloween Peanut Butter Spider Cookies