Description
Fun and delicious Peanut Butter Spider Cookies, perfect for Halloween with a creamy peanut butter and chocolate combination.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter (room temperature)
- ½ cup (107g) brown sugar
- ⅓ cup (66g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (201g) creamy peanut butter (not natural)
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups (180g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Granulated sugar (for rolling the cookies)
- Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- ½ cup (85g) semi-sweet chocolate chips (for melting)
- Candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Unwrap about 24 mini Reese’s cups, place them in a bowl, and put them in the freezer.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat with an electric mixer for 1 minute until smooth and fluffy.
- Add in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract, and beat again for less than 1 minute.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on low speed.
- Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to form tablespoon-sized balls from the dough.
- Roll the dough in your hands to make uniform balls, then roll them in granulated sugar.
- Place the cookies 2-3 inches apart on a silicone-lined baking sheet and bake for 8-11 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and press a mini Reese’s cup into the center of each cookie.
- Let the cookies cool for 15-20 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack.
- Microwave the chocolate chips in a bowl for 3 minutes on 50% power, stirring each minute until melted.
- Transfer melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle and draw 4 legs on each side of the cookies.
- Attach candy eyeballs using melted chocolate.
- Allow the chocolate to set before serving.
Notes
Make sure the butter is at room temperature for the best mixing results. Don’t skip the freezing step for the Reese’s cups to maintain their shape.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg