Description
Create a spooky and fun Halloween Spider Donut Snack featuring chocolate mini donuts decorated with pretzel legs and candy eyes, perfect for a festive treat that’s quick and easy to make.
Ingredients
Scale
Donuts
- 8 chocolate mini donuts
Toppings
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
- 24 pretzel twists
- 16 candy eyes
Instructions
- Prepare the Pretzel Legs: Carefully break the pretzel twists into pieces so that each donut has eight pretzel legs, four for each side, with the curve facing outward to resemble spider legs.
- Attach Pretzel Legs: Insert four pretzel pieces on each side of each mini donut to form the spider’s legs, pressing them gently into the donut surface.
- Melt the Chocolate: Place the chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until completely melted and smooth.
- Apply Eyes: Transfer the melted chocolate into a piping bag, cut the tip off, and pipe two small dots on top of each donut. Quickly press two candy eyes into the chocolate dots to make the spider’s eyes.
- Set the Decoration: Allow the melted chocolate to harden at room temperature or place the donuts in the refrigerator briefly before serving to ensure the candy eyes stay in place.
Notes
- Enjoy the spider donuts immediately for the best freshness and texture.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container overnight to preserve freshness.
- Be gentle when breaking pretzels to get the right size for legs and avoid too small pieces.
- You can substitute candy eyes with small white chocolate chips if unavailable.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, use a small plastic sandwich bag with a tiny cut at one corner to pipe chocolate.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg
