Description
These festive Spider Cookies are a fun and delicious treat perfect for Halloween. Soft, chocolate-chip filled cookies decorated with melted chocolate to resemble spooky spider legs, making them both tasty and visually impressive.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled until warm
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking.
- Make Cooking Dough: In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, salt, and baking soda. In a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat melted butter with light brown sugar and granulated sugar until well blended. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract, mixing until combined. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until just combined, then gently fold in ¾ cup of the semi-sweet chocolate chips. The dough will be soft.
- Bake Cookies: Scoop the dough into balls and place them on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spacing them evenly. Bake for 12 minutes until the edges are lightly golden.
- Add Chocolate Chips on Top: Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately press 3-4 chocolate chips into the top of each cookie with the pointed side up to resemble spider bodies.
- Melt Remaining Chocolate: Place the remaining chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on low power, stirring every 30 seconds, until the chocolate is fully melted and smooth.
- Draw Spider Legs: Transfer the melted chocolate to a small ziplock bag and carefully cut a tiny slit in one corner of the bag to create a piping tip. Squeeze the melted chocolate through this slit to draw 8 spider legs radiating from the cluster of chocolate chips on each cookie. Let the chocolate set before serving.
Notes
- Make Ahead Instructions: Store leftover spider cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days to maintain freshness.
- Freezing Instructions: Freeze baked spider cookies in a freezer-safe bag or container for up to 3 months. Thaw before serving.
- For best results, ensure the melted chocolate is not too hot before piping the spider legs to prevent melting the cookies.
- Use parchment paper to prevent sticking and for easy cleanup.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 220 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
