Here is an easy dessert recipe to spook your Halloween guests - black widow spider cookies made with Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix and decorated with dark cocoa icing.
Black Widow Cookie Pops
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Flour, butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for cutout cookies
- 12 craft sticks (flat wooden sticks with round ends)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened dark baking cocoa
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons black sanding sugar
- 12 red candy-coated chocolate candies
Instructions
-
Step1In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until dough forms. Shape dough into a ball and flatten slightly. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour.
-
Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap dough. On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 4-inch spider-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart. Insert craft stick halfway into center of each cookie.
-
Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
-
Step4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and cocoa. Add milk, corn syrup and vanilla; mix with whisk until smooth. Pipe frosting onto cookies. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Place 1 candy in center of each cookie.
Nutrition
330
Calories
12g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 170mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
3
© 2025 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved