A sugar cookie with a chocolate spider on top — so cute, it’s scary!
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Cute Spider Cookies
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for drop cookies
- 1/2 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting (from 16-oz container)
- 1/4 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting
- 24 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups™ miniatures, unwrapped
- 48 Betty Crocker™ Candy Shop candy eyeballs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F.
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Step2In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter and egg with spoon until soft dough forms. Shape into 24 (1 1/4 inch) balls; place on ungreased large cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Move to cooling rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Spoon vanilla frosting into small resealable freezer plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut small tip from one corner of bag. Working from center to outer edge, pipe frosting to form spiral design on top of cookie. Working from center of spiral to outer edge, pipe several lines to form web design.
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Step5Spoon chocolate frosting into small resealable freezer plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut small tip from one corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe small circle of frosting on cookie. Turn peanut butter cup top side down on circle of frosting. Pipe 8 lines for spider legs around peanut butter cup; pipe 2 small dabs of frosting, and attach 2 eyeballs. Repeat decorating steps with remaining cookies (use photo as guide).
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Step6Store covered at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.
Nutrition
200 Calories
9g Total Fat
2g Protein
29g Total Carbohydrate
19g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 22%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 19g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
2Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
- tip 1
- tip 2
- tip 3
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