Description
Halloween Spider Cookies are fun and chewy treats perfect for celebrating the spooky season. These soft cookies are topped with chocolate spiders made from Maltesers, melted dark chocolate, and white icing for eyes, making them a delightful and festive snack for kids and adults alike.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 150g butter
- ½ cup brown sugar (100g)
- ½ cup white sugar (110g)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 cups plain flour (300g)
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 Tbsp cornflour
Decoration
- 140g bag Maltesers
- 100g dark chocolate, melted
- 1 small tube white icing
Instructions
- Melt Butter: In a large glass bowl, melt the butter in the microwave for 30 to 50 seconds, ensuring it is soft but not overheated.
- Mix Wet Ingredients: Whisk the melted butter, then add the brown sugar, white sugar, egg, and vanilla essence. Mix thoroughly until smooth and lump-free.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Sift together the plain flour, salt, baking soda, and cornflour over the wet mixture. Fold gently until just combined into a thick, soft dough.
- Chill Dough: If the dough feels too warm and soft to roll, chill it in the fridge or freezer until cool enough to handle and form balls.
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 170°C (fan bake).
- Shape Cookies: Roll dough into balls weighing about 30-40g (approximately 2 tablespoons) each. Place them spaced on a lined baking tray and gently push down to flatten slightly.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes until the edges turn golden but the centers remain soft.
- Add Maltesers: While cookies are still warm, press two Maltesers into the top of each cookie to form the spider bodies.
- Cool Cookies: Let the cookies sit on the baking tray for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Pipe Legs: Fill a small ziplock bag with melted dark chocolate, cut a tiny hole in one corner, and pipe four legs on each side of the Maltesers on each cookie.
- Add Eyes: Use white icing to pipe two dots for eyes on each spider, then add a small dot of melted chocolate in the center of each eye for pupils.
- Set and Serve: Allow the chocolate legs and eyes to harden completely before serving. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Notes
- Delicious, chewy cookies with a fun chocolate spider on top!
- For firmer cookies, bake a few minutes longer but avoid overbaking to maintain softness.
- Substitute Maltesers with other round chocolates if preferred.
- Store cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh for up to one week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 211
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 156mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 27mg
