This Peanut Butter Spider Cookies recipe is an easy Halloween cookie recipe! These easy spider cookies are based on my favorite Peanut Butter Blossoms and the spiders are made with brown M&Ms and melted chocolate chips!
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My toddler, Jackson, loves Halloween! The only thing he doesn’t really love about Halloween is Spiders! Well, not only Halloween but he just doesn’t like Spiders or “PIDERS” as he says. So, I decided to make Spider cookies, like the good mom I am. haha. Just kidding, I didn’t make them just because he doesn’t like spiders. I made these Peanut Butter Spider Cookies for Halloween for the blog and because I knew the loves peanut butter cookies.
Since he loves peanut butter cookies, I thought maybe that these chocolate spiders might help me show him that fake spiders are ok. I was semi right. haha. He loved the cookies and he made sure to quickly eat the spider off the top of the cookie while I was with him so that he would relax and eat the peanut butter cookie.
Alright so, Peanut Butter Spider Cookies seem to be pretty popular around October and I’ve been them made with peanut butter cups and some made with malted milk balls. I wanted to make these easy spider cookies but wanted to put a spin on the candy that was used. I decided on brown M&Ms!
Brown peanut M&Ms for the spider bodies and brown regular M&Ms for the spider head, then I used melted chocolate chips for the spider legs.
What you’ll need to make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies:
- white sugar
- butter
- creamy peanut butter
- brown sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- flour
- egg
- brown peanut M&Ms candies
- brown regular M&Ms candies
- chocolate chips
How to make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies:
Pre-heat oven to 375.
In a large bowl, stir together 1/2 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and the egg. Mix until combined.
Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms.
Shape dough into tablespoon size balls and place 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes until edges are light brown.
Remove cookies from oven and immediately slightly press cookies down a bit with your hand or a spatula.
While cookies are still hot, press 1 brown peanut M&M candy into the center of the top of the cookie. Add 1 brown regular M&M beside it for the head.
Let cookie cool completely. .
Once completely cool, melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips in a bowl in microwave until smooth.
Spoon melted chocolate into a plastic sandwich bag, snip the end and draw little chocolate spider legs on the cookies.
Let chocolate cool and harden.
These spider cookies are super soft peanut butter cookies just like my favorite Peanut Butter Blossoms! I think that this peanut butter cookie recipe would be nice for making spider web cookies or M&M peanut butter cookies.
SPONSORED ITEMS USED IN THIS RECIPE:
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- Dixie Crystals – White Sugar & Brown Sugar
More awesome Halloween cookie Recipes to make:
- Cake Mix BloodShot Eyeball Cookies
- Hocus Pocus Spell book Cookie Sandwiches
- Witch Hat Cookies
- Jack Skellington Macarons
Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
This Peanut Butter Spider Cookies recipe is an easy Halloween cookie recipe! These easy spider cookies are based on my favorite Peanut Butter Blossoms and the spiders are made with brown M&Ms and melted chocolate chips! Pre-heat oven to 375. In a large bowl, stir together 1/2 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and the egg. Mix until combined. Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms. Shape dough into tablespoon size balls and place 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes until edges are light brown. Remove cookies from oven and immediately slightly press cookies down a bit with your hand or a spatula. While cookies are still hot, press 1 brown peanut M&M candy into the center of the top of the cookie. Add 1 brown regular M&M beside it for the head. Let cookie cool completely. Once completely cool, melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips in a bowl in microwave until smooth. Spoon melted chocolate into a plastic sandwich bag, snip the end and draw little chocolate spider legs on the cookies. Let chocolate cool and harden. 
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Take a look more spooky Halloween recipes from our #HalloweenTreatsWeek Bloggers today:
Halloween Cookies & Bars:
- Peanut Butter Spider Cookies from BigBearsWife
- Chocolate Almond Owl Eye Cookies from Savory Moments
- Halloween Sugar Cookies from House of Nash Eats
- Mini Mallowmar Candy Corn Cookies from Sweet ReciPEAS
- Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies from Fresh Coast Eats
- Black Cat Whoopie Pies from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
Halloween Cakes & Cupcakes:
- Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake from The Flour Handprint
- Flying Purple People Eater Cake Balls from The Spiffy Cookie
Halloween Brownies:
- Cream Cheese Brownies with Pumpkin from Back To My Southern Roots
Halloween Bread:
- Pan de Muerto (Day of the dead bread) from Lemon Blossoms
Halloween Drinks:
- Eye of Newt Halloween Milkshake from It’s Shanaka
Sweet Halloween Treats:
- Halloween Marshmallow Pops from Devour Dinner
- Monster Mouths from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Spooky Peanut Butter Balls from Tastes of Homemade
- Spider Web Ice Cream Pie from An Affair from the Heart
- Halloween Fudge from Sweet Beginnings
- The Best Halloween Muddy Buddies Mix from Family Around the Table
- Halloween Treat Popcorn Balls from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Halloween Charcuterie Board from I am a Honey Bee
Savory Halloween Recipes:
- Air Fried Bat Wings from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
Happy Halloween!
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“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”
For the 3rd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 30 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week!
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1 Copy of – The Peanuts Family Cookbook: Delicious Dishes for Kids to Make with Their Favorite Grown-Ups
Prize #7 from Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS
1 Copy of her new cookbook “Holy Sweet! 60 Indulgent Recipes for Bigger, Better Desserts”
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1 Copy of her cookbook, “Incredible One-Pot Cooking: Easy, Delicious Recipes for Exciting Meals Without the Mess”
Prize #9 from Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog
1 Copy of “Friends: The Official Cookbook”
Prize #10 from Michaela from An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer from Take Two Tapas and Michele from West Via Midwest
ONE (1) $75 Amazon gift card
Prize #11 from Shanaka from It’s Shanaka
ONE (1) $25 Amazon gift card
Prize #12 from Ashley from Cheese Curd In Paradise
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Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing brand sponsors: Dixie Crystals that provided a prize pack for our giveaways and also sent some samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes. We would also love to give a huge thanks to our Halloween Treats Week bloggers because a lot of them also donated prizes for the giveaways, including: Angie of BigBearsWife , Nicole of Nicole Taggart’s Origami Owl Jewelry Bar, Kathy of Lemon Blossoms, Terri of Our Good Life, Julie of Back To My Southern Roots, Peabody of Sweet ReciPEAS, Megan of Strawberry Blondie Kitchen, Nicole of For the Love of Food Blog, Michaela of An Affair from the Heart, Jennifer of Take Two Tapas , Michele of West Via Midwest, Shanaka of It’s Shanaka, Ashley of Cheese Curd In Paradise, and Amy from House of Nash Eats!
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