Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
These dark chocolate peanut butter spider cookies are so fun & absolutely delicious! They make for the perfect Halloween treat for the family, a gathering, or to make with kids! Soft and chewy peanut butter cookie (gluten-free and dairy-free), topped with googly-eyed dark chocolate peanut butter cups and little chocolate frosting spider legs. Something for everyone to love!
What You’ll Need:
To make these Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Spider Cookies, you’ll just need 10 total ingredients and a few simple steps!
Ingredients:
- oat flour
- natural peanut butter
- eggs
- brown sugar
- vanilla
- baking powder
- baking soda
- Spider body/legs: dark chocolate peanut butter cups, edible candy eyes, chocolate frosting of choice
* Possible substitutes listed below. NOTE: I have not personally tried any of these substitutes for this recipe, however I believe they could work.
- you may be able to substitute almond flour, 1 to 1 gluten-free baking flour, or all purpose flour for the oat flour, but you may have to tweak the amount a little bit.
- you can easily leave out the chocolate PB cups & just eat these as chewy peanut butter cookies!
- if you’d like to use cane sugar or coconut sugar (instead of the brown sugar), you should be able to substitute 1:1
How To Make:
This recipe has a few steps, but I promise it isn’t complicated and is well worth it! First, make the cookie batter by mixing all ingredients together (first the wet, then the dry). Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes, or until firm enough to roll into balls. While dough is in the fridge, add the eyes to the peanut butter cups. Best way to do this is adding a little bit of frosting on back and placing the on the peanut butter cup. Then, roll the dough into 20 balls, coat in sugar and bake! Once done, you’ll let them cool a bit, add the peanut butter cups, then add the frosting legs when fully cooled.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup sugar for coating
Spider Body/Legs:
- 20 dark chocolate peanut butter cups
- 40 edible candy eyes
- 1/2 cup chocolate frosting of choice
Instructions
- Whisk together eggs and brown sugar. Add in peanut butter and vanilla extract, mix until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, mix together oat flour, baking soda and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until dough-like. Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes, or until you can roll dough into balls.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- While dough is in the refrigerator, add the eyes onto the peanut butter cups. To do this, add just a tiny bit of frosting on the back of each eye, then gently stick onto the peanut butter cup. Once finished, place them in the refrigerator (this is so the frosting can harden and the peanut butter cups are less likely to melt when you add them to the cookies)
- Roll dough into 20 balls (~1 heaping tbsp each). Coat in sugar. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Let cool for about 5 minutes, then gently add the peanut butter cups to the middle of each cookie. *Do not add them right away or they will melt and you'll lose the cute spider look of the cookies.
- Once the cookies are fully cooled, add the frosting spider legs. Fill a piping bag (or a ziplock bag) with frosting, cut the very tip, then add 4 lines to each side of the cookie to create the legs.
Additional Recipes You’ll Love:
Here are a few more delicious dessert and cookie recipes you may also love: Orange Creamsicle Cookies (paleo), Strawberry Shortcake Cookies (paleo), Almond Lemon Cookies (by SailorBailey!), Lemon Bars (paleo), Lemon Protein Balls (paleo & vegan)
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