Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best Halloween spider cookies, made with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with chocolate spiders!
October 31st is Halloween! This is a day to celebrate all things spooky. Many people have Halloween parties (both kids and adults), and it’s fun to display some spooky treats. These Halloween Spider Cookies are an easy-to-make, delicious option!
“The only thing that really scares me about Halloween is running out of candy.”
-Melanie White
Ingredients Needed:
- rolled oats
- all purpose flour
- baking soda and salt
- ground cinnamon
- butter
- brown sugar and white sugar
- vanilla extract
- eggs
- chocolate chips
- nuts, optional
How to make Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.
- Place rolled oats in blender or food processor and process until finely ground. Combine ground oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the butter, sugars and vanilla. Add the eggs, and beat until fluffy.
- Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, blending well. Add the nuts (if using) to the dough and mix well. Using a heaping tablespoonful for each cookie, scooping round balls, and place 2½-inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, 16 to 18 minutes. Place 3 chocolate chips on top of each cookie for the spider bodies as they come out of the oven
How to create the spiders:
The chocolate chips will melt, creating a scraggly body. In a small cup, melt ¼ cup chocolate chips in the microwave. Use a piping bag to pipe melted chocolate on for the legs.
What I Love About This Recipe:
- It’s such a fun cookie!
- Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, so these are always a big hit.
- They’re easy to make.
Fun Facts About Halloween:
- Trick-or-treating has existed since medieval times.
- Sugar rationing during World War II paused trick-or-treating.
- One in five adults usually pretend not to be home on Halloween.
- Now Halloween is the second-largest commercial holiday in the country (after Christmas).
- Every 19 years, there’s a full moon on Halloween.
Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup rolled oats (regular or quick)
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- 1½ cups chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.
- Place rolled oats in blender or food processor and process until finely ground. Combine ground oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the butter, sugars and vanilla. Add the eggs, and beat until fluffy.
- Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, blending well. Add the nuts (if using) to the dough and mix well. Using a heaping tablespoonful for each cookie, scooping round balls, and place 2½-inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, 16 to 18 minutes. In a small cup, melt ¼ cup chocolate chips in the microwave. Place 3 chocolate chips on top of each cookie for the spider bodies as they come out of the oven, and use a piping bag to pipe melted chocolate on for the legs. Let the spider cookies cool completely on wire racks.
