Spooky Spider Treats Recipe

These easy to make Spooky Spider Treats will be a huge hit with your little – and big – witches and ghosts! Perfect for lunchboxes, parties, and afternoon snacks, these spider treats are easy to make and taste so good!

Spooky Spider Treats Recipe

How about these awesome Halloween spider cookies – treats, crispy cookies, whatever you would like to call them! Halloween themed food for October is huge in the lunchbox – kids and adults alike! Oh come on, you know you make special Halloween food recipes to take into work – either for yourself or to share with the office. And, these easy to make spider cookies are a fun spooky food everyone will enjoy.

So whether for the lunchbox, or an after school (or after work) snack, to share at a Halloween party, or just because, you and your kids will love these fabulous Spooky Spider Treats this Halloween season.

Spooky Spider Treats Ingredients:

● 10oz Miniature Marshmallows (one bag)
● 3 TBSP Butter, softened
● Black Food Coloring
● 6 cups Crispy Rice Cereal
● 36 Black Licorice Twists
● 36 Large Candy Eyes

Spooky Spider Treats Mise en Place:

● Microwave Safe Mixing Bowl (or pot if doing this on the stove)
● Measuring Cup
● Spatula
● Spoon
● Kitchen Scissors
● Parchment Paper

Spooky Spider Treats Directions:

● In a large mixing bowl, heat your marshmallows and butter for 1-2 minutes in a microwave. (You can do this on a stove by heating the butter in a pot and adding the marshmallows and stirring)

● Stir well until the marshmallow and butter are mixed together.

● Add in several drops of food coloring; mix well.
● Mix in your crispy rice cereal with a long metal spoon until the cereal is coated.

● Layout a piece of parchment paper and grease the outside of two sandwich bags with butter.

● Place your hands in the sandwich bags and use the sandwich bags covered hands to form the sticky crispy rice mixture into small balls slightly larger than golf balls.

● Slightly flatten the balls onto the parchment paper by pressing them with the bottom of a bowl.

● Use a pair of clean kitchen scissors to cut the black licorice into thirds and place 3 cut pieces into each side of the flattened crispy rice balls.

● While the marshmallows are still sticky, place 2 eyes onto the top of each crispy rice spider.
● Allow to dry.

Yield: 18

Spooky Spider Treats Recipe

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These fun and spooky Spider Cookies are delicious Halloween treats all your little ghosts and goblins will enjoy. Easy to make, these Spider Cookies will be a big hit at your next Halloween party, packed in a school lunchbox, or as an afternoon treat.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes

Additional Time 8 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 36 Black Licorice Twists
• Black Food Coloring
• 6 cups Crispy Rice Cereal
• 3 TBSP Butter, softened
• 10 oz Miniature Marshmallows
• 36 Large Candy Eyes

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, heat your marshmallows and butter for 1-2 minutes in a microwave. (You can do this on a stove by heating the butter in a pot and adding the marshmallows and stirring)
2. Stir well until the marshmallow and butter are mixed together.
3. Add in several drops of food coloring; mix well.
4. Mix in your crispy rice cereal with a long metal spoon until the cereal is coated.
5. Layout a piece of parchment paper and grease the outside of two sandwich bags with butter.
6. Place your hands in the sandwich bags and use the sandwich bags covered hands to form the sticky crispy rice mixture into small balls slightly larger than golf balls.
7. Slightly flatten the balls onto the parchment paper by pressing them with the bottom of a bowl.
8. Use a pair of clean kitchen scissors to cut the black licorice into thirds and place 3 cut pieces into each side of the flattened crispy rice balls.
9. While the marshmallows are still sticky, place 2 eyes onto the top of each crispy rice spider.
10. Allow to dry.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

18

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 228Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 50gFiber: 0gSugar: 26gProtein: 2g

Note: for exact nutritional information, consult your dietitian. All nutritional information provided is simply a guideline.

If you are looking for more Halloween party treats, try these recipes:

● Easy Halloween Bats Candy Treats
● Jack O’Lantern Rice Crispy Treats Recipe
● Monster Eye Cookies Recipe
● Mummy Cookies Recipe
● Spider Cookies Recipe
● Graveyard Trifle Recipe

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