Black & White Spider Cookies Recipe

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Black & White Spider Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 45 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + standing
  • Yield: 30 Servings
45 10 55

Ingredients

  • 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup water
  • ICING:
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1/3 cup light corn syrup
  • 8 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  • 1 to 3 tablespoons warm water

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs and water; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  • Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
  • For icing, in a large heavy saucepan, combine water and corn syrup; bring just to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat; whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth.
  • In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate. Stir in 1 cup of icing and 1 tablespoon warm water until smooth. (Icings will thicken as they stand; stir in additional water, 1 teaspoon at a time, to thin if necessary.)
  • Spoon chocolate icing over half of each cookie; spread evenly. Spoon vanilla icing over the remaining half of cookies; spread evenly. Let stand until set.
  • Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert #2 round pastry tip. Fill the bag with remaining vanilla icing; pipe a spider web onto the chocolate half of each cookie.
  • Using another bag, pipe spiders onto cookies with remaining chocolate icing. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 218 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 120 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Black & White Spider Cookies in Taste of Home October 2011, p31

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Reviewed on Nov. 01, 2011 by RKRROG

I made this recipe as part of a Halloween cookie tray for work. My picky son was worried that there would not be any left for him because he liked them so much. My coworkers raved about them also and said that they should be a yearly part of Halloween baking. The cookie is light and fluffy with the frosting just sweet enough comparable to eating a glazed donut. They were also very fun to make and turned out very cute, just as shown on the recipe.


Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2011 by WendyPeterson

I found the cookies taste much better than they look. My white icing was very thin & clear. It took several coats to make it appear white & then I didn't have enough left to pipe the web. Had tons of chocolate icing left over though. I'll try again though with the modified recipe. They were tasty!


Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2011 by KScales

Due to the comments here, we have reviewed and retested this recipe. We have made some minor changes and regret we didn't catch these changes prior to publishing it. The recipe has been modified and is correct as shown here.

This is a sweet icing and it will be on the thin side in order to have a nice smooth finish on the cookies. It will thicken up some if allowed to stand before piping the spider webs.

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Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2011 by croy0214

I agree this cookie is very sweet. I am going to try a sugar cookie next time. Not sure what to do about the frosting though. They were very cute (minus the spider...didnt come out so good...left him off the cookies)


Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2011 by h2oville

have not made these cookies, but since you all think they were failures, why not build on the idea and make sugar cookies and frosting of your choice and still make the spider web cookies..........


Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2011 by kimelena1

also - make your own white icing. this was fine when making the chocolate; but the white had no flavor other than the sugar and way too thin


Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2011 by merchenbrecher

Why on earth would you send out this recipe as a "member exclusive" when the results have the potential to be so poor? I used to tell people that I loved to use TOH recipes because they're always good and so down-to-earth. Not any more.


Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2011 by kimelena1

following the directions exactly, the cookies are too puffy and don't work for B&W cookies at all. Really disappointing, as I was making to send to my daughters at school


Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2011 by beekeepergold

Easy & cute. Too much corn syrup. Skip it make simple syrup you may have in the fridge with water & sugar.


Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2011 by blmaw

After taking these from the oven, the cookie flattened, much like a pancake, and did not have the rounded appearance as in the photograph. I did not care for the flavor of the cookie. Disappointed!

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