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Black & White Spider Cookies

Those eight-legged creatures aren't so creepy when you turn them into cookies. Make these treats any time of year—just skip the cobwebs and spiders. —Taste of Home Food Styling Team

30 ServingsPrep: 45 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + standing

Ingredients

1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
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

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Directions (continued)

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.

Nutrition 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.