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Creepy Spiders Recipe

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Cake mix gives these chocolate sandwich cookies a head start. You can even have kids help assemble the "spiders!"—Nella Parker, Hersey, Michigan

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Creepy Spiders Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 package chocolate fudge cake mix (regular size)
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
Shoestring black licorice, cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
1/4 cup red-hot candies

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, butter and egg (dough will be stiff). Shape into 1-in. balls.
Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks.
Spread a heaping teaspoonful of frosting over the bottom of half of the cookies. Place four licorice pieces on each side of cookies for spider legs; top with remaining cookies. For eyes, attach two red-hot candies with frosting to top of spider. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Originally published as Creepy Spiders in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2005, p242

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Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2009 by Joker_269

Thank you so much for a wonderful idea, I made a spider web cake for my son's preschool and these spiders were a wonderful way to complete the theme. I too had to use red licorice and I also used skittles for the eyes. Thanks again.

Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2009 by DoogieJanet

This was such a fun and easy recipe to do with my boys and the kids thought they were pretty cool. And costwise it was a great recipe to make for their school classes.

Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2009 by kat7464

These were so fun to make - couldn't find the shoestring licorice so cut chocolate licorice into strips. Tedious but effective. Great cookies - rich, chewy, chocolately.

Reviewed on Oct. 08, 2009 by Cook38

I made these for a birthday treat for my preschool-age son and they were a BIG hit! I couldn't find black licorice strings, so I used red and they were still cute. Also, instead of cinnamon-hot eyes, I used mini red m&m's as I thought that would be more kid-friendly. My son still talks about them!

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