Spider chocolate chip cookies are the best Halloween Spider Cookies, made with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with chocolate spiders! These cookies are proof that spooky can be sweet! They’re easy to make and so much fun to decorate. Kids (and adults) will love how cute and delicious they are — and they’ll disappear fast!
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 on the dessert table. These Halloween Spider Cookies are a fun and delicious option! They’d also be great for a bake sale, movie night with spooky snacks, trick-or-treat gatherings or a neighborhood potluck.
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, 10 to 12 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.
Recipe Tips
- Don’t stress about them being perfect!
- I know that spiders have 8 legs. You can certainly add 8 legs if you want!
- Chill them after adding the melted spider legs for quick setting.
- You can make these Halloween spider cookies ahead of time. Just let them set completely before stacking and storing. Stack between layers of waxed paper.
What You’ll Love About This Recipe:
- They’re easy to make.
- It’s such a fun cookie!
- Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, so these are always a big hit.
Fun Facts About Halloween:
- Every 19 years, there’s a full moon on 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).
Halloween Spider Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup rolled oats (regular or quick)
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
- 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, 10 to 12 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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
