Trix or Treat Spider Cookies


First, I’d like to beg for you not to read too closely into this post. I took a 2-hour nap this afternoon, and while it was amazing, I’m not “all here,” if you know what I mean. I’ll be the first to admit that I enjoy Halloween, and not for the reasons you might assume. Aside from all the controversy that surrounds this holiday, I love it because it reminds me that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away, which then ushers in Christmas. And we all know that I’m obsessed with Christmas. Obsessed. You won’t be able to get rid of me, I’ll be blogging so much. I mourn as I put my tree away on Tim’s birthday. Which is June 7th.

Regardless.

My mom’s friend, Holly, made these adorable “spooky” cookies and sent the recipe along to me. It was originally posted on Bakerella’s site, which is absolutely fabulous and noteworthy. I’ll post the recipe exactly as it’s seen on her blog. Thanks again, Holly!

Ingredients:
                  1 package Betty Crocker Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix
                  1 can of chocolate ready-made frosting
                  1 can of vanilla ready-made frosting
                           24-48 Trix orange and green sweetened corn puffs
                           Toothpicks
Re-sealable plastic bags

Directions:
                  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
                  Mix ingredients for cookies as directed on the package.
                  Use a small ice cream scoop to get similar sized cookies or just use a spoon and vary the amount for different size cookies.
                  Place cookie dough on a parchment covered baking sheet.
                  Bake for about 7-8 minutes.
                  Cool completely on a wire rack.
                  Makes about two dozen cookies.

To decorate:
                  Spread chocolate frosting on the top of each cookie.
                  Fill a re-sealable plastic bag with a couple of heaping spoonfuls of frosting and snip a tiny hole out of the bottom of one corner.
                  Pipe on three circles of white frosting for each cookie. Start in the middle with the smallest circle and work your way out.
                  Take a toothpick and beginning in the center, drag it lightly through each circle. Repeat all the way around the cookie.
                  Take remaining frosting and separate it into two bowls. Tint one frosting with orange icing color and the other with green.
                  Fill two re-sealable bags with the orange and green frosting and snip off the corner of each.
                  Pipe eight small legs with each color and place a matching orange or green Trix Cereal puff on the top of each pair of legs. Add one or several spiders on each cookie.
How cute are these? I hope you all have an amazing Halloween, or harvest festival, or whatever you celebrate! Just as long as there are pumpkins, cookies and fall involved, I’m down for whatever you want to call it.

Love and the spook,
Rachael




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