Description
Halloween Peanut Butter Spiders are a fun and festive no-bake treat perfect for Halloween parties. Made with creamy peanut butter, brown sugar, and flour, these bite-sized spider-shaped snacks use halved pretzel sticks for legs and vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips for eyes. They are easy to prepare, chill, and enjoy chilled for a deliciously soft and sticky sensation.
Ingredients
Scale
Spider Body
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
Decorations
- Halved pretzel sticks, for legs
- Mini vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips, for eyes
Instructions
- Mix Ingredients: In a large bowl, stir together the creamy peanut butter and brown sugar until well combined.
- Form Dough: Gradually add the all-purpose flour to the peanut butter mixture and stir to form a dough that can be rolled into balls.
- Shape Balls: Pour some flour into a pie pan, then roll small balls of the peanut butter dough in the flour to prevent sticking.
- Freeze: Place the balls on a baking sheet or plate and freeze them for about 1 hour to firm up.
- Add Legs and Eyes: Remove the peanut butter balls from the freezer, press three halved pretzel sticks on each side of each ball to create spider legs, and press two mini vegan chocolate chips onto each ball to make eyes.
- Chill Before Serving: Refrigerate the decorated spider treats for additional time if you want them to harden more before serving.
- Serve: Enjoy these Halloween peanut butter spiders chilled, ideally served in mini cupcake cases with napkins nearby to manage stickiness.
Notes
- Use creamy peanut butter for the best texture; if it’s too soft or drippy, add a bit more flour as a thickener to make the dough firm enough to roll.
- Chilling the dough before forming balls makes shaping easier and less sticky.
- Serve the spiders chilled but allow them to warm slightly at room temperature before eating to soften the texture.
- To avoid mess, place the finished spiders in mini cupcake liners and have napkins handy when serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 spider
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 110 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
