These Halloween peanut butter spider cookies are as delicious as they are spooky! Enjoy a peanut butter and oat cookie that's packed with chocolate chips and decorated to feature spiders and flies! What a creepy, crawly treat!
Put the sugar, butter and peanut butter in a large bowl. Whisk until combined and fluffy.
Add the eggs, milk and vanilla and beat until creamy.
Add the flour and oats and mix until well combined. It’s easiest to use a silicon spatula for this, so that you can scrape down the sides as you go.
Add 3/4 of the chocolate chips and mix through.
Divide the mix into 24 equally sized dollops and roll into balls. Each ball should weigh about 58g / 2 ounces.
Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Press the balls with the palm of your hand to form cookies.
Bake for 12 minutes per batch until just golden.
While still warm, top each cookie with four chocolate chips each, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Use a brown or black icing pen to add legs to your spiders, and a white icing pen to add wings to your flies.
Enjoy these spooky cookies as a fantastic Halloween treat!
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Notes
Pop your Halloween peanut butter spider cookies in an airtight container or ziplock bag to minimise moisture loss, then place somewhere cool and dry. They should stay good for at least a week.