Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

My Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies are the perfect Halloween dessert. It starts by making my tried and true chocolate chip cookies. Place a few extra chocolate chips on top of the baked cookies. Melt some chocolate and pipe spider legs onto the chocolate chips. These cookies are easy to make and everyone will think you are so clever. Plus one can’t go wrong when bringing a classic, chewy and crunchy chocolate chip cookie to an event. It is a recipe that will impress!

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Why you will love these Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies are superior to any other cookie. It is a cookie that everyone loves and is most likely their favorite kind of cookie to eat. So piping on chocolate spider to an already iconic dessert will make you the talk of the party during the spooky season.

Ingredient Notes to make the best Chocolate Chip Cookies

• I highly recommend using quality ingredients when making any baked good. The kind of flour, butter, sugar, vanilla and chocolate chips used in the recipe will greatly determine the flavor and texture of the cookie. In the recipe card I have linked all the ingredients (in blue) I use when making these cookies. The final product yields buttery chocolate chip cookies that have chewy middles and crunchy edges. It’s the best knowing exactly what you are baking with. Especially since most cookies from the store or bakery likely contain artificial flavors, preservatives, oils and colors to keep them on the shelf longer. With are hard on our bodies and stomaches to digest.

Recipe Variations for my Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

• Swap out 1/4 cup of flour with cocoa powder to make double chocolate spider cookies.
• Use white chocolate chips instead of dark chocolate chips. I like Guittard white chocolate baking chips.
• Omit piping on chocolate spider legs and bake the cookies into the most perfect chocolate chocolate chip cookies that you can eat all year round.

How to Make Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

1. Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and lining two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Then add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and mix until combine.
3. In a separate large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Then mix in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined.
5. Fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stop mixing when the flour disappears.
6. Scoop the dough onto the cookie sheet (no more than 6 at a time), top each dough ball with extra chocolate chips and bake the cookies for 12 minutes at 350 F.
7. Cool the cookies completely and melt the extra chocolate chips.
8. Place the melted chocolate into a piping bag, barley snip the bottom with scissors and pipe little legs onto the tops of each cookie.
9. Eat and enjoy.

Expert tips to make the best cookies

• Always read a recipe from start to finish before making so you don’t miss anything.
• Then measure out the ingredients before starting to bake so you don’t forget an ingredient.
• Make sure ingredients that need to be room temperature are ready to use. This step will ensure the ingredients rise properly while baking.
• If you want extra thick and chewy cookies chill the cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Just wrap the bowl with plastic wrap before placing the dough into the fridge to prevent the dough from drying out. This step allows the butter to get cold again so it does not spill out while baking. It also gives the ingredients a second to marinate together so the flavors are more intense when eating.
• Don’t forget the salt. Good salt like Redmond Real Salt will bring out the flavors of the other ingredients. Use my code “cookieeclub” to save on any orders. It’s the only salt I bake with, cook with and put into my water every morning for easy electrolytes.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chewy, chocolate chips, Cookies, Crunchy, Spiders

Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

My Halloween Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies are the perfect Halloween dessert. It starts by making my tried and true chocolate chip cookies. Place a few extra chocolate chips on top of the baked cookies. Melt some chocolate and pipe spider legs onto the chocolate chips. These cookies are easy to make and everyone will think you are so clever. Plus one can't go wrong when bringing a classic, chewy and crunchy chocolate chip cookie to an event. It is a recipe that will impress!

Servings: 17 Large Cookies

Author: Cookiee Club

Equipment

• 2-3 Cookie Sheet
• 2-3 Unbleached Parchment Paper
• 2 Mixing Bowls
• 1 Measuring Cup Set
• 1 Hand Mixer
• 1 Rubber Spatula
• 1 2.5 oz Cookie Scoop
• 1 Piping Bag

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 cup organic brown sugar or regular brown sugar
• ½ cup organic cane sugar or granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract not vanilla flavoring
• 2 ¼ cup all purpose un bleached flour or organic flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder free of aluminum
• 1 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
• 1 9 oz bag of dark chocolate chips not chopped chocolate or chocolate discs

Instructions

• Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F
• Then line two baking trays (13×18) with unbleached parchment paper and set aside.
• Now in a medium sized mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and 1 cup of chocolate chips.
• In a large mixing bowl, with a hand mixer, cream the softened butter for one minute until creamy.
• Mix in the brown sugar and cane sugar into the butter until light and fluffy. About 1-2 minutes.
• Pour in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract and combine until smooth.
• Grab the dry ingredients and pour it into the butter and sugar mixture.
• Ditch the hand mixer and fold the flour into the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula until the last bit of flour disappears.
• Optional step: Cover the dough with plastic wrap and stick the dough into the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.
• With a 2.5 oz or 4 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the dough and place 6 cookie dough balls onto a baking pan, lined with parchment paper.
• Top each dough ball with a few extra chocolate chips.
• Bake the cookies at 350 F for 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and middles are slightly under baked.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and shape the warm cookies with a circular cookie cutter or cup that is slightly bigger than the cookie.
• Continue to bake the cookies until all the dough has been cooked.
• Cool the cookies completely before melting the leftover chocolate chips in a microwave save bowl, in 30 second increments until velvety smooth.
• Add the melted chocolate to a piping bag, barley snip the bottom with scissors and pipe spooky spider legs onto the tops of the cooled cookies chocolate chips.
• Serve at a halloween party, for a spooky movie night or other festivity and enjoy!

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