Mrs. Hewitt’s Cookie Bite Spiders
Mrs. Hewitt’s Cookie Bites make these quick and easy and double as a kid friendly activity if you’re looking for one.
Ingredients (per spider treat):
- 2 Mrs. Hewitt’s Cookie Bites (Chocolate Chip, Tuxedo, and Double Chocolate Mint are all delicious!)
- 8 Gluten-free Pretzel Sticks*
- Frosting
- Vanilla icing OR squeezable white icing
- 2 candy corn
- 2 candy eyes**
Directions:
- Trim candy corn to make teeth. I cut in the middle of the orange section and then shave down the bottom a bit to keep it thin. Set aside.
- Put frosting on the flat side of one cookie. I used chocolate because it worked with all 3 flavor cookie bites. You want it relatively thick so the toppings will sink in and frosting push up around them. If it isn’t quite thick enough you can always add a small dollop on top to help the top cookie stick.
- Stick 8 pretzel sticks into the frosting—four out each side to form legs.
- Stick two trimmed candy corn “teeth” in the front center, slightly sticking out from the edge, between the sets of pretzel spider legs.
- Top with a second cookie.
- Put a small dot of squeezable white icing OR vanilla frosting on the back of each candy/sprinkle eye, and stick them on top of your spider above the teeth.
*I use Snyders Gluten-free Pretzel Sticks
**I pulled sprinkle eyes out of Sprinklefetti Monster Mash sprinkles. Sprinklefetti is gluten-free, and you can still order their Halloween sprinkles on Amazon with next day Prime shipping. I have also seen candy eyes in the baking aisles at a couple grocery stores, but availability and being gluten-free may be hard to come by.