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Spider Treats
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Spider Treats
Chocolate
Cobweb Spiders:
Servings:
Two people
Needed: 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips Spider web pattern 12x15 inch baking sheet Pastry bag Double boiler Wax paper
1. Find a drawing of a spider and photocopy it, fitting in as many as you can on
a legal-size piece of paper.
2. In the top of a double boiler, over barely simmering water, stir the
chocolate until melted. Remove from heat and let stand over water until cool,
but still fluid. Put chocolate into a pastry bag fitted with 1/4-inch diameter
tip.
3. Place paper with photocopied spiders on a cookie sheet and cover with waxed
paper. Squeeze chocolate out of pastry bag and trace spiders. Chill the spiders
for about 10 minutes.
4. Draw/acquire a spider web pattern. Lay spider web pattern on a 12x15 inch baking sheet and cover with wax paper.
Squeeze chocolate out of pastry bag onto waxed paper, tracing spider web design.
Chill web for 10 minutes. Peel off wax paper and place the chocolate spiders all
over the web.
Cocoa
Spider Treat:
Servings:
Three/four people
Needed:
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
5-1/4 oz. mini marshmallows (half a bag)
Waxed paper
Thin licorice whips ( black, brown or purple)
1. Melt chocolate in either microwave or double boiler until just
melted. Stir until smooth. Add marshmallows. Place by spoonfuls on waxed paper.
Decorate with licorice "legs". Let dry.
2. Try variety. Add raisins or nuts or both, even m&m's work well.
Try different kinds of spider legs too. Potato Sticks or pretzel sticks. Think
of even more. Be creative and have fun. Also spiders set much faster if put in
the freezer for just a few minutes.
Spider
Snack:
Servings:
One person
Needed:
2 tablespoons Peanut butter
2 tablespoons Powdered sugar
2 tablespoons Graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons Coconut
Licorice
Raisins
1. Mix peanut butter, sugar and crumbs together and form a ball.
2. Divide the ball into 2 parts to form 2 balls, 1 slightly smaller than the
other. Roll balls in coconut and place smaller ball on top of larger one. The
smaller ball with be the head and the larger 1, the abdomen.
3. Add 8 licorice legs and 8 raisin eyes.
Spider
Cake:
Servings:
Four/five people
Needed:
18 1/4 oz box white cake mix
4-serving package green gelatin
Blue food coloring
Chocolate frosting
4 black licorice whips
2 big green gumballs
6 little gumballs
1. Prepare cake using two
9-inch round cake pans. Cool.
2. Prepare the gelatin according to package directions. It works best if it
is just a little on the soft side.
3. On a foil-covered cookie-sheet, place one cake layer for the body. Cut a
smaller circle out of the center of the layer. Place this smaller round of
cake as the spider's head. Fill the hole left in the body layer with
gelatin. Place the other cake layer on top of the body and trim cake
slightly to shape , if desired.
4. To prepare frosting, in a mixing bowl, add blue food coloring to the
chocolate frosting until black in color. Frost the entire cake black. Cut
the black licorice whips in half and insert for the eight legs. Position the
gumballs as eyes.
5. When sliced for serving, it will spurt green goop.
Black
Widow Cup Cakes:
Servings:
Four/five people
Needed:
1 package Devil's food cake mix
Vegetable cooking spray
Glaze
5
cups Powdered sugar
7 tablespoons milk
1/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa
Plastic spiders
1. Prepare cake as directed on package.
2. Pour into 2, 8" square aluminum foil
pans coated with cooking spray;
3. Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes or until tested
done. Cool in pans on wire racks.
5. Combine 4 cups powdered sugar and 5-7 Tbsp
milk in a large bowl;
6. Spread a thin layer evenly over each cake.
7. Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa and 2 Tbsp milk; spoon into a small
zip-lock bag. Close bag securely and snip a tiny hole in bottom corner of bag.
8. Carefully pipe concentric circles onto each cake. Pipe straight lines at
intervals from the inner circle through the outside circle, forming a web
design. Garnish with plastic spiders.
Spider
Egg Cider
Servings:
One person
Needed:
1 cup of apple juice
A dash of cinnamon
1 cinnamon stick
A few raisins
Watch out for the spider...
