Chocolate Spiders

Name: Chocolate Spiders
Ingredients: 7 oz dark chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2/3 cup butter, softened; 2 cups flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 3/4 cup hazelnuts, chopped; 3 oz chocolate Pocky or other chocolate stick cookies, broken in half; 3/4 cup powdered sugar; 40 None colored sugar pearls

10 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

7 oz dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup butter, softened
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup hazelnuts, chopped
3 oz chocolate Pocky or other chocolate stick cookies, broken in half
3/4 cup powdered sugar
40 None colored sugar pearls

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. For the cake batter, melt half of the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of steaming water. In a separate bowl, cream together the sugar, vanilla and butter. Stir in the flour and baking powder then fold in the melted chocolate, remaining chopped chocolate and hazelnuts.
2

Spoon 20 dollops of the batter onto a lined baking sheet and poke 8 cookies halves into each for the spider legs. Bake for 15-18 mins and cool on a wire rack.
3

To decorate, mix the powdered sugar with 1 tbsp water until smooth and add to a piping bag. Pipe on eyes, using the sugar pearls as pupils, and decorate as desired.