Shortbread Spider Biscuits – Cute Halloween Party Idea

Cute Spider Halloween Biscuit's on marble worktop using Rolo Chocolate and edible sweet eyes

5 from 33 votes

Shortbread Spider Biscuits – Cute Halloween Party Idea

Looking for easy fun Halloween party food ideas? These Shortbread Spider Biscuits, are a cute treat for the kids. Using my childhood favourite chocolate, Rolo's and my daughters favourite Kinder Bueno. These Cute Spider Halloween Biscuits are definitely a treat no tricks here!

Prep Time10

Active Time20

Decorating Time10

Total Time40

Course: Biscuits, Party, Sharing, Sweet

Cuisine: British

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Yield: Biscuits

Calories: 140kcal

Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Shortbread Biscuit

100 g Unsalted Butter softened, we used Stork as already soft
50 g Caster Sugar
150 g Self Raising Flour
3 drops Vanilla Extract (optional) Use whatever flavouring you like?

Decorating your choice of any chocolate for the spider body

1 pack Rolos Chocolate's or Kinder Bueno Chocolate Or Aero/ Maltesers/ Lindt Balls you choose!
24 edible eyes
100 g Chocolate for melting

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Shortbread biscuit (you can buy shop brought biscuits to save time)

Preheat oven at 180°C,160°c fan, gas mark 4. Line two baking trays with parchment paper
Place 100 g Unsalted Butter into mixing bowl, whisk until soft, gradually add 50 g Caster Sugar, whisk until light and fluffy.
We used a handheld whisk to help speed this up.
Then stir in 3 drops Vanilla Extract (optional)
Use a wooden spoon combine the 150 g Self Raising Flour with the butter and sugar mixture until it forms a smooth biscuit dough.
Form the mixture into a dough with your hands, roll the dough directly onto the parchment paper and use cutters to make uniform circles.
You can make more cookie cuttings by rerolling the scraps together and repeating.
Transfer the parchment paper of biscuits onto a baking sheet.
Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes until golden, cool on a wire rack before decorating

To decorate

Melt the 100 g Chocolate in a microwaveable bowl on the lowest setting in the microwave, stir every 30 seconds until fully melted.
Fill the melted chocolate into a piping bag with a small cut in the corner to pipe 8 legs on the biscuit.
Use the melted chocolate as glue to stick your choice of chocolate we used 1 pack Rolos Chocolate's or Kinder Bueno Chocolate for the body and finally the stuck the 24 edible eyes on to the body using more melted chocolate.
Leave to cool and the chocolate will harden and act like a glue..

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