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    Peanut Butter and Chocolate Spiders

    By Stacy 32 Comments

    If I were a spider I would live in my bedroom. I am going to let you in on one of my dirty little secrets. Because of the way I have arranged my room, on one side if my bed there is only about two feet from the bed to the wall. I reached down there a couple nights ago to get a book that fell and holy crap! Talk about DUST. And spider webs. My room is the messiest room in my house. I liken it to how as moms we spend so much time helping others we don't take time for ourselves. I take care of the rest of the house and everyone else's rooms, that I sometime neglect MY space. Well, I am going to try to change that because it is SPIDER season and I don't want them taking up residence in there. And since it is spider season, it got me thinking about Halloween. I am going to admit that I am a total humbug when it comes to this holiday.But my kids LOVE it. So I started to think about something fun I could do that was spider-ish. This is what I came up with.

    I made peanut butter no bake cookies. I made the mistake of waiting until they had set to put the pretzels in. It still worked but I had to be careful. It would be better to do it when they are warm and soft. I used peanut butter to "glue" the legs together because that is what I have but it would be better if you use peanut butter chocolate chips melted down. The eyes are a mini marshmallow cut in half and stuck on with more peanut butter. Since I was also making chocolate ones, I had some melted chocolate to do the dots on the eyes but you could also use raisins.

    Here is my chocolate guy. Isn't he cute too? I was going to make cake mix cookies for the body but realized that it was a brownie mix in the pantry and not a cake mix. Since it is Labor Day, I was not about to drag my behind to the store and wait in the long lines of people buying last minute BBQ stuff. I just made the brownie mix as it said on the box and baked them in muffin pans. I am glad it worked out this way. The legs are pretzels covered in chocolate. I just melted some chocolate chips in the microwave for about 30 seconds. The melted chocolate also worked as the glue.

    I love taking treats to my neighbors and friends. I was thinking about this as I was making these spiders and realized they are too big to take. Only one or two would fit well on a plate. Then it hit me. My kids had fun with these, I bet my friend's kids would like to make them too. You can make spider kits. Put one on the plate as an example and baggie with the things they need to make some of their own! This way they have a fun activity AND a treat to eat.
    Now that my kitchen is cleaned up from this, I think I will go vacuum my room!!!

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    Filed Under: Holiday, Kids Activities, Recipes 32 Comments

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    1. Sarah@AlpinePoppy

      September 07, 2010 at 4:23 am

      So cute, probably the first spider that I would ever like to see!

      Reply
    2. Michelle

      September 07, 2010 at 12:41 pm

      Fabulous!! But they would put me in a real dilema as I am totally addicted to chocolate but terrified of spiders. So I would be going crazy to eat them, but too scared to touch them, lol.
      Michelle :-)

      Reply
    3. Tasha

      September 07, 2010 at 7:28 pm

      Love, Love, Love your ideas!!
      I'm totally using that spider idea for my son's kindergarten class!! They will totally get a kick out of it!

      Reply
    4. Randi

      September 08, 2010 at 2:01 am

      Adorable ... I love your chocolate guy!

      Reply
    5. Kimbo West @ a girl and a glue gun

      September 08, 2010 at 5:02 am

      so cute. my kids would LOVE!

      Reply
    6. Sandy Ang

      September 08, 2010 at 1:36 pm

      Oh, my niece and nephew will absolutely adore these. You are amazing.

      Reply
    7. Jerri

      September 08, 2010 at 8:25 pm

      These are the cutest! Definitely some spiders I wouldn't mind having in my house!

      I would love for you to come by this week and link up at my Friday Favorites party!

      Reply
    8. Rhonda

      September 10, 2010 at 1:47 am

      These are SOOO adorable! I think I'll make the chocolate ones for a Halloween party! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    9. Mormishmom

      September 10, 2010 at 4:41 am

      So cute! I love the chocolate one!

      http://funkypolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    10. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny

      September 10, 2010 at 3:54 pm

      This is really cute. I hate spiders, but I like these.

      Reply
    11. Sandra {sawdust and paper scraps}

      September 10, 2010 at 6:32 pm

      Looks cute and delicious! I have a problem with some of the Halloween treats out there. I just couldn't stomach chomping down on bloody finger cookies or anything like that.

      Reply
    12. The Exchange

      September 10, 2010 at 7:34 pm

      LOVE IT!!! So fun! Great jb!

      Reply
    13. sydney @ memorable minutes

      September 11, 2010 at 8:52 pm

      umm YUM!!!

      Reply
    14. Ashlee @ I'm Topsy Turvy

      September 12, 2010 at 2:38 am

      I love chocolate and I love peanut butter! but I'm not a fan of spiders! These are pretty cute and fun though. Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's!

      Reply
    15. lindafaye

      September 13, 2010 at 4:30 pm

      Great idea. Kids will get a kick out of these - even the girls with the chocolate!

      Reply
    16. Erin

      September 13, 2010 at 10:29 pm

      I love this! I can't wait to make these with my kids!!!

      http://www.makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com

      Reply
    17. MessyMissy

      September 14, 2010 at 12:59 am

      That looks so fun....and tasty!! :-)

      Reply
    18. C.R.A.F.T.

      September 14, 2010 at 1:25 am

      LOVE these..I am featuring them next monday...thank you for linking up!

      Reply
    19. KasiaJ

      September 16, 2010 at 3:01 am

      I am terrified of spiders, but I totally want to eat these. Awesome.

      Reply
    20. Dave'sWife@{thediaryofdaveswife}

      September 17, 2010 at 12:37 am

      Seriously adorable! Visiting from Tatertots & Jello ♥ {Daveswife} http://www.daveandkristycall.blogspot.com

      Reply
    21. Tonia

      September 17, 2010 at 12:48 am

      So so cute! I love the idea. I've never heard of peanut butter no bakes. I would love the recipe! Thanks for linking up to What the Cr@ft!?!

      Reply
    22. Ginger

      September 17, 2010 at 2:09 am

      Hehehe! Cute! Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!

      Reply
    23. this blessed nest

      September 24, 2010 at 1:33 pm

      i love it!!!

      nothing like getting treats involved in HALLOWEEN deorating. adorable.

      thanks for linking up to the FALL FESTIVAL!

      pretzels, peanut butter & chocolate = YES, please!

      kellie

      Reply
    24. KDC Events

      September 24, 2010 at 8:09 pm

      This is SO GREAT!!! I am adding your link to my fabulous finds post today to send my readers here! SUPER CUTE!!!!!

      Reply
    25. Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend

      September 26, 2010 at 7:14 pm

      Love this....Great blog.....Hope you will stop by...I have giveaways on both blogs...

      http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    26. ruthhill74

      September 27, 2010 at 5:32 am

      These are so cute! I am your new follower. You have great ideas. Check out my blog if you like:
      http://mydevotionalthoughts.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    27. Terra

      November 02, 2010 at 3:52 am

      I love love these!!! I think the idea of using the no bake cookies is a tasty idea too!!! Saying hi from the SITSGirls:)

      Reply
    28. raj kumar

      March 23, 2011 at 4:11 pm

      These biscuits come out just right for dunking in milk!
      chocolate

      Reply
    29. Terri

      September 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm

      OMGoodness, my kids are so going to love this...We love to decorate for the Holidays, just ordered a jello brain mold then with these spiders....This is going to add so much to our decorating...Thank you for the terrific idea...

      Reply
    30. janiece

      September 14, 2011 at 7:55 pm

      Very cute idea!
      and yes it really is spider season!!!

      Reply
    31. carole

      October 03, 2011 at 8:06 pm

      this will be great for the grandkids! Thanks

      Reply

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