Halloween is the perfect fourth dimension of year to make creepy crawly snacks including these cute Oreo Truffle Spiders. It's just so easy to brand, your kiddos will go loco over them!

Oreo Truffle Spiders
Let's make some Cute Oreo Truffle Spiders!

Let's make some Cute Oreo Truffle Spiders

Kids are going to love making them and eating them too. The spider bodies are made of 2 ingredients and are so easy to brand, merely scoop and roll. Older kids can make chocolate spider legs and the little ones can utilise blackness licorice laces instead. Either manner, they will look creepy and crawly and cute and will exist a dandy addition to a Carnival of the Creepy Crawlers Political party dessert table.

Hey, this recipe is actually adapted from Hungry Halloween, featuring Pic Monster Munchies, Bugged Buffet, and Dead Homo'due south Diner.

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Cute Oreo Truffle Spiders recipe Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounces) package of Double Stuff Oreo Cookies
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker Cookies 'n Cream Frosting
  • 12 ounces Black Candy Melts (or Nighttime Cocoa Candy Melts)
  • candy eyes

Instructions in making cute oreo truffle spiders

Step i

Vanquish the Double Stuff Oreos into fine crumbs using a nutrient processor or by placing the cookies in a big naught-height bag and dandy them with a rolling pin or the back of a pan. Reserve two/3 cup of the crumbs. Besides, reserve well-nigh a tablespoon of frosting then stir the balance into the remaining crumbs.

Oreo Truffle Recipe
Scoop out heaping tablespoonfuls of the Oreo mixture.

Pace two

Scoop out heaping tablespoonfuls of the Oreo mixture.

Roll Oreo Mixture into Balls
Roll the scoops into balls, allowing your hands to warm upward the balls so they are just a bit mucilaginous

Pace 3

Roll the scoops into assurance, allowing your hands to warm upwardly the balls so they are just a bit sticky.

Coat truffles in oreo crumbs
Gyre the balls in the reserved cookie crumbs.

Step iv

Roll the balls in the reserved cookie crumbs.

Step 5

Identify candy melts in a microwave safe bowl. Heat on high for 25 seconds. Stir, heat for twenty seconds. Stir. If wafers are non all melted, heat for fifteen second increments, stirring later on each until melted.

Pipe on Chocolate to make the Spider Legs
She loved making the chocolate legs!

Pace half-dozen

Allow to cool slightly, so pour into a modest zippo top handbag. Snip off the tip and piping "L" shaped spider legs onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

You'll need 8 legs for each spider, just you'll want to make lots of extras, considering some will break.

Add chocolate spider legs to your spooky oreo truffle
Button 4 chocolate legs onto each side of the Oreo truffle balls.

Step seven

Push 4 chocolate legs onto each side of the Oreo truffle balls.

Add candy eyes to your truffle Oreo Spiders
Put a dab of frosting on the back of each candy eye, so printing information technology onto the spiders.

Step 8

Put a dab of frosting on the back of each candy eye, and then press it onto the spiders.

Boy sits with his slightly broken Oreo Truffle Spider, but still seems quite proud of it.
Breaking them is ok! They can still be eaten.

Have existent fun making some cute Oreo truffle spiders

If you want to brand these for a political party, I'd advise you dip the tips of the chocolate legs in some melted candy blanket then they'll stick in the oreo balls ameliorate. If you're only using them as a snack carefully pick them up and accept bite!

Nosotros utilise candy melts in this recipe, merely for younger kids, it might be easier to employ licorice laces for legs.

Prep Fourth dimension 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounce) package of Double Stuff Oreo Cookies
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker Cookies 'north Foam Frosting
  • 12 ounces Blackness Processed Melts (or Dark Cocoa Candy Melts)
  • candy optics

Instructions

  1. Separate Oreo cookies from their cream.
  2. Beat out the Double Stuff Oreos into fine crumbs using a food processor or past placing the cookies in a big goose egg top bag and smashing them with a rolling pin or the dorsum of a pan.
  3. Reserve two/3 cup of the crumbs. Also, reserve about a tablespoon of frosting then stir the residual into the remaining crumbs.
  4. Scoop out heaping tablespoonfuls of the oreo mixture.
  5. Roll the scoops into balls, assuasive your easily to warm upward the balls so they are just a bit gummy.
  6. Whorl the balls in the reserved cookie crumbs.
  7. Place candy melts in a microwave-safety basin. Heat on high for 25 seconds. Stir, heat for 20 seconds. Stir. If wafers are not all melted, heat for xv-2d increments, stirring later on each until melted.
  8. Allow to cool slightly, and then pour into a modest zip-superlative handbag.
  9. Snip off the tip and pipe "50" shaped spider legs onto a parchment newspaper-lined baking sheet.
  10. Identify the legs in the fridge to cool and harden.
  11. Button 4 chocolate legs onto each side of the Oreo truffle balls.
  12. Put a dab of frosting on the back of each candy centre, then press it onto the spiders.

More cool ideas for Halloween

  • Creepy crawly snacks
  • Carnival of the Creepy Crawlers Political party dessert table

Take you tried this cute Oreo Truffle Spiders recipe? How did your kids love it? Share your story in the comments!

Beth is so lucky to spend her days creating fun food and edible crafts for holidays and special occasions. With over 30 years experience as a chocolatier and event planner, she shares her expertise for making uniquely artistic recipes on her web log, Hungry Happenings.

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