Spider Bites

By cwyorkiex3

Spider bites are delicious little bites of chocolate cookie with licorice legs and frosting eyes. If you'd like, 'glue' candy eyes with a dab of frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 package black rope licorice, cut into thin 1-inch pieces
• 1 small tube of white (or color of choice) frosting
• Toothpicks

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F.

In a large bowl, combine shortening, sugar, water and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add eggs and blend.

Slowly mix in flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder at low speed. Drop tablespoon helpings of mixture onto ungreased cookie sheets and roll each helping into a ball.

Bake for 9 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 10 minutes.

Using a toothpick, create four small holes in either side of each cookie, then push one end of a piece of the cut licorice into each hole, creating the“legs”of the spider.

Once all eight legs are in place, create eyes or decorate at will using the white frosting.