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Spider Molasses Cookies

The inspiration for these dairy free Spider Molasses Cookies came from my terrifying fear of spiders and all things creepy crawly. I thought I would turn my fear into a delicious and much “less scary” treat to gobble up! I decided to change it up a little and use a molasses cookie for a unique combination that gives you hints of a toffee taste and peanut butter free for an allergy friendly Halloween party food.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 6 tbsp plant butter softened
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup coconut evaporated milk
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk or dark chocolate chips
  • Candy eyes
  • Halloween sprinkles
  • Gold or white edible pearls optional

Disclaimer:

Nutritional Information is provided as a courtesy only and should be viewed as an estimate. Ingredients can vary with brands and size and Inspiration Apron makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 ℉ / 190℃ and place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet.
  • Mix together butter, molasses, and sugar until smooth.
  • Stir in evaporated coconut milk, then sift in dry ingredients, (flour, salt, ginger, and baking soda)
  • Add vanilla extract and mix until a smooth, semi-stiff dough is formed.
  • Scoop dough into a large plastic baggie, then chill for 5 minutes.
  • Snip corner of baggie (about an inch opening) and pipe dough onto prepared baking sheet, about a two inch sized circle, at least 2 inches apart.
  • They will look a little like big Hershey kisses. You’ll want to mash down the middle to even out a little. You can use a couple of clean fingers or the bottom of a greased glass.
  • If you want to use the Halloween colored sprinkles on some of them, sprinkle on cookies before baking.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes and remove from oven and place on a cooling rack for 2 minutes.
  • Transfer your cookies to a waxed paper lined cooling rack to continue to cool completely.
  • In the meantime, get out your decorations and melt your chocolate, according to the instructions on package.
  • Cool chocolate for 4-5 minutes, then transfer to a zip lock or piping bag and snip the corner or end, to make a very small opening.
  • Pipe out an oval shape on top center of cookie, this will be the spider body. If you would like, you can pipe one large circle (for body) and one small circle (for head.)
  • Then pipe out 8 tiny legs, from body, off the sides of cookie.
  • Add candy eyes or edible pearls for eyes, then let chocolate cool and set completely before serving or storing.
Keyword cookies, halloween, party, party food, allergy friendly, dairy free, nut free, peanut free, molasses, recipe easy, spooky, hallloween party foods
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