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Gourmet mag does Halloween candy

Tarantula cookieWho can resist a dark, hairy spider that you can eat?

The pic on the right is a Tarantula Cookie. It's part of Gourmet.com's Halloween recipes.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking soda
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 gran. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 bag of short, thin pretzel sticks
1 large bag of milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Chocolate sprinkles
Small red candies

Click the link above to check out how to make them. There are some other candy and cookie recipes at the site too, including Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle, Chocolate-Covered Raspberry Truffles, and Caramel Lollipops!

Filed Under: Magazines, Ingredients
Tags: candy, caramel lollipops, chocolate covered raspberry truffles, gourmet magazine, GourmetMagazine, halloween candy, halloween treats, peanut brittle, tarantula cookies

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Kitchen Toolz

10-24-2006 @7:07PM Kitchen Toolz said... I was looking for something fun to make for Halloween with my six year old and these look fun and yummy! Thanks :)
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Alex

10-24-2006 @9:49PM Alex said... These are so darn cute I can hardly stand it! I'm going to make giant cookies this weekend, decorate them to look like spider webs, plunk one of these guys on each web, and serve them at a pumpkin carving party. Thanks for the link!
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michelle

10-25-2006 @1:21PM michelle said... Hmmmm...I think I am going to have to make those cookies this weekend. So cute! I even went and bought my chcoclate sprinkles last night. I am going to try using pistachio pieces for eyes. Bright green against the brown should look nicely spooky.
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Megan

1-06-2007 @11:59AM Megan said... chocolate covered rasberries truffles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!
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