Spiders, Spiders, Spiders

I can’t stand spiders (ick), yet I can’t seem to stop making them for Halloween.

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Some of the first cupcakes I ever tried to decorate were these spiders ^[2] two Halloweens ago. The legs are licorice. They’re really easy to assemble. Just sprinkle chocolate jimmies on top of dark chocolate frosting and insert licorice legs. Plop on a couple of red mini m&m’s and you’re good to go.

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Then, last year I tried to make some Spider Cake Pops ^[4]. Again with licorice legs. (These aren’t as easy because the legs are too fragile hanging like this. Not one of my favorite cake pop designs.)

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A couple of weeks ago I made these Spider Cookies ^[6]. No licorice this time. Just cute.

And now…

Some more spiders… scary spiders. And you guessed it… licorice legs once again and with fangs, too.

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But, these aren’t cookies and they don’t have cake inside. These are brownies. They’re brownie bites… No, they’re Spider Bites!

A website hired me to contribute a recipe for a fun Halloween treat. Me? That’s really hard to wrap my head around. I wonder if they realize I don’t really know what I’m doing half the time.

Now, if you pay attention, you might figure out who I made these for before I even tell you.

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You just need some basic ingredients to make the brownies.

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These are gonna be good.

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So good that I wanted to stop here and eat them. All of them.

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But no. Then I’d have to make another batch of brownies to roll.

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Licorice wheels. I blame you.

There’s something about these things that make me want to unroll them and stick them in food.

Did I mention that I don’t even like licorice?

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Admit it. You want to play with them, too.

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These are raspberry and blackberry gumdrops. The red ones make great spooky eyes.

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Did you guess who I made these for? Did you see the hint? Please tell me you did.

Alright, if you really want to know, she has several cookbooks, TV shows, a newly re-designed website and best of all she loves butter.

Here’s the recipe on pauladeen.com ^[16]

Y’all Enjoy!