Recipe Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) Land O’Lakes® Unsalted Butter
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 2/3 cups sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate flavored melting wafers
- 12 individually wrapped miniature milk chocolate peanut butter cups, unwrapped
- 1/4 cup small candy eyeballs
Recipe Directions
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, whisking frequently, until butter is frothy, deep golden-brown and fragrant, about 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer butter to a heat-safe bowl and refrigerate until butter has hardened, about 30 minutes.
- Whisk flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt together in large bowl until combined. Cream 1 1/3 cups sugar and butter together using an electric hand mixer in a separate large bowl, until smooth and pale in color, about 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Mix in vanilla until combined. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Place remaining sugar in small shallow bowl. Portion dough into 2-tablespoon-sized balls and roll in remaining sugar.
- Transfer dough balls onto prepared baking sheets about 2-inches apart. Refrigerate dough for at least 15 minutes.
- Bake, one baking sheet at a time, and rotating baking sheet halfway through, until edges of cookies are set and have cracked on top, 10 to 14 minutes. Repeat with the remaining baking sheet. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Place chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring between, until melted. Transfer chocolate to piping bag and cut a small tip from the corner.
- Pipe a small amount of chocolate in the center of each cookie. Press peanut butter cups, upside-down, into the chocolate to resemble a spider body.
- Pipe 2 small dots of chocolate onto the side of the peanut butter cup, then gently press a candy eyeball into each dot. Pipe 3 lines on both sides of the peanut butter cup to resemble spider legs. Allow chocolate to harden completely before serving.
