Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

• 1/2 cups Butter, Softened
• 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cups Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
• 1/2 cups Sugar
• 1 whole Eggs
• 2 Tablespoons Milk
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1-3/4 cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips, Divided Use
• 30 pieces Mini Peanut Butter Cups (Reese's), Unwrapped
• 1 package Black Licorice Strings, Cut Into 1 Inch Strips (6 Oz Package)
• 1 package Candy Eyes (1 Oz Package)

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a large bowl using a mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well.
3. In a medium sized bowl, use a spoon to mix together flour, baking soda and salt. Add this into the creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until a stiff dough forms. Fold in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.
4. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place them 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
5. Remove pan from the oven and top each cookie immediately with a peanut butter cup, placed upside down. Remove cookies from the pans to a wire rack to cool.
6. While the cookies are cooling melt the rest of the chocolate chips in the microwave stirring every 15 seconds until melted.
7. Once the cookies have cooled, cut licorice into 1 inch pieces. Using melted chocolate as glue dot the chocolate in 8 spots around the peanut butter cup where you want your legs to be. Then attach 4 pieces of licorice to each side of the peanut butter cup near the very bottom. Dot some more chocolate onto the top of the peanut butter cups (where you want your eyes to be) and stick two eyes on top of each. Let set until chocolate is firm.

butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips, peanut butter, black licorice

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/holidays/peanut-butter-spider-cookies/ (may not work)