Chocolate Spiders
- 1 3/16 cups dark chocolate chopped
- 11/16 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 5 1/4 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 11/16 cup hazelnuts chopped
- 7/8 cup icing sugar
- 44 sugar coloured, beads
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Melt half of the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of steaming water. In a separate bowl, cream together the sugar, vanilla extract and butter. Stir in the flour and baking powder then fold in the melted chocolate, chopped chocolate and hazelnuts.
- Place 22 dollops of the cake mix on a lined baking tray, stick 4 lollipop sticks in each side and bake for 15-18 minutes; this may have to be done in batches. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Mix the powdered sugar with 1 tbsp water until smooth, pour into a piping bag and pipe on eyes and any other decoration you choose. Use the sugar pearls to give the eyes color.
chocolate, brown sugar, vanilla essence, butter, flour, baking powder, hazelnuts, icing sugar, sugar
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Spiders-1407903 (may not work)