Vickys Halloween Beetles & Spiders

• 20 soft dried apricots
• 60 cut lengths red licorice laces
• 90 grams dark chocolate chips - I use Moo Free vegan soy-free brand
• 20 soft dried prunes
• 80 cut lengths black licorice laces
• 90 grams white chocolate chips

1. Holding the prune or apricot, poke a skewer through the side 3 times for the beetles and 4 for the spiders
2. Thread a licorice lace through each hole.
3. The easiest way is to impale the lace on the skewer once you've stuck the skewer through and pull it through.
4. These are the beetles or spiders legs
5. Repeat for each beetle/spider
6. Set aside 40 chocolate chips of each colour and melt the rest separately either in a bain marie or in the microwave.
7. This will be the glue to hold the eyes on.
8. You can make your own chips using these recipes and pipe dots onto some parchment paper to set
9. Dip 2 choc chips flat side down in the melted chocolate then place them at one end of the dried fruit for the eyes
10. Repeat for all and let harden to set, around 15 minutes
11. The apricots beetles look best with red licorice & brown chips.
12. The prunes spiders are best with black laces & white chips

apricots, lengths red licorice, chocolate chips, prunes, white chocolate chips

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/345248-vickys-halloween-beetles-spiders (may not work)