It’s spooky season! I know it’s a little dorky, but I’m so excited for the Halloween season this year. I’m having so much fun creating Halloween themed desserts and drinks for the month. I figured these would be the perfect spooky bars to kick off the month of all things spooky. Their so easy to make, delicious, and in my opinion, so cute too! I love the little spider web and black spiders all around.
The details
I tried to keep these as simple as possible, using my favorite peanut butter bars as a base and sweet chocolate icing. Start with the peanut cookie base. These don’t even require a mixer, just mix with a spoon and bake. So simple. As soon as the peanut bars come out of the oven, dollop them with a hefty amount of creamy peanut butter. The key is to add the peanut butter while the bars are still warm. The heat from the bars allows the peanut butter to melt into one even layer and makes spreading the peanut butter out very simple. Now let the bars chill completely. (spiders body with melted chocolate) (spiders after adding the eyes and legs)
In the meantime, make the frosting.
The frosting needs to be thick and fudgy, but yet soft and almost runny. Think of a just set top that has glazed over and stiffened, but then underneath is fudgy, loose frosting. The mix of ingredients is basic…butter, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and milk.
Now the decorating, start with the web
For the web, I used melted marshmallows and stretched the marshmallows over the set bars. It’s the easiest thing, and honestly, really fun. If you have kids, this is a fun task for them to do. For the spiders, I used chocolate whoppers, a little melted chocolate, and some sprinkles. Now, here’s what I will say about the spiders, if you want to use small plastic spiders, go for it! Those will be really cute and people will easily be able to pick them off if they choose. If you want to make them homemade, that’s great too, it’s just going to take a little more time. I advise you to really use the photos for guidance, but I did my best to explain the process. Two whopper balls for the spider’s back, melted chocolate for the legs, and then a couple of candy eyes. And that’s it! Aside from the spiders, really simple, and so fun to make! These bars are so great to enjoy all month long. Take them to your next Halloween party, and then of course…serve them up on Halloween night! See you all tomorrow for our first Halloween cocktail of the season! Looking for other fall soup recipes? Here are a few ideas: Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies Spooky Halloween Pretzels BOO! Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Lastly, if you make these Black Widow Peanut Butter Bars be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
