Spider Cookies

I used the Double Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe for the cookies

2 C. all-purpose flour
2/3 C. cocoa powder
3/4 tsp. Baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 C. Milk Chocolate Chips

Heat oven to 350 degress. Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a mixer cream together the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. When that mixture is light and fluffy gradually add in the cooca mixture, beating well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonful onto an ungreased pan. (I use a Silpat they come off perfectly!) Bake 8-10 minutes (I went 12 because I wanted them a little more firm). Cool slightly then remove from pan to a wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 1/2 dozen small. (I got 3 dozen big cookies)

After the cookies cooled completely I frosted them with Milk Chocolate Frosting (from the can :( ) and then I separated 1 can of vanilla frosting into 5 sections. I made white the biggest section because it is neeeded the most for the webs. Then I made, pink, green, blue, and purple to match what was going to be used as the spiders body. On Bakerella she used Trix cereal. I couldn't fnd Trix so I used Captain Crunch with Berries and used the berries for the spiders bodies. After separating the frosting. I put the frosting into ziploc baggies and snipped the very tip off to make it into a piping bag. I then piped 3 circles onto each frosted cookie. Using a toothpick I drug the frosting from the center outward to create a web. Then I piped 8 little legs out of the colored frosting and placed 1 crunch berry in the center for the body and presto!! The cookies are finished!! Enjoy!! Erika