EEEK Spiders! Add a few Gumdrop Spiders to your Halloween party, they’re completely edible, and look so cute on top of cookies or cake. I used a few Gumdrop Spiders to crawl around Chocolate Spider Web Cupcakes.

Gumdrop Spiders

Ingredients:

Spiders:

Large Gumdrops

Thin Black Licorice

Jelly Belly candies for the eyes (or use any candy such as Red Cinnamon Candies)

Black Decorating Gel (to ‘glue’ the eyes)

Directions:

1. Use a wooden skewer, or toothpick to poke holes around the bottom edge of each gumdrop. These spiders have 3 legs on each side, however since real spiders have 8 legs you can also have 4 legs on each side.
   

Tip: Black gumdrops make perfect Halloween spiders, but use any color you like. I added in a few orange and red.

2. Cut licorice legs about 1½ inches long. Push the ends of the licorice into the holes.

Tip: Licorice wheels are perfect for the legs. I used Haribo Licorice Wheels. Carefully unroll the licorice wheel and cut pieces about 1½ inches long, and then carefully pull apart the 2 halves.

3. Use one Jelly Belly for each spider to make the eyes. Cut each Jelly Belly in half with a small knife.

Tip: I found that ½ of a Jelly Belly is a little too big for the eyes. Instead, I cut the ends off each Jelly Belly and discarded (or ate) the middle.

4. Squeeze 2 drops of black decorating gel where the eyes will be, and press the end of a Jelly Belly candy onto the gel.
   

Tip: in place of decorating gel you can also melt a small amount of chocolate to use for the ‘glue.’

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