Spooky spider apples
Makes: 9
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Stuart West
Spooky spider apples
These easy eight-legged friends will be a hit at your Halloween do this year. Use vegan chocolate, if required
Makes: 9
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 250g dark chocolate
- 100g peanut butter
- 3 apples
- 36 pretzel sticks
- White ready-to-roll icing
- Black writing icing (optional)
Step by step
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Melt the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Slice each apple into 6 discs, to give 18 slices. Spread each with peanut butter.
Halve 36 pretzel sticks (we used Lajkonik brand), and place 8 ‘legs’ onto half the apple slices. Place a cocktail stick or lolly stick down the centre of each, sticking out from the spider’s body to act as a handle. Sandwich with the remaining apple slices, peanut butter-side down.
Spoon the melted chocolate over the apple slices and pretzel stick legs to coat and place on a baking paper-lined tray to set.
Roll 18 small balls of white ready-to-roll icing and stick on to form the spiders’ eyes. Dot with the remaining melted dark chocolate or black writing icing to give the pupils, then leave to set.
