Name: Candy Spiders Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 large black gumdrops; 8 crows black licorice drops; 16 white nonpareils; 8 black licorice laces

Candy Spiders Recipe

Katie Hansen Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Candy Spiders

Have more fun this Halloween and turn creepy crawlers into yummy treats with this recipe for candy spiders that uses gumdrops and licorice.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking:

Total: 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8large black gumdrops
8crows black licorice drops
16white nonpareils
8black licorice laces

Instructions

Cut a sliver off top of each gumdrop to expose sticky interior. Repeat with black licorice drops. Gently press cut side of 1 gumdrop (body) onto cut side of 1 black licorice drop (head). Repeat.
Using a skewer, poke 2 shallow holes into each licorice-drop head for eyes, and poke 8 shallow holes (4 on each side) into each gumdrop body for legs.
Gently press 1 nonpareil into each eye hole. Cut a small slit in the midpoint of each licorice lace, being careful not to cut all the way through, to create joints on legs.
Insert 1 licorice leg into each hole in body. (The spiders will keep at room temperature for up to 1 week.)