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Easy Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats To Make Your Halloween Party Extra Sweet

ByDonna Garrison

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Get ready for your next Halloween party with the easiest and most adorable treats – Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats! With just a few simple ingredients and no baking required, you can whip up these cute critters in no time. These spooky snacks are not only fun to make but also a guaranteed hit with both kids and adults.

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We love Halloween in our household. Between the costumes and Halloween themed treats, my kids, especially the youngest are super excited for Fall. I think the copious amounts of tasty treats and trick or treat candy might have something to do with it.

One year Miss S. even put up our small Christmas tree early and decorated it with homemade ghosts and spiders.

With all the Halloween festivities at school, home and friends, I like to have a couple of easy no bake fun Halloween treats and recipes in my back pocket. Which is where these ghoulishly good oreo bats and spiders come in.

I’ve brought these to Halloween potlucks & school classroom parties plus they’re a super fun activity to do with your little ones on rainy days. These Oreo treats are the perfect way to add a little spooky cute touch to your Halloween dessert table too!

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Why You’ll Love These No Bake Halloween Treats

  • Quick and Easy: These no-bake Halloween treats are made with only 4 ingredients and come together in about 15 -20 minutes. Making them perfect for busy parents and last-minute party prep. New recipes can be so much fun and easy!
  • Kid-Friendly Fun: With simple ingredients and easy steps, these treats are a great way to get kids involved in the kitchen, creating lasting memories.
  • Adorably Spooky: These Halloween Oreo spiders and bats are irresistibly cute, adding a festive and playful touch to Halloween parties and celebrations without being too scary.
Many oreo bats and spiders on a dark background, with plastic spiders and spider web decorations.

Ingredients For The Oreo Bats and Spiders

For 12 treats you will need:

  • 12 Oreo cookies (Regular Oreos, Double Stuff or or your favorite variety of Oreo cookies)
  • 3 additional Oreo cookies (for bat wings)
  • 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 24 edible candy eyeballs (+ extra if you use more than 2 candy eyes per spider)
  • 18-24 pretzel sticks (for the spider’s pretzel legs)

Double or triple the recipe if you need more Halloween Party Treats.

INSTRUCTIONS

Halloween Oreo bats and spiders with candy eyes, and plastic spiders scttered around them.

Make The Easy Oreo Spiders

1. Prepare the Legs: Break the pretzel sticks into halves to make spider legs. You will need 6-8 legs per spider, so prepare accordingly.

2. Melt the Chocolate: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.

Oreo cookie opened up, with pretzel legs on top of the icing.

3. Assemble the Spiders:

Twist open each Oreo cookie. Break the pretzel sticks in half and press into the cream filling side of the oreos to form the legs.

Replace the top of the Oreo, pressing gently to secure.

PRO TIPS: You can also add a little melted chocolate in the middle of the open cookie before replacing the top of the cookie, to make sure it sticks. The double stuff oreos give extra filling making them stick better as well.

4. Add Eyes: Using a small spoon, drop a little bit of melted chocolate in place for the eyes and attach two, edible candy eyes on each spider. For fun you can make spiders with 1, 2, or 3 eyes.

Adding candy eyes to the spider oreo with melted cholocate chips.

5. Set the Spiders:

Place the assembled spiders on a parchment-lined baking sheet and let them set completely either on the counter, or in the refrigerator for about 10 – 15 minutes. Keep in an airtight container once set.

Two oreo cookie spiders with candy eyes and pretzel stick legs on a plastic spider web.

Make The Oreo Bats

1. Prepare the Wings: Separate the additional 3 Oreo cookies and remove the cream filling. Carefully break each Oreo half into halves, resulting in 6 pieces for the wings. You may need a few extra cookies in case the cookies break funny.

Making the oreo bat wings. A whole oreo beside half an oreo split into two.

2. Assemble the Bats: Take a whole Oreo cookie and use a small spoon to drop a bit of melted chocolate to attach Oreo pieces on either side of the top of the Oreo to create the bat wings.

Hold the wings in place for a few seconds until the chocolate begins to set and they stay in place.

3. Create the Faces: Using a small spoon, drop a little bit of melted chocolate in place for the eyes and attach two edible candy eyes on each bat.

4.  Set the Bats: Place the assembled bats on a parchment-lined baking sheet and let them set completely on the counter at room temperature or in the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes. Keep in an airtight container once set.

Two oreo bats with candy eyes on a dark background.

Tips & Notes 

  • Alternatives to Candy Eyes: If you are vegan or gluten free you typically can’t use store bought eyes as they use gelatin, and most can’t guarantee a gluten free product. Try this edible googly eye recipe instead. Or use a dot of thick icing, and mini chocolate chips, M&Ms or smarties.
  • Spider Legs: Instead of pretzels you can use cut up pieces of black licorice, licorice strings, or chocolate pocky sticks.
  • Alternatives to Melted Chocolate Chips: Try black icing gel or store bought vanilla or chocolate frosting.

More fall & Halloween friendly recipes:

Dark background with oreo cookie spiders and bats.

I hope you enjoy making these sweet oreo bats and cute spiders, as they’re one of my favorite Halloween recipes. Plus these creepy crawlers, and spooky mini cookie bats are always a hit with kids and adults. They’re often the first tasty treats to be eaten when I put them out. Because who doesn’t like oreos? And Halloween oreo cookies are even better. 

Halloween oroe cookie spiders and bats with candy eyes and pretzel legs.

Easy Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats Treats

Yield: 12 Cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Get ready for your Halloween party with the easiest and most adorable treats - Oreo Cookie Spiders and Bats! With just a few simple ingredients and no baking required, you can whip up these cute critters in no time.

Ingredients

  • 12 Oreo cookies
  • 3 additional Oreo cookies (for bat wings)
  • 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 24 edible candy eyes
  • 18-24 pretzel sticks

Instructions

OREO SPIDERS

  1. Prepare the Legs: Break the pretzel sticks into halves to make spider legs. You will need 6-8 legs per spider, so prepare accordingly.
  2. Melt the Chocolate: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
  3. Assemble the Spiders: Twist open each Oreo cookie. Break the pretzel sticks in half and press into the cream filling on each side of the cookie to form the legs. Replace the top of the Oreo, pressing gently to secure
  4. TIPS: You can also add a little melted chocolate in the middle of the open cookie before replacing the top of the cookie, to make sure it sticks. The double stuff oreos give extra filling making them stick better as well.
  5. Add Eyes: Using a small spoon, drop a little bit of melted chocolate in place for the eyes and attach two, edible candy eyes on each spider. For fun you can make spiders with 1, 2, or 3 eyes.
  6. Set the Spiders: Place the assembled spiders on a parchment-lined baking sheet and let them set completely either on the counter, or in the refrigerator for about 10 - 15 minutes. Keep in an airtight container once set.

MAKE THE OREO BATS

1. Prepare the Wings: Separate the additional 3 Oreo cookies and remove the cream filling. Carefully break each Oreo half into halves, resulting in 6 pieces for the wings. You may need a few extra cookies in case the cookies break funny.

2. Assemble the Bats: Take a whole Oreo cookie and use a small spoon to drop a bit of melted chocolate to attach Oreo pieces on either side of the top of the Oreo to create the bat wings. Hold the wings in place for a few seconds until the chocolate begins to set and they stay in place.

3. Create the Faces: Using a small spoon, drop a little bit of melted chocolate in place for the eyes and attach two edible candy eyes on each bat.

4.  Set the Bats: Place the assembled bats on a parchment-lined baking sheet and let them set completely on the counter or in the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes. Keep in an airtight container once set.

Notes

    • Double or triple the recipe if you need more Halloween Party Treats.
    • lternatives to Candy Eyes: If you are vegan or gluten free you typically can't use store bought eyes as they use gelatin, and most can't guarantee a gluten free product. Usse a dot of thick icing, and mini chocolate chips, M&Ms or smarties.
    • Spider Legs: Instead of pretzels you can use cut up pieces of black licorice, licorice strings, or chocolate pocky.
    • Alternatives to Melted Chocolate Chips: Try black icing gel or store bought vanilla or chocolate frosting.

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered from online calculators.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 160Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3.5gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 95mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g
© Donna Garrison
Cuisine: Desserts / Category: Halloween Treats

Donna Garrison is the founder of Packed for Life, an ever curious traveler with a passion for making memories with her family. With a unique perspective on travelling on a budget gathered over 30 years, 20 countries and 5 continents she gives families the tools & resources they need to experience the joys of travelling more for less through practical solutions. She helps over 20,000 families a month plan & take the family travel, camping and road trip adventures of their dreams in Canada, the USA and around the world.
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