When I was looking for Halloween dessert recipes I came across this really simple, easy one on Mom Endeavors via Pinterest. I figured it looked easy enough for me to try… soooo this is my attempt. I dedicate my Spider Websticks to the huge spider that lives outside my window.. I’ve named him Ferdinand. Ferdinand has made the most elaborate web and I love it. It’s hard to get a good picture of him because he is so popular (and a huge backstabber) – he leaves in the morning and is gone all day.
Spider WebStick
For 6 Spider WebSticks You Need:
- little pretzel sticks (not rods)
- white chocolate/bark candy coating - I used 1 bar of Ghirardelli White Chocolate and didn’t have enough
- chocolate (baker’s, candy coating, or chips would probably all work)
- raisins
- baggie or pastry bag - I used a freezer bag
- wax paper
Carpe Diem
At least my spider looks good
- Make room in your fridge for a few trays of completed Spider WebSticks so that they can harden afterwards.
- Lay out a few trays with wax paper
- Arrange sticks in a asterick * type web (I used 8 sticks)
- Melt the white chocolate & put into baggie
- Cut off the tip of the baggie
- Connect the sticks together in the center by squeezing out dollops of white chocolate onto pretzel stick ends (make sure you cover each stick)
- Pipe out spirals of white chocolate to make the spider web
- Put 2 raisins in the center of web as the spider’s body
- Melt the chocolate & put in baggie
- Cut off tip of baggie and pipe out spider legs (I worked outside to inside so I could cover up any mess)
- Completely coat raisins with chocolate for spider’s body
- Place in fridge a few minutes to harden, peel off, and ENJOY!
Oops (still tastes good though)
Wisdom
I am craft challenged. Even though this looked like a pretty simple Halloween dessert, I still manged to kinda screw it up.
These were the problems I experienced:
- White Chocolate – I ate one of the Ghiradelli squares because I couldn’t contain myself and ran out of white chocolate. I recommend buying 2 bars of chocolate just in case.
- Spirals – I don’t think I melted the white chocolate enough because it wouldn’t come out of the baggie tip easily. I cut a bigger tip and it ended up coming out thick, and in squirts.
- I didn’t have any room in my fridge to fit trays so I turned into a mad woman cleaning it out real quick.
I was also drinking Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale, which might be why my spider looks like he was drunk spinning.
Don't drink and pipe
In the end, they were super delicious – Even the excess chocolate one that I made for kicks. It was fun and will definitely be easy for most people (I have a lot of room for improvement).
Next year I am going to do this again, but try dipping the pretzel sticks in white chocolate first.
If you try it let me know!
Any helpful tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!