Chocolate Tarantulas
Made with Milk Duds, pretzels, and chocolate! Chocolate Tarantulas are a fun, creepy, and AWESOME Halloween food craft for the kids!
Equipment
- Fork for rolling pretzels into melted chocolate
- Plastic or microwavable container
- Wax paper
Ingredients
- Milk Duds (or similar round chocolate candies, like maybe Whoppers perhaps?)
- Pretzel sticks
- Dark Melting Chocolate - Ghirardelli melting wafers, CandiQuik, or small Dove chocolates
Instructions
- Prepare workspace with wax paper
- Break pretzel sticks in half
- Melt dark chocolate candies according to the directions on the individual packages (usually in 20-second intervals)
- Roll pretzel stick halves in melted chocolate with a fork up the side of the container (as seen in the photo)
- Place the pretzel halves dipped in chocolate together in even “V” shapes to create spider legs in similar shapes. They don’t have to be perfect, but the closer they can be, the better. If the chocolate-covered pretzel sticks don’t attach, add a little more melted chocolate at the connecting point (the spider’s “knee”) to ensure the two pieces will stay together
- Let the legs dry while connecting the spider bodies
- To create the spider bodies: dip 2 Milk Duds in chocolate and attach them on wax paper. Allow time to dry (maybe 4-5 minutes)
- Dip one tip of each “spider leg” into the melted chocolate and attach it to the spider body. 2 leg pieces should be attached to each Milk Dud. Hold the legs in place for 20 seconds or so as needed to maintain the form. If you need to reheat the chocolate, go for it! The melting chocolates I recommend can be reheated several times.
- Once all 8 legs are attached, allow the spiders to dry completely, then enjoy!
