These fun and spooky chocolate covered Oreo spiders are so easy to make! They make a perfect addition to a Halloween party or dessert table, and are a great Halloween activity for the kids. Make these to give out to the trick or treaters that call!
I like to work in sections and melt more candy as I need it. Melt some of the chocolate in the microwave by microwaving in 30 second increments, stirring in between each session. Remove bowl from microwave just before fully melted. Stir until smooth. Alternatively, if you don't have a microwave, melt your candy melts or chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Make sure the bowl with the chocolate in doesn't touch the hot water and make sure the heat isn't too high or the chocolate will seize.
Drop about 30 grams of candy melt or chocolate into the bottom of the mould. Place an Oreo in the centre of the holes and press down slightly. Don’t press too far that you’ll see it when you take them out of the containers!
Spread more chocolate or candy melts on top. You can just cover the cookie to use less candy melt and make more candies, or you can fill it to the top of the container so that they are all consistently sized.
Set aside for the candy melts or white chocolate to fully set - this should take about an hour. Once the candy melts/white chocolate is set, you can remove the Oreos from the mould.
Melt about 60 grams of candy melts/white chocolate as you did before, and add about 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil to thin it down a bit.
Place the melted chocolate/candy melts in a piping bag and cut a small hole at the tip. Drizzle the icing circles on the top of the candy, and then overlap some on the sides.
While the chocolate is still melted, place the Maltesers on top and allow the chocolate to firm up.
Melt the milk chocolate and add vegetable oil as needed, and transfer to a piping bag with a small hole cut into the tip. Pipe 4 spider legs on each side, and fill in the gap between the milk balls with chocolate.
Add two dots of milk chocolate on the front of the spider’s face and add the candy eyes. You may need to hold them for a few seconds to make sure they don’t slide down.There you go! Easy to make chocolate covered Oreo spiders!