Moo (Whoopie) Pie Spiders

Imagine a platter full of edible black widow spiders being served at you Halloween party. Today's treat will have the kids wanting more and more spook-a-licious fun. This is a treat kiddos can take apart and eat piece by piece and is always a hit. And, pay attention classroom mom's, this spider could be used as an edible craft for your Halloween class festivities.

I didn't grow up eating Moo Pies (sometimes called Whoopie pies) but have always heard about them. Think "large Oreo-like" cake sandwiches. You can make your own - trending all over cooking and recipe websites - or do it the easy way. And if you haven't guessed by now, I L-O-V-E the easy way! You will need:

• Little Debbie's chocolate pie sandwiches (1 per guest)
• Twizzler's Black licorice (2 twists per guest cut into 8 pieces)
• Gummy Lifesavers (enough for 2 per guest - 2 bags ought to be enough)
• M&M's (2 personal bags ought to be enough)
• large tube of pre-made frosting (I like Betty Crocker)
• paper plate or wax paper for each guest if doing as an edible craft
• plastic knifes if doing as an edible craft

1. Lay out paper plate or wax paper and plastic knife for each guest to create their spider treat along with one moon pie. Have the kiddos unwrap their pie and throw away the wrapper while you continue to pass out supplies.
2. Pass out licorice twists asking kiddos to cut licorice twists into 8 pieces for the legs. This keeps guests busy while you pass out Lifesavers and M&M's. They may come up with interesting ways to cut twists you hadn't thought of!
3. Pass out Lifesavers and M&M's or have an "eye station" where the kiddos mount the M&M's on Lifesavers using the frosting from the tube. If the kiddos sit in table groups in the classroom, you may want to provide 1 tube per table group.
4. Have kiddos mount eyes on pies!

Viola! Finished with an easy and spook-a-licious treat. In to past I have cut up red fruit roll-ups into triangles to place 2 on the top of the moon pies in an "hourglass" shape. I know black window have that mark on their underside and the kids may tell you that too if you provide this addition, but it does help the visual of spooky and scary! I assure you'll hear lots of conversation regarding spiders and black licorice being yucky!

Here's link too:

Adventures in Whoopie Pies

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