Easy Spider Cracker Halloween Snack Recipe for Kids + Bonus Ideas

I originally wrote this post in 2009 shortly after we took these spider cracker Halloween snacks for kids to preschool on snack day. They were a hit and have since been shared in magazines and multiple other blogs across the internet.

These spider cracker snacks are so easy to make that my daughter and her friends assemble them year-round.

The instructions for this healthy Halloween snack for kids are pretty self-explanatory, but I’ve illustrated the steps here.

It takes less well less than a minute to assemble a spider. And, they’re fun for Halloween parties and can even be made into suns by adding in just a few more pretzel sticks.

(As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) For the eyes, you can also use Wilton candy eyeballs instead of currants or dried blueberries. And if you don’t want any whites to show, you can use a small dab of clear edible Wilton adhesive.

These are best when prepared and eaten right away.

Halloween Spider Cracker Snacks

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A fun easy Halloween or everyday snack that your kids can make.

Ingredients

• Round crackers such as Ritz
• Pretzel sticks
• Cream cheese (the tub version is easier to spread), unsalted peanut butter, almond butter or any spreadable nut butter
• Small dried fruit such as raisins, blueberries or cranberries (or even mini chocolate chips)

Instructions

1. Spread cream cheese, peanut or almond butter (make sure the butter isn't runny otherwise it won't hold) on two crackers so that it's thick enough to secure the pretzels.
2. Break 4 pretzel sticks in half.
3. Place the 8 broken pieces around one cracker to look like spider legs.
4. Take the second cracker and sandwich the pretzel sticks in between the two crackers, without them moving.
5. Dip two raisins in cream cheese or nut butters and stick them to the top of one side of the spider for eyes.
6. Serve immediately or within a few hours at the most.
7. Tip: Use more pretzels to create a sun instead of a spider.

Try to serve these fairly immediately. Ritz crackers hold up pretty well for a long period of time but they will get soggy if you serve them the following day.

I’d love more healthy Halloween snack ideas so please share any that are your favorites.

Spider Donut Pops

Your supplies are simply crumb donuts, candy eyeballs, pretzels and perhaps peanut butter or some sort of sticky edible substance that can bond the eyeballs to the donuts. Stick the legs in the donut, pop eyeballs on using peanut butter and you’re done. They are super cute on lollipop sticks if you happen to have them but if not they’re really fun arranged on a platter.

Kids Recipe: Easy Donut Spider Pops

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Ingredients

• mini crumb donuts
• pretzel sticks
• Wilton candy eyeballs or dried fruit
• peanut butter or other bonding substance
• lollipop sticks

Instructions

1. Put the donut on a lollipop stick so that the hole in the center of the donut looks like a mouth.
2. Insert pretzel spider legs. Don't place them too close together, otherwise the donut will de-stabilize and they'll fall off.
3. Put a small dab of peanut butter on the back of the eyeballs and secure them to the donut.
4. Tips: break the pretzels in half if you want smaller spiders or if you're running low on pretzels. Also, don't assemble too far in advance as the donuts will dry out. Or, store them in an airtight container.

Spider Oreos

Four words: these are very easy. Just hand over the ingredients for spider Oreos to your kids and let them have at it.

These involve the ever helpful Wilton Candy Eyeballs, because they can jazz up a lot of food items. However, use raisins or another dried fruit if you don’t have them. Attach with peanut butter or another edible adhesive.

Oreo spiders would make a cute dessert at a Halloween party, playdate or wherever you need something fast and cute.

Kids Recipes: Spider Oreos For Halloween Dessert Or Any Day

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Ingredients

• Double Stuf Oreos (we used Golden color)
• pretzel sticks
• Wilton candy eyeballs or dried fruit
• bonding substance such as a nut butter (peanut, almond, etc), frosting or cream cheese
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Instructions

1. Place 4 pretzels on each side of the Oreo, inside the filling. Hold the Oreo in place with your fingers in order to avoid the cookie splitting as your placing the pretzels.
2. If the Oreo does split, sometimes the nut butter (or similar) will hold it together. Ever taste peanut butter inside a Golden Double Stuf Oreo? It's good.
3. Put a dab of nut butter on the back of the eyeball and place on top of the Oreo.
4. Tip: for shorter spider legs, break the pretzels in half.