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How to Make Crawly Spider Cakes
Courtesy of NotMartha.org

Description: Turn to Hostess Ding Dong snack cakes for a creepy, crawly dessert treat! Simply use ding dongs for bodies of spider-like creatures and Pocky to form the creepy legs! These are super fun treats to display at your next Halloween party event!

Supplies Needed:

How To Create the Legs:
1. Use dark melting chocolate to glue the Pocky together. Color with black food coloring to best blend.
2. Trim the cookie end of the Pocky short so that it won't show outside of the spider cake treat.

3. Cut the Pocky at an angle as to help form sharp angles at the joint. Author cut hers in half, but she recommended making them different lengths for drama. The Pocky is very likely to crumble when you cut it, this is ok as the chocolate glue will cover this up in the next step.

4. Pick up both halves of the Pocky and dip the cut ends in the chocolate. Be careful to cover the cookie with chocolate so that it won't show. You can rub one cut end with the other to spread it if you need. Arrange the two pieces at a leggy angle on some parchment paper, being sure there is enough chocolate glue to hold. Now DON'T TOUCH IT! Let it set and feel free to slip this into the fridge to help create a strong bond.

Assembling the Spider Cakes:
1. Attach the eyes to the Ding Dong with royal icing.
2. Use a knitting needle to pre-poke holes for the legs. Be careful to hold the legs by the end you will be pushing in so you don't break the knees.

Feel free to make variations such as covering the top of a Ding Dong with eyes (see picture below). You can save the ones with cracks along the top for this version.