Preparation Steps

• Add the butter and sugars to a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat them together on medium speed for about 2-3 minutes. Once creamed, add in the peanut butter and mix again on medium speed until combined.
• Then, add the egg and vanilla extract and beat on a low speed until just combined.
• Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix again on a low speed.
• Shape the cookie dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for one hour to chill. Place the mini reese’s cups in the refrigerator to also chill.
• After the cookie dough has been chilling for one hour, preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Create 1-inch balls of dough and place them on the baking sheet about two inches apart. Bake for 10-11 minutes, just until the cookies begin to crack. While baking, unwrap the reese’s cups and keep refrigerated.
• As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, gently press a reese’s cup into the center of each cookie. Move to a cooling rack.
• Once cookies are cool, pipe on the spider’s legs and attach the candy eyes to create fun Halloween decorations.