Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2009

I didn't get to try one of these. I didn't exactly make them like they were supposed to be decorated. I forgot the eyes and the chocolate didn't look like the picture. But, this was for a Halloween party and by the time I thought of trying one they were all gone. So, apparently they were a big hit!!

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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2009

These turned out very cute. However, I had to temper the chocolate in a double boiler and add way more butter than recipe indicated. I just added enough until I got the desired consistency. We also used M&Ms for the eyes! Very easy and quick treat!!

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LARA76

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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2009

I made these tonight as a snack for my boyfriend and I because I just love attempting to be festive. They were very cute, and I made about 7 of them. I ended up using the rest of the chocolate for chocolate haystack spiders. The ones I made tasted alright, but I preferred the haystacks. However, they are adorable. Thanks!

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whittysx

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2008

My husband made these for our sons school Halloween party yesterday (while I was making the black cat cookies off of this site). These tasted awesome and looked terrific. He squished the marshmallow a bit for a more realistic body. I didnt pick up any mini m&m's thinking I could use frosting at the end. It would have worked. Instead of running out my husband hand rolled little bits of taffy into 48 little eyeballs. I figured trying to drizzle the chocolate would make a complete mess so I put the chips in a double boiler along with some candy wax and dipped them with . It went rather quickly that way. They were awesome.

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Kangal Gal

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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2008

We loved these and they had the best taste. I used hersheys semi sweet chocolate morsels and it made it taste more like dark chocolate. Instead of m&m's because I didnt have any I made sugar cookie icing and put it in a sandwhich bag cut the corner a very tiny bit and put eyes on the spiders that way. It was cheaper and I had the stuff on hand. If you have trouble with the chocolate covering it all dont get discouraged because they are sooo yummy and they still look like spiders even if some of the marshmallow is showing. Enjoy

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Heather

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Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2008

My son and my nieces made these a few weeks ago and they had a blast! The end result didn't really look like spiders but they didn't care. As soon as they were made they were gobbled up! Thanks for the fun "food project".

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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2007

So cute! These were a hit!

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Casey

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Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2007

great n easy idea thank you, we have boys and tom-boys that love these.

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D'Anna

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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2006

These treats were great. I didn't use the bag or the butter. Instead I used shortening with semi-sweet & butterscotch chips, which gave a great finish to the spiders. Definitely enjoyed by all.

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Kate S.

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2006

I only give this 2 stars because while it was a cute little idea, it didn't work out quite like it claimed it would. After melting the amount of chocolate chips and butter that it called for, the chocolate was thick like frosting and would definately NOT drizzle. I had to add much more butter and a little creamer to make it drizzle better. And putting the chocolate in the bag to be drizzled was NOT a simple task either. It got all over the zip seal and the bag didn't close properly and ended up exploding. I think the ingredients need to be altered and maybe a gallon ziploc bag should be suggested so that it is large enough that if it won't seal, it's not going to shoot chocolate everywhere when you try to use it as a squeeze bag. However, I do want to say that I made these for my toddler's daycare class and I was the only mother who actually made something for the party instead of buying a bag of candy to pass... the toddlers LOVED them! So, in the long run, it was worth the hassle ;0)

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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2006

This was a cute finish but very time consuming and extremely messy.

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Penny

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2005

Cute concept, but I should have read the reviews prior to starting. I had the same problem with the chocolate in the microwave as others did. I finally melted it on the stove with more butter and milk. They are currently in the fridge, hopefully they will harden! I also dropped them in the pan of melted chocolate with the help of 2 forks. That seemed to work well. Thanks for the cute idea!

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Jill

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2005

the chocolate never melted but went all crumberly and the it burnt a realy foul but sweet smell filled the house use melting chocolate or you taking chanches

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2005

Agree with the microwaving the chocolate thing - it wouldn't melt right for me. Ended up just putting chocolate chips, butter and some milk in a saucepan over low heat to get right consisitancy. Once chocolate was melted everything else was smooth sailing. The kids loved the looks of them for their holloween party!

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KRISTIN9709

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2005

These were very time consuming, but my husband and I had fun making them for our son's class. We did make changes. The bag thing didn't work at all. So we just melted the chocolate on the stove and coated them in the pan using a fork and spoon. I won't know until tomorrow (Halloween) whether or not they are a hit, but they are very cute.

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2004

This was time-consuming, very messy, but fun treat when preparing for Halloween. I used a couple TBLS of butter and using a knife, dipped each marshmellow into the melted choc./butter mix. Luckily, I had a whole "assembly line" of hands ready - my boyfriend attached pretzel sticks for the legs and my daughter added the M&M eyes. I might take the butterscotch chip suggestion into review if I ever decide to make these treats again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2004

I made these for my twin 5 year olds' Kindergarten Party at school. The kids all loved them! Of course, I did make some changes to the recipe. . . I used 1 bag of milk chocolate morsels and one bag on butterscotch morsels melted together in the microwave, 1/2 a pretzel stick for each leg, mini M&Ms for the eyes, and only about 1/2 of a large marshmallow for the body. I put a dallop of chocolate on waxed paper, added the pretzel legs (so they stuck out of the chocolate), and added the candy eyes, then transferred to the freezer for a couple of minutes to harden (it doesn't take long). After they were set (they looked like smooshed spiders-reminded me of the spiders in the Garfield comic strip after he smacks them with a newspaper!) I dipped a 1/2 a marshmallow in chocolate and set it on top of the "smashed spider" (not covering up the eyes, though!) which then gave it a "puffy spider" look. It was rather time consuming, but it was worth it because the kids really enjoyed it!

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Meg

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2004

I made this for my Cub Scout pack meeting for Oct. They were a huge hit. They turned out so cute. They did take a long time to make. I started to use the chocolate chips in the bag but it did not work good at all. Luckly I had Almond Bark. I turned it on low and it worked beautifully. I poked the marshmallows with a toothpick and dipped. I did take the extra chocolate off with the second toothpick. I just smoothed the chocolate over the hole and it looked great.

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2004

The kids had fun making these, but very messy. They never really did look like spiders, but that didn't stop us from eating them up! We used melting chocalate, couldn't find parafin.

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2001

Instead of drizzling melted chips over marshmallows, try melting chips with a small amount of cooking paraffin. Keep this mixture on low heat after melted, jab each marshmallow with a fork, and hold over pan. Drizzle this mixture over marshmallows, drop onto wax paper & fill in tong marks on top of marshmallow with small amount of mixture. This way you have more control over how the chocolate covers the marshmallows.

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