Creepy Crawly Spider Cookies


You need: 
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      2 c  Chocolate chips,semi-sweet 
    1/2 c  Crispy-rice cereal
    1/4 c  Shredded coconut
  1 1/2 c  Chow mein noodles
           Cake decorator frosting in tube; if desired
 
Preparation: 
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- Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips in a heavy saucepan over low heat. 
- Mix in the cereal and the coconut. 
- Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto waxed paper for the spiders' bodies.
 
- Melt the second cup of chocolate chips.
- Gently stir in chow mein noodles.  
- When chocolate is cooled, pick noodles out one by one and attach them to the spider bodies for legs (8 to a spider).  
- Add dots of frosting for eyes, if desired. 
-Leftover chocolate noodles can be made into more spider cookies.

makes about 3 dozen