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    Home » Recipes » Kid Approved Recipes

    Published: Apr 21, 2020 by Nicole This post may contain affiliate links.

    Peanut Butter Jelly Spider Sandwiches

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    While you may not always find yourself looking up spider sandwich recipes, you're going to love this pb&J spider! It's simple, easy, and adorable!

    two spider sandwiches on a plate with a bowl of pretzel sticks in background

    Spider Sandwiches are a fun treat that my kids absolutely love any time of the year! With cute little PB&J spiders like these, it's easy to get over that fear and enjoy a moment of yum.

    I first started making these easy spider sandwiches when my daughter was 3, and it's been a tradition ever since. While peanut butter and jelly spider sandwiches normally make for great homemade Halloween snacks, they often find their way into her lunch bag throughout the year.

    They're so easy to make and only use about an extra minute or two compared to a normal PB&J, so they're totally worth it for the "wow factor."

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    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🍽 Equipment Needed
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🍴 Recipe Tips
    • 🥗 Side Dishes
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 FAQs
    • 📖 Recipe
    ingredients needed for peanut butter jelly sandwich spiders

    🥘 Ingredients

    • Sandwich bread
    • Your favorite jelly
    • Peanut butter
    • Pretzel sticks
    • Chocolate chips

    For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.

    🍽 Equipment Needed

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    • Biscuit cutter or a wide mouthed drinking glass or mason jar
    • Butter knife
    • Ziploc bags (if you want to pipe the filling on for a prettier look)

    🔪 Instructions

    Check out how to make spider peanut butter sandwiches with these simple step-by-step instructions:

    Use your wide-mouthed glass or sound biscuit cutter to press a circle out of your bread. You may need to run a knife around the crimped edge to get it to pop out of the crust.

    a round cutter next to slices of sandwich bread with a round of bread cut from one center

    Spread peanut butter on one slice of sandwich bread as usual. Or pipe the peanut butter and jelly on after the following step for a neater appearance.

    peanut butter spread on one round slice of bread with a used butterknife to the side

    Spread jelly on another round-cut piece of bread.

    jelly spread on a round piece of bread with a butterknife to the side

    Place 4 of the pretzels neatly on each side of the sandwich to resemble spider legs.

    a round cut piece of bread covered in peanut butter with 8 pretzel sticks on it

    Top the sandwiches with the jellied bread round.

    Add two chocolate chips on top of the bread for the eyes, serve and enjoy!

    aerial view of an assembled spider sandwich with ingredients around it

    🍴 Recipe Tips

    This spider sandwiches recipe is about as easy as it gets, but there are a few tips I want to quickly share to ensure that you're spiders don't get squished.

    By piping the peanut butter or jelly using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the end cut off, you can easily apply the peanut butter and jelly after cutting the bread.

    You could also fill a sandwich first and then cut it, but the legs would be harder to stick in between the layers (trust me).

    🥗 Side Dishes

    To keep this a healthier meal for the kiddos, you can always serve up your Halloween spider sandwiches with some delicious:

    • Sliced grapes
    • Apples
    • Baby carrots
    • Celery sticks and hummus
    • Orange slices

    📖 Variations

    • Use mashed banana instead of jelly.
    • Use different jellies or even homemade jams like my Sugar Free Strawberry Jam or Sugar Free Blueberry Jam for a different flavor experience every time.
    • Use a different nut butter. You don't HAVE to use peanut butter. Swap it out for different nut butter or a healthier peanut butter blend, depending on your preference.
    • Use something besides chocolate chips. You can use candy eyes, M&Ms, Raisins, Jelly beans, or even fresh blueberries as the eyeballs.

    💭 FAQs

    What's a healthier way to make these sandwiches?

    By opting for a reduced sugar jelly, or protein packed peanut butter option, you've already got a pretty healthy treat. But, for a veggie sandwich, you could do a spread of hummus, thinly sliced tomato, and matchstick cut carrots for the legs. The eyeballs could be made of raisins too.

    What kind of chocolate chips work best?

    You can use any variety of chocolate chips! We like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips, depending on what we already have on hand. The kids LOVE it!

    Can I make these Halloween spider sandwiches gluten free?

    Absolutely! Just use a gluten free bread and gluten free pretzels! I recommend warming the gluten free bread just a little in the microwave prior to cutting it because it's often stored in the freezer and is a slightly denser bread. By getting it to room temperature or slightly warmer, you can make it easier.

    toddler hands holding up a spider sandwich

    More Halloween Themed Recipes To Try Soon

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    📖 Recipe

    a close up of two spider sandwiches on a white square plate
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    Peanut Butter and Jelly Spider Sandwiches

    While you may not always find yourself looking up spider sandwich recipes, you're going to love this pb&J spider! It's simple, easy, and adorable!
    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 0 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Servings: 2 sandwiches
    Calories: 450kcal
    Cost Recipe $0.66 / Serving $0.33
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    Equipment

    • 3" Biscuit cutter or a wide mouthed drinking glass or mason jar
    • Butter knife
    • Ziploc bags (if you want to pipe the filling on for a prettier look)

    Ingredients

    • 4 slices Sliced sandwich bread ($0.16)
    • 4 tablespoon Creamy peanut butter ($0.20)
    • 4 tablespoon Your favorite jelly ($0.20)
    • 8 Pretzel sticks ($0.08)
    • 4 Chocolate chips ($0.02)

    Instructions

    • Using your wide mouthed glass or sound biscuit cutter to press a circle out of your bread. You may need to run a knife around the crimped edge to get it to pop out of the crust.
    • Spread peanut butter on one slice of sandwich bread as usual. Or pipe the peanut butter and jelly on after the following step for a neater appearance.
    • Spread jelly on another round cut piece of bread.
    • Place 4 of the pretzels neatly on each side of the sandwich to resemble spider legs.
    • Top the sandwiches with the jellied bread round.
    • Add two chocolate chips on top of the bread for the eyes, serve and enjoy!

    Notes

    Recipe Tips

    • The easiest way to make the sandwich-Piping the peanut butter or jelly on the bread using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the corner cut off; you can easily apply the peanut butter and jelly after cutting the bread.
    • You could also fill a sandwich first and then cut it, but the legs would be harder to stick in between the layers (trust me).

    What to Serve With Halloween Spider Sandwiches

    To keep this a healthier meal for the kiddos, you can always serve it up with some delicious sliced grapes, apples, baby carrots, celery sticks, hummus, or orange slices.

    Variations

    • Use mashed banana instead of jelly. Use different jellies or even homemade jams like my Sugar Free Strawberry Jam or Sugar Free Blueberry Jam for a different flavor experience every time.
    • Use a different nut butter. You don't HAVE to use peanut butter. Swap it out for different nut butter or a healthier peanut butter blend depending on your preference.
    • Use something besides chocolate chips. You can use candy eyes, M&Ms, Raisins, Jelly beans, or even fresh blueberries as the eyeballs.

    To make these sandwiches gluten-free

    Just use a gluten free bread and gluten free pretzels! I recommend warming the gluten free bread just a little in the microwave prior to cutting it because it's often stored in the freezer and slightly denser. By getting it to room temp or slightly warmer, you can make the process easier. 

    Nutritional Information

    Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 450kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 415mg | Potassium: 275mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 3mg
    Author NicoleDurham
    Course lunch, Snack
    Cuisine American
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