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Three cookies decorated to look like ladybugs with chocolate legs, candy eyes, and halved strawberries for bodies, arranged on a gray surface—these fun bites add whimsy and creativity to your food recipes.
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Chocolate Strawberry Oreo Crabs

Cute strawberry and dark chocolate crabs topped with candy eyes.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: food art, food fun, fruit animals
Servings: 5 crabs

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 50 grams dark chocolate
  • 3 strawberries large, pointy
  • 10 candy eyes mini
  • 5 Oreo cookies

Instructions

  • Melt the dark chocolate.
  • Place the dark chocolate in a piping utensil or bag.
  • Trace the outline of an Oreo on parchment paper.
  • Turn the paper over.
  • Pipe the 8 legs (and the pinchers on the two front legs) around the outline you just traced.
  • Arrange the Oreo on top of the legs.
  • Pipe chocolate on top of the Oreo.
  • Halve the strawberries and remove the leaves.
  • Dry the strawberries off on a paper towel.
  • Place the strawberry halves (cut side down) on top of the chocolate-covered Oreo.
  • Top with two candy eyes at the pointy end of the strawberry.
  • Allow to set.
  • Carefully lift the crab away from the parchment paper.
  • Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 118kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 0.3mg | Sodium: 49mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 3mg