These are very fragile, but enough stayed intact to give the desired effect…use a decorating tube to pipe the icing into spider shapes on waxed paper. They are made from Royal Icing, which needs to be used right away since it hardens to a rocklike texture very quickly!

Royal Icing
16 oz powdered sugar (icing sugar)
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Beat until peaks firmly hold their shape, and the more you beat it, the firmer it gets.

I only made a third of this recipe and I still had tons of icing left over after making two dozen Tip: Use black paste food coloring to get it as dark you can.