Creepy crawly spider cookies

2 c  chocolate chips,semi-sweet
           Divided
    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
 
      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.