19 Spooktacular Halloween Cookie Recipes
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Whether you are planning a Halloween party or just want to do some fun seasonal baking for your children or students, these spooktacular Halloween cookie recipes are sure to be a big hit with kids (and adults) of all ages. The hardest part will be deciding which ones to bake.
We’ve searched some of our favorite blogs and found the cutest and creepiest cookie recipes to give you some inspiration. Get your ingredients and baking sheets out and make some Halloween cookies!
Spooktacular Halloween Cookies
Whether you're having a party or want to do something fun with the kids, these Halloween cookie recipes are sure to put a smile on your pumpkin's face.
Spooky Spider Cookies
These adorably spooky Spider Cookies are perfect for Halloween! Made with peanut butter cookies, marshmallow “spiderwebs,” and peanut butter cup bodies with candy eyes, these Halloween treats are fun to assemble and almost too cute to eat.
Vampire Sandwich Cookies
Vampire sandwich cookies, Dracula's dentures, whichever you call them, know they'll bring a ghastly good time to your Halloween baking experience!
Dark Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Extra dark and spooky Halloween Cookies are delicious and look great on your Halloween party table!
Slime Filled Halloween Cookies
These magical chocolate Halloween Cookies are filled with a delicious green “witches brew” frosting!! An awesome Halloween recipe inspired by one of our favorite spooky movies: Hocus Pocus!
Halloween Sugar Cookies
Your little ghosts and goblins will love these Halloween sugar cookies. Soft and buttery, they are topped with sweet frosting and festive orange and black sprinkles that will be perfect for celebrating all the tricks and treats this time of year.
Cute & Easy Halloween Spider Cookies
An adorable (and easy) recipe for party-perfect Halloween Spider Cookies!
Halloween Monster Eye Crinkle Cookies
You might like to add these Halloween monster eye crinkle cookies to your Halloween plans this year! They are cake mix cookies and are always a favorite.
Halloween Frankenstein Cookies
These Halloween Frankenstein Cookies are perfect for after school snacks, classroom parties, and fun Halloween parties.
Halloween Monster Cookies
Halloween Monster Cookies are soft chocolate sprinkle cookies. These cookies make a great Halloween dessert and are ready in about 20 minutes!
Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
Halloween sprinkle cookies are soft vanilla cookies topped with a generous coating of Halloween candy sprinkles. This easy Halloween dessert recipe can be made from scratch in less than 30 minutes!
Nightmare Before Christmas Cookies
These chocolate cut-out cookies are decorated with icing to look like skeleton animals from the Nightmare Before Christmas movie.
Candy Corn Cookies
Soft and chewy cookies studded with creamy white chocolate chips and candy corn. A great way to use up leftover candy corn!
Crunchy Chocolate Skeleton Cookies
Crunchy chocolate cookies decorated with icing to look like a skeleton. Fun to make and eat with kids!
BOO-Meringues
BOO-Meringues! Homemade meringue cookies, but little ghosts! They're light, airy, slightly sweet puffed Halloween treats that are fun and easy for kids to make!
Triple Chocolate Candy Corn Cookies
If you love chocolate, these Candy Corn Cookies are triple chocolate heaven! These easy-to-make cookies are the perfect fall or Halloween treat.
Halloween Monster Eyeball Cookies
These Halloween Monster Eyeball Cookies are an easy Halloween treat to make with only three ingredients and a few minutes. They are fun for the kiddoes to make unsupervised.
Halloween Shortbread Cookies
Adorable, melt-in-your-mouth homemade Halloween shortbread shapes decorated with fondant icing.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bites
Whole oats mixed with peanut butter, honey and chocolate chips. Dip in orange or white chocolate and add sprinkles to create a fun, festive little pumpkin bite!
Shortbread Spider Cookies
These cute, little spooky bugs are just what you need to complete your Halloween party. Shortbread Spider Biscuits have no tricks up their sleeves - they're the perfect idea for kids' snacks or table decorations this time of year
Easy Halloween Cookie Ideas
Even if you don’t consider yourself to be much of a baker, there are loads of easy Halloween cookie ideas you could try.
Here are some of our favorite ideas for making spooktacular Halloween cookies without a lot of fuss or pastry chef-level of decorating experience.
- Halloween cookie cutters – Cookie cutters make will turn a basic sugar cookie recipe into something special. Frost them or add black and orange sprinkles, and done!
- Sprinkles – make your favorite sugar cookie recipe and add some fun sprinkles!
- M&M cookies – Make your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but instead of chocolate chips, use the brown and orange M&M candies. Regular, peanut butter, or mini M&Ms are great choices.
Final Thoughts
There are lots of options for making Halloween cookies that will please a crowd or your family, whether you’re an expert baker or a novice. Try some of these fun recipes or one of your own to make your holiday the best it can be!
