Halloween is coming up, and we’re in the mood for tricks and treats. Alright, we’re more in the mood for treats, like these fun and spooky Halloween cookies. We’ve chosen 10 cookies that are easy to make but still have that spooky vibe that’ll look great on your Halloween dessert table or in your kids’ lunchboxes as a special treat during the October festivities.
Making cookies together is a fun family activity, especially in the fall when the weather is cooler and you’re spending more time indoors. Select one of these recipes, gather your ingredients, and start baking. There are even a couple of no-bake recipes to try if you’re not in the mood to fire up the oven.
What are you waiting for? Let’s get started on some creepy (but delicious) Halloween cookies!
Halloween is approaching and you're probably looking for some easy Halloween treats to make with your kids. I've rounded up 10 spooky cookies that are super cute, fun to make, and will be gobbled up by the little ones in no time. Give them a try this year! These cute and spooky zombie eyeball cookies are just what you need to make a splash at your Halloween party! They're easy to make using homemade sugar cookie dough or store-bought. Decorate with candy eyes and your favorite frosting mixed with a little food dye. Colorful! How cool and creepy are these witch finger cookies? They're made with shortbread formed into fingers and topped with slivered almonds and red frosting to create the bloody fingernails. Okay, so the kids will totally love these, but the adults at your Halloween gathering will go crazy for them. Homemade shortbread cookies are sandwiched together with a quick caramel sauce for Peanut butter lovers, this one's for you! The spider cookies are made with peanut butter blossom cookies, miniature Reese cups, and then you just have to add legs and eyes. This is a simple recipe for a party or for gifting to friends and neighbors for Halloween. Something wicked this way comes! But these witch hat and broom cookies are wickedly good. You can use the sugar cookie recipe listed or a pre-made version bought from the store. The secret to decorating them, though, is in the homemade royal icing. It creates such a nice finish, which is perfect for cookie decorating. Turn thumbprint chocolate cookies into spooky monster eye cookies with just a few ingredients! The thumbprint cookie recipe is one that you'll want to keep around all year long; they're versatile enough for lots of different holidays. If baking isn't your thing, try these mummy cookies made with Oreos, chocolate candy melts, and candy eyes. They couldn't be easier! The kids will love helping out with these, and they can even give some to their friends to celebrate the spooky holiday. Here's another monster eye cookie recipe. These cookies are super colorful! These are cake mix cookies, so they're super easy when you need to whip up a few batches of cookies quickly. Just divide the prepared mix, add different colors of food coloring to each batch, and bake away. Gel colors will offer brighter colors than liquid food coloring. Do you love Nutter Butters? If so, these mummy cookies are right up your alley! You only need four ingredients and a little bit of time to turn your favorite cookie into spooky-cute mummies. These bat sugar cookies are definitely spooky! They're super easy to make even if you've never made homemade sugar cookies and royal icing. They'll be a big hit at your party... put them on the dessert table or hand them out as favors at the end!Spooky Halloween Cookies
Zombie Eyeball Cookies
Witch Finger Shortbread Cookies
Halloween Shortbread Sandwich Cookies
Halloween Spider Cookies
Witch Hats & Brooms Halloween Cookies
Monster Eye Cookies
3 Ingredient Mummy Halloween Cookies
Colorful Halloween Monster Eye Cookies
Mummy Nutter Butter Cookies
Bat Sugar Cookies
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