Description
Spooky halloween cookies bring festive spirit to seasonal celebrations. Cookie crafting becomes a delightful experience when bakers combine playful design with delicious ingredients you’ll enjoy creating and sharing.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup (226 grams) sweet cream unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2.25 cups (270 grams) all-purpose flour
- 0.67 cup (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
Sweeteners:
- 0.75 cup (150 grams) sugar
- 0.67 cup (145 grams) packed brown sugar
Finishing and Decoration:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces (454 grams) white frosting
- 5 drops neon green gel food coloring
- M&M candies (orange, green, and purple)
Instructions
- Prepare the workspace by positioning an oven rack in the center and heating to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat.
- Organize M&M’s by separating orange, green, and purple colors into a small dish for later decoration.
- Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder together in a medium mixing bowl, ensuring smooth incorporation of dry ingredients.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugars until light and fluffy, creating a smooth base.
- Incorporate eggs and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, blending thoroughly until fully integrated.
- Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients, mixing until a uniform cookie dough forms.
- Gently fold half of the sorted M&M’s into the prepared cookie dough, distributing evenly.
- Shape dough into uniform 2-inch balls, strategically pressing remaining M&M’s onto the exterior of each cookie sphere.
- Arrange cookie dough balls on prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each. Bake for 9-11 minutes until edges are set but centers remain slightly soft.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Microwave white frosting for 15 seconds to achieve a soft, spreadable consistency.
- Add neon green gel food coloring to frosting, mixing until achieving a vibrant green hue.
- Load green frosting into a flavor injector, carefully inserting into cookie sides until slight surface cracking occurs, repeating for each cookie.
Notes
- Customize M&M’s Selection get creative by mixing different colored M&M’s for unique Halloween or seasonal variations.
- Make Ahead Prepare cookie dough in advance and refrigerate for up to 3 days to enhance flavor development and convenience.
- Gluten-Free Option substitute all-purpose flour with a gluten-free blend to accommodate dietary restrictions without compromising taste.
- Temperature Control allow cookies to cool slightly on the baking sheet to prevent breaking, ensuring perfect texture and shape.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 182
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg