Halloween is right around the corner, and I've got the perfect treat to add some spooky fun to your celebrations - Halloween Monster Cookies! I love how these cookies turn every bite into a delightful surprise with their colorful candies and eyes peeking out. You get to enjoy creating these little monsters as much as eating them!
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💖 Why This Recipe Works
- Deliciously Spooky: These Halloween Monster Cookies bring Halloween fun to your taste buds with every bite.
- Easy to Make: With simple ingredients and steps, they're a low-stress, high-reward baking project.
- Perfect for Parties: Their eye-catching look makes them a hit at any Halloween gathering.
⭐ Star Ingredients
Ingredients For Cookie Dough
- Flour: Provides the necessary base for the other ingredients to bind together.
- Cocoa Powder: Gives a rich, chocolatey flavor to the cookie dough, adding depth and indulgence to every bite.
- Baking Powder: Essential for leavening, baking powder helps the cookies rise and attain their soft, fluffy texture.
- Sugar: Adds sweetness to the cookies, balancing out the bitter notes of the cocoa powder.
- Unsalted Butter: Contributes to the rich, buttery taste of the cookies and aids in creating a tender crumb.
- Egg: Adds moisture and helps the cookies achieve a soft, chewy texture.
- Vanilla: Enhances the flavors of the other ingredients, adding a subtle depth to the overall taste of the cookies.
- Milk: Hydrates the dry ingredients, helps to bind everything together, and adds a slight creaminess to the cookies.
Ingredients For Filling
- Powdered Sugar: Forms the base of the creamy filling, giving it a smooth and spreadable consistency.
- Unsalted Butter: Makes the filling rich and creamy, and also helps to stabilize the powdered sugar.
- Heavy Cream: Adds a luxurious, creamy texture to the filling, making it extra indulgent.
- Vanilla: Just like in the cookie dough, vanilla extract in the filling enhances the flavors and adds a touch of warmth.
- Salt: Balances out the sweetness of the filling and enhances its overall flavor.
- Food Coloring: Allows you to customize the color of your filling to create fun, Halloween-themed sandwich cookies.
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Equipment Needed
- Large Bowl & Small Bowl: Are essential for mixing your ingredients separately before combining.
- Wooden Spoon: Is perfect for creaming together your butter and sugar, and for stirring your wet and dry ingredients.
- Cookie Sheets: Are necessary for baking your cookies evenly and efficiently.
- Cooling Tray Or Rack (Optional): If you have one, it's great for cooling your cookies quickly and evenly.
- Piping Bag: Is essential for neatly applying your colorful filling to the cookies.
- Measuring Cups & Measuring Spoons: Are key to a successful baking project, making these tools indispensable.
📖 Substitutions & Variations
- Candy Eyeballs: These are a fantastic item to use when making Halloween treats and these Halloween monster cookies are no exception. You can use two candy eyes per monster cookie or if you want to try something different give your monsters more or fewer candy eyes to make them even more freaky looking. Either way they will taste delicious. Be sure to glue the eyes on using a little icing.
- Extra Candy: You can add on some Halloween-themed sprinkles or even little candy spiders, candy corn, Reese's pieces, melted chocolate or chocolate chips for extra spookiness.
- Chocolate Chips: Chocolate chips can add extra chocolatey deliciousness to the chocolate monster cookies. However you choose to decorate your cookies, get creative and have fun with it!
🔪 How To Make Halloween Monster Cookies
- Step 1: Measure out all the ingredients for your Halloween version of monster cookies. Add the dry ingredients into a medium bowl and mix together. Next, add the wet ingredients into a small bowl. Beat the egg, milk, and unsalted butter together. Ensure there is no eggshell in the mix.
- Step 2: Combine the dry and wet ingredients (milk, vanilla, and egg) together. Mix and knead into cookie dough. Cut out your Halloween cookies using a round cookie cutter with patterns for Halloween Monster Cookies. If you don't have a cookie cutter, use a cookie scoop or make cookie mounds or balls to place on your baking sheet.
- Step 3: Place the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes. Once cooked, all them cool completely. Mix together the powdered sugar, unsalted butter, heavy cream, vanilla, and salt until creamy.
- Step 4: Add food coloring for the desired monster cookie color. Using a piping bag, add the filling onto one cookie. Top with another cookie and press down lightly. Add candy eyeballs with a dab of the filling for a spooky touch. Serve and enjoy these Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies at any Halloween party or gathering, and don’t forget some for the trick-or-treaters!
👩🍳 Expert Tips
- Don't Overmix: Be sure to not over-mix the dough, it can cause the cookies to be dense and tough.
- Zip Lock Bag Option: If you don't have a piping bag, use a zip lock bag and cut off one of the corner tips to pipe out your cookie dough.
- Add Sprinkles: Feel free to add Halloween-themed sprinkles on top for added decoration before
💭 FAQs
Yes, you can swap White sugar for brown sugar, but keep in mind that it may change the overall taste and texture of your cookies.
Yes, it is important to use unsalted butter in this recipe as it helps control the amount of salt in the cookie dough. Salted butter can affect the overall taste of the cookies. If you only have salted butter on hand, just omit the added salt in the recipe and reduce the amount of butter by about ½ tablespoon to compensate for the extra salt in the butter.
You can certainly use any type of milk that you have on hand, such as almond or oat milk. Just keep in mind that it may alter the taste slightly.
That's okay you can leave your cookie on the baking sheet if you don't have a cooling tray, they will just take a little longer to cool down. While your cookies cool you can prepare the filling for your Halloween sandwich cookies.
In this recipe, the baking powder is enough to make the cookies rise and become fluffy. Baking soda can also be used as a leavening agent but it does have a stronger taste so it is not necessary to use baking soda in this recipe.
These cookies have a soft and slightly chewy texture as they are made with cocoa powder and not just regular flour. Feel free to add in some chocolate chips or chocolate chunks for added chewiness if desired. Or you can leave the cookies just the way they are in the recipe.
Yes, these cookies can be made ahead of time. After you bake these cookies they should stay fresh for about 4-5 days if stored in an airtight container.
💖 Serving Suggestions
Pair Easy Halloween Monster Cookies With These:
- Coffee: Pair your monster cookies with a homemade cafe-style hot coffee, creating a cozy, frothy delight that complements the sweet and spooky treats perfectly. You could also pair with a Pumpkin Spice Latte or Maple Cinnamon Latte.
- Monster Mash Popcorn Mix: Create a mix of popcorn, candy-coated chocolates, pretzel rods, and marshmallows for a sweet and salty snack that complements the pretzels.
- Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board: Offer a selection of cheeses, crackers, and fruits arranged in a pumpkin patch theme for a savory option that contrasts the sugary treats.
- Green Monster Mashed Potatoes: Add a spooky twist to classic mashed potatoes with green food coloring and serve them in a cauldron for a fun and festive side dish.
- Spiderweb Taco Dip: Layer a taco dip with sour cream "spiderwebs" on top and serve with tortilla chips for a crowd-pleasing appetizer.
- Mummy Hot Dogs: Wrap hot dogs in crescent roll dough to resemble mummies, perfect for a fun and savory handheld snack.
- Halloween Finger Food Party Snacks: These Halloween Finger food ideas are not only easy to make but also spooky and fun!
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Easy Halloween Monster Cookies: Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough Ingredients
- 260 g Flour
- ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¾ Cup Sugar
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Egg Large
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 tablespoon Milk
Filling Ingredients
- 1. ½ Cup Powdered Sugar
- 80 g Unsalted Butter
- 2 teaspoon Heavy Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 Drops Food Coloring
Instructions
- Measure out all the ingredients for your Halloween version of monster cookies. Add the dry ingredients into a medium bowl and mix together.
- Next, add the wet ingredients into a small bowl. Beat the egg, milk, and unsalted butter together. Ensure there is no eggshell in the mix.
- Combine the dry and wet ingredients (milk, vanilla, and egg) together. Mix and knead into cookie dough.
- Cut out your Halloween cookies using a round cookie cutter with patterns for Halloween monster cookies. If you don't have a cookie cutter, use a cookie scoop or make cookie mounds or balls to place on your baking sheet.
- Place the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes. Once cooked, all them to cool completely.
- Mix together the powdered sugar, unsalted butter, heavy cream, vanilla, and salt until creamy. Add food coloring for desired monster cookie color.
- Using a piping bag, add the filling onto one cookie. Top with another cookie and press down lightly. Add candy eyeballs with a dab of the filling for a spooky touch.
- Serve and enjoy these Chocolate Halloween monster cookies at any Halloween party or gathering, and don’t forget some for the trick-or-treaters!
These mischievous little monsters are as fun to make as they are to eat—perfect for adding a spooky (and sweet) touch to your Halloween festivities!