How to Make Chocolate Halloween Cookies - A Step-by-Step Guide

Get ready to delight your Halloween party guests with these delicious and spooktacular Chocolate Halloween Cookies! These cookies are the perfect treat to serve at any Halloween gathering, whether it's a kids' costume party or an adult soiree. Not only are they incredibly tasty, but they also have a fun and festive look that will instantly put everyone in the Halloween spirit.

Made with rich, chocolatey dough and decorated with colorful icing and spooky sprinkles, these cookies are su...

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ⅔ cup butter, softened
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®)
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®), or to taste

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Additional Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Servings: 48
  • Yield: 4 dozen cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Beat white sugar and 2/3 cup softened butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in 1/3 cup milk, egg, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Stir flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces. Drop dough, 1 to 2 tablespoons per cookie, onto a baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pans for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
  • Beat 3 tablespoons melted butter and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is fluffy and smooth. Frost cookies and decorate with more candy-coated peanut butter pieces.
  • Nutrition

    97 cal.

    • Total Fat: 5g
    • Saturated Fat: 3g
    • Cholesterol: 13mg
    • Sodium: 52mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 13g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 9g
    • Protein: 1g
    • Calcium: 12mg
    • Iron: 0mg
    • Potassium: 45mg