Chocolate Halloween Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE HALLOWEEN COOKIES

Steps:

• 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.

HALLOWEEN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg. On low speed, mix in flour mixture. Divide dough in half, and form into 2 disks, each about 3/4 inch thick. Wrap disks in plastic; chill until firm, at least 45 minutes and up to 2 days.
• On a lightly floured sheet of waxed paper, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough 1/2 inch thick. (If dough becomes too soft to work with, refrigerate for a few minutes.)
• Using 2- to 3-inch Halloween cookie cutters, cut out shapes, dipping cutters in flour as necessary to prevent sticking; place on a baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart.
• Bake until surface is dry to the touch, 10 to 15 minutes (if decorating, press candies into dough halfway through baking). Cool cookies 1 to 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer to a rack to cool completely.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set the mixture aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides as needed.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition then add the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
• Add the chocolate chips and beat until incorporated then cover and refrigerate the dough for a minimum of 2 hours and up to overnight. (See Kelly's Notes.)
• Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat baking mats.
• Using two spoons or an ice cream scoop, portion out about 2 tablespoons of the dough into mounds, spacing the mounds at least 2 inches apart. Add 2 or 3 additional chocolate chips to the tops of the cookies. (These will be the spider "bodies.")
• Bake the cookies for 9 to 11 minutes or until they are set around the edges but still slightly underbaked in the centers. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely.
• Once the cookies have cooled, melt the chocolate candy melts per the package instructions then transfer the chocolate to a piping bag or sealable plastic bag. Snip off the tip then pipe spider "legs" coming out of the chocolate chips on the tops of the cookies. Attach the spider "eyes" by adding two dots of chocolate above the chocolate chips then attaching the candy eyes. Let the chocolate set then serve.

30 BEST HALLOWEEN COOKIES (+ RECIPE COLLECTION)

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• Prep a Halloween cookie in 30 minutes or less!

EASY HALLOWEEN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, and line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Beat the butter and sugars together with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and beat again to combine. Stir in the flour and baking powder with a wooden spoon until you have a stiff dough, then fold in the chocolate chips.
• Divide the dough into 20 pieces and roll into balls. Arrange on the prepared baking sheets, well spaced out so there's space for spreading (you may need to bake them in batches). Press the tops of the cookies down very slightly using the palm of your hand or the bottom of a glass. Bake the cookies for 10-12 mins until golden around the edges, then leave to cool on the baking sheets for 10 mins. Transfer to wire racks and leave to cool completely.
• To make the spider cookies, lay 10 of the cooled cookies out in front of you. Spoon the melted chocolate into a piping bag and the royal icing into another, then snip off the ends using scissors. Pipe a dot of royal icing onto the back of two Maltesers, and arrange these onto one of the cookies to create the head and body of the spider. Repeat with the remaining nine cookies and the rest of the Maltesers. Pipe eight spider legs around the bodies of the spiders using the chocolate. Pipe two small dots of royal icing onto the heads to create eyes, then pipe very small dots of chocolate over the eyes to create pupils. If you like, decorate the bodies with the royal icing.
• To make the bat cookies, lay the remaining 10 cookies out in front of you. Separate the cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, and carefully scrape the cream filling off the chocolate cookie pieces. Cut the chocolate cookie pieces into semicircles using a small serrated knife. Stick a caramel-filled chocolate onto the middle of each cooled cookie using the royal icing, then use a little more to stick a chocolate cookie semicircle on either side of the chocolates to make the bat wings. Pipe eyes onto the chocolates using the royal icing and melted chocolate.

CHOCOLATE HALLOWEEN MICE

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate, and combine with sour cream. Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate wafer crumbs. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Roll by level tablespoonfuls into balls. Mold to a slight point at one end (the nose).
• Roll dough in confectioners sugar (for white mice), or in chocolate wafer crumbs (for dark mice).
• On each mouse, place dragees in appropriate spot for eyes, almond slices for ears, and a licorice string for the tail.
• Refrigerate for at least two hours until firm.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine cookie mix, butter, and egg until a soft dough is formed.
• If using, fold in sprinkles and mix until they are evenly incorporated.
• Spread cookie dough into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 23-25 minutes.
• Remove pan to wire rack and cool completely.
• Once the cookies are cool, prepare the buttercream.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter on medium-high speed for about 6 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in powdered sugar, and continue beating until well blended.
• Add in vanilla, and 1 tablespoon of milk. Blend on low speed until moistened.
• If needed, add additional milk 1 teaspoon at a time, until you reach the desired consistency. Beat at high speed until frosting is smooth and fluffy; about 5 more minutes.
• If desired, use gel food dye to color the frosting.
• Spread frosting onto cookie bars, or use a small biscuit cutter to cut the cookie bars into small circles. Pipe frosting onto cookies and top with festive sprinkles.

BATS & CATS CHOCOLATE HALLOWEEN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt until well blended. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Add chocolate; mix well. Divide dough in half; wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• Place half the dough on lightly floured surface; roll into 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into bat and cat shapes with 3-inch cookie cutters, rerolling scraps as necessary. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake 10 to 12 min. or until firm around the edges. Cool on baking sheets 2 min.; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely. Decorate with gel.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top and bottom and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl.
• Combine the brown sugar and granulated sugar with the butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well to combine, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed to combine, scraping the bowl down once to make sure it is mixed well, about 1 minute. Add the oats, candy-coated chocolates, chocolate chips, half of the sprinkles and the pecans if using. Mix on low speed just to combine, about 30 seconds.
• Spread the remaining 1/2 cup sprinkles in a small bowl. Using a 1/4-cup (2-ounce) ice cream scoop or dry measuring cup, scoop a scant 1/4 cup of dough, roll into a ball and flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand. Press the top of the ball in the sprinkles. Place 6 balls of dough on each baking sheet. Arrange 2 eyeballs on each dough ball. (Refrigerate the remaining dough while you bake this batch.)
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the edges are crisp and golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove the pans to wire racks to cool slightly, then transfer the cookies to the racks to cool completely. Allow the baking sheets to cool and then repeat with the remaining dough.