Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies Food

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.

EASY GHOST COOKIES

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Combine the white chocolate chips and coconut oil in a double boiler or heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water). Once the chips begin to melt, stir occasionally until completely smooth. Remove from the heat but keep over the double boiler or saucepan to keep the white chocolate warm.
• Working with 1 cookie at a time, dip into the warm white chocolate until almost completely coated. Use the back of a spoon to smooth the chocolate evenly over the cookie and lay on the prepared baking sheets. Once all of the cookies are dipped, refrigerate until the white chocolate is set, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the semisweet chocolate chips in a small heatproof bowl over the double boiler. Stir until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small plain tip. Pipe 2 oval eyes and a slightly larger oval mouth on each ghost cookie. Return to the refrigerator until set, about 10 minutes.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH SPIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl and stir with a fork to mix ingredients well.
• Combine butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until smooth and fluffy. Add in flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, and mix in with a spatula until well incorporated. Fold in 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips until well combined.
• Drop cookies onto ungreased baking sheets. Pour 1/2 cup chocolate chips into a bowl. Push about 3 to 4 chocolate chips onto each cookie, tip-side down, to make the spider bodies.
• Bake in the the preheated oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack.
• Melt remaining 1/2 cup chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes. Spoon melted chocolate into a piping bag with a small tip and draw little legs on each side of the spider bodies to create spider legs.

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.