42 Easy Halloween Cookies for a Sweet Spooky Season
Decorate them as pumpkins, spiders, or eyeballs!
There's no denying that fall is baking season! But come Halloween, we often put our cookie sheets aside for buckets filled with Halloween candy. And that's all well and good, but why not enjoy a bit of both? Here, we're making the case to add Halloween cookies to your seasonal baking list. You can still pick up a bag of your favorite mini chocolate bars, too! In fact, some of these cookie recipes even include extra candy for decorating. There are also plenty of options for fun frostings and colorful Halloween sprinkles! But don't worry—these Halloween cookies are easy to make. Whip up a big batch for a Halloween potluck or make them as a frightfully fun after-school snack!
Ahead, you'll find a variety of spooky treats, including iced cookies shaped like mummies, spider cookies, candy-filled cookies, and more. Or, you can skip the scary stuff and go straight for the pumpkin desserts and other fall cookie recipes ahead. Try the sugar-coated pumpkin snickerdoodles or the soft pumpkin cookies with salted maple icing. Looking to get the kids involved for a Halloween activity? Try Ree Drummond's twist on holiday gingerbread turned into mini haunted houses. It's a great way to practice your decorating skills. Oh, and don't forget to pick up a Halloween cookie jar to hold all your fresh-baked goodies!
Candy Corn Cookies
Candy corn is often hotly debated, but if you're a fan of the sweet and chewy candy, then these homemade cookies are for you! They star alongside white chocolate chips for even more sweetness.
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Caramel Apple Cookies
Skip bobbing for apples and make these caramel apple cookies instead! They're full of warm spices and fall flavor.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe gives simple chocolate chip cookies an autumnal spin by adding pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice. We can imagine eating one of these with a pumpkin spice latte, can't you?!
Nutella Cookies
These rich, chocolate cookies will match the dark and moody setting of your Halloween decor! Add a sprinkle of flaky sea salt for a hint of salty-sweet.
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Spider Cookies
These creepy-crawly spiders are made with mini chocolate peanut butter cup bodies, chocolate-covered raisin heads, and black icing gel legs.
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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin pie spice and sugar pair perfectly together in these rich, moist snickerdoodle cookies. You'll be making them all season long!
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
Use leftover Hershey's kisses to make these chocolate-peanut butter treats. You can also roll the dough in orange sprinkles before baking for even more Halloween fun.
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Sugar Cookie Eyeballs
Use store-bought cookie dough to create these super easy (and cute and creepy) eyeball cookies! They're perfect for a kids' Halloween party.
Get Ree's Sugar Cookie Eyeballs recipe.
Quick Peanut Butter–Chocolate Cookies
Grab a package of fun-size peanut butter cups to make these delicious two-ingredient cookies.
Sandwich Cookie Eyeballs
You can also try this cookie eyeball that requires zero baking. All you need is a package of sandwich cookies and decorating tools.
Get Ree's Sandwich Cookie Eyeballs recipe.
Spiced Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies
Love all things pumpkin? Try these adorable cut-out cookies that are made with fall spices and pumpkin puree.
Haunted House Gingerbread Cookies
You don't need to wait until Christmas to enjoy gingerbread. Instead, bring the winter flavor into fall with these haunted houses.
Get Ree's Haunted House Gingerbread Cookies recipe.
Pumpkin S'mores Cookies
Warm, toasty marshmallows, crushed graham crackers, and chocolate are all piled high on top of soft pumpkin cookies. This might be the ultimate fall comfort food!
Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookie Bars
These cookie bars are loaded with Oreo pieces and Halloween M&Ms. But the best part is—they only take 35 minutes to make!
Get the Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookie Bars recipe at Sugar and Soul.
Brown Sugar Maple Cookies
These cookies are soft, nutty, and buttery. Use pumpkin-shaped cookie cutters, then decorate them to your hearts content with the browned butter maple glaze!
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Halloween Sugar Cookies
Grab your cookie cutters, icing, and sprinkles—these Halloween cookies will allow you to get creative with your decorating skills. Don't worry, it's easy!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
If you're a fan of classic oatmeal cookies, you'll want to give this fall-inspired version a try. It has a hint of pumpkin flavor and a sweet vanilla glaze to make it extra-special.
Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These soft and chewy cookies have not one but two types of morsels mixed in: butterscotch chips and chocolate chunks. A touch of sea salt on top helps to balance out all that sweetness.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
These black-as-night cookies are stuffed with white and orange baking chips, peanut butter chips, and mini Reese's pieces so they're devilishly delicious.
Get the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies recipe at House of Nash Eats.
Mummy Cookies
Using packaged cookies, white candy coating, and mini M&Ms, you can create these cute little mummies.
Get the Mummy Cookies recipe at Lil' Luna.
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