Easy Halloween Monster Cookies: Sandwich Cookies

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If you’re on the lookout for fun and Easy Halloween Cookies Recipes then you’ve come to the right place. Today at the Instant Pot Table, we have some fun Halloween Monster Cookies that you are sure to love. Celebrate Halloween with this easy and simple Halloween Monster cookie recipe. This a great recipe for the holiday season.

These super cute Monster eye cookies create the perfect spooky treat for any Halloween party or gathering.

Why Make Halloween Cookies for Trick or Treat?

Baked cookies are a classic treat for trick-or-treaters and Halloween parties. Not only are they easy to hand out, but they also make for great decorations as well. Monster cookies are simply an easy and fun way to celebrate Halloween.

These Monster Cookies add the perfect touch of spookiness to any Halloween spread and will be a huge hit!

The best part about these cookies is that they make the perfect treat for a Halloween party or to hand out to trick-or-treaters. The use of store-bought eyeballs gives them the added spooky element and gives them that festive touch.

Gather your ingredients; it’s baking time! The kids will be super excited to make this great recipe.

Using Candy Eyeballs

Candy eyeballs 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.

Halloween Monster Cookies 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.

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.

Recipe prep time 10 minutes. This recipe makes up to 8-10 cookies.

Recipe Tips

Be sure to not over-mix the dough, it can cause the cookies to be dense and tough.

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.

Feel free to add Halloween-themed sprinkles on top for added decoration before

How to Make Halloween Chocolate Monster Cookies?

Measure out all the ingredients for your Halloween version 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.

(When cracking eggs be sure to make sure there is no egg shell in the cookie mix).

Combine the dry and wet ingredients (milk, vanilla and egg) together. Mix together and knead into cookie dough.

Cut out your Halloween cookies using a round cookie cutter. We used a medium sized round cookie cutter with patterns on for our Halloween Monster Cookies.

If you don’t have a cookie cutter then use a cookie scoop or simply made cookie mounds or cookie balls to place on your baking sheet.

Place the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake Time for Halloween Monster Cookies With Candy Eyes

Bake the chocolate Halloween monster cookies in the oven at 180°C for 10-12 minutes.

Let your cookies cool completely on a cooling rack. You don’t want to decorate warm cookies. Warm cookies could damage the candy eyeballs and make the filling melt.

How to Make the Cookie Filling?

To make the monster eye cookie filling, mix together the powdered sugar, unsalted butter, heavy cream, vanilla and salt until creamy. Add food coloring depending on what color you want Halloween monster cookies to look like.

Use a Piping Bag

Use a piping bag gently press down and add the filling onto one cookie.

Top with another cookie and lightly press down to make sure they stick together.

Using a small dab of the prepared filing, add on your store-bought candy eyeballs onto the cookies for that spooky touch.

Serve and enjoy! These Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies are perfect for any Halloween party or gathering. Don’t forget to save some for the trick-or-treaters!

Try Making Some Monster Cookies for Halloween

Try baking these cookies and celebrate Halloween this year with the whole family. What else will you bake for your Halloween celebration?

Other Halloween Recipes to Try.

If you’re looking for more Halloween recipes, then check out these Halloween food recipes:

• Mummy Hot Dogs
• Halloween Blondies
• Halloween Pumpkin Pie
• Halloween Meatballs
• Halloween Pretzels
• Monster Halloween Cookies
• Halloween Banana Ghosts
• Candy Apples
• Spider Cookies
• Ham And Cheese Egg Cups

This Halloween Monster Cookies published recipe was created in October 2022.

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