Halloween cookies
Prepare to delight your guests with our Halloween cookies, which combine spooky fun with delicious taste. These cookies have a rich chocolate base paired with vibrant red cream cheese that mimics gums and fangs for an eerie look. Topped with mini marshmallow teeth and almond fangs, each cookie is crunchy, creamy, and sweet.
Ingredients
Cookies
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100 g
Butter
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100 g
Dark chocolate
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90 g
Sugar
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45 g
Brown sugar
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1
Egg
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120 g
Wheat flour
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½ tsp
Baking powder
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½ tsp
Salt
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½ tsp
Vanilla extract
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Halloween filling
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150 g
Cream cheese
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Red food colouring
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Decorating
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18
Almonds
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1 pack
Mini marshmallows
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Instructions
Cookies
Halloween filling
Decorating
Recipe tips
It’s often the small details that make the biggest impact in the kitchen, so we’re sharing the tips we rely on when cooking and creating recipes
Bring the butter, egg, and cream cheese to room temperature before mixing. This helps the butter cream properly with the sugar, prevents the egg from curdling, and makes the filling easy to colour and spread. If you are in a hurry, cube the butter and cream cheese, and warm the egg in lukewarm water for 5–10 minutes.
Use high-quality dark chocolate with 60–70 % cacao solids and chop it into uneven pieces. The mix of shards and chunks creates both melty puddles and bites of solid chocolate, giving your cookies a better texture. Freshly chopped chocolate also releases more aromatic oils for a more pronounced chocolate flavour.
FAQ: Questions about Halloween cookies
Our questions and answers cover everything from chilling the dough to storing your Halloween cookies, so they turn out tasty and spooky every time.
Do I need to chill the dough?
Yes, you need to chill the dough for at least 2 hours for Halloween cookies. This prevents the cookies from spreading too much, keeping them thick and chewy. Chilling also solidifies the butter, improving the texture of the cookies. Additionally, it allows the flavours to develop more fully and assists in baking the dough evenly. You might consider chilling the dough for even better flavour and texture for 24–48 hours.
How do I make the fangs and gums for the Halloween cookies look realistic?
You make realistic fangs and gums for the Halloween cookies by mixing the cream cheese with red food colouring to get a deep, vibrant red or pink-ish shade similar to real gums. Generously spread this mixture along the cut edge of each halved cookie, forming a rounded, slightly raised edge. For the teeth, place mini marshmallows along the gum line, leaving small spaces for the fangs. Use halved sweet almonds for fangs, inserting them vertically into the cream cheese at the spaces. Tilt the almonds outward to mimic a classic vampire appearance. You can also add a tiny dab of red food colouring to the tips of the almonds to create blood droplets, enhancing the spooky effect.
How do I store Halloween cookies?
Because of the cream cheese filling, store the Halloween cookies in the fridge in an airtight container. They will stay fresh for 3–4 days. Let them sit at room temperature for 15–20 minutes before serving to soften slightly. It is also possible to freeze them for 2–3 months. Wrap each cookie in baking paper and place them in a freezer bag. Thaw them at room temperature while still wrapped to avoid condensation.
Nutritional values
Nutritional value, per
2806 Kcal
| Fibre | - | 7.7 gram fibers |
| Protein | 5.5 | 37.9 gram |
| Fat | 54.5 | 172.9 gram |
| Carbohydrates | 40 | 276.4 gram |
Recommended information
Serving suggestion
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Soft and chewy with a creamy middle
The cookies bake into a soft, chewy base with crisp golden edges and a rich dark chocolate flavour. Inside, the cream cheese filling adds a smooth, slightly tangy note that balances the sweetness. Mini marshmallows complete the bite with a light, sugary finish. They will be gone before the night is over.
Perfect for Halloween parties and trick-or-treat snacks
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Customise your cookies with creative fillings and colours
Once you master the basic idea, the variations to these Halloween cookies are endless. Tint the cream cheese filling purple or green for a more ghoulish look, or swap marshmallows for liquorice pieces if you want a sharper bite.
For extra crunch, fold nuts into the cookie dough, or drizzle melted chocolate over the almond teeth for a dramatic finish. No matter how you customise them, these cookies are an invitation to play with flavours.
