Halloween Cookie Recipes

Let your creativity shine with these cookie recipes for Halloween.

Our tasty sugar cookie recipes are great for making Halloween cut out cookies or free forming fun shapes.

Make a batch of peanut butter eyeball cookies that will be gobbled up quickly.

Gingerbread cookies aren't just for Christmas anymore. Making gingerbread ghosts and pumpkins adds a spicy twist to your party cookies.

Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipes

• 1 cup butter or margarine softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• frosting

Blend together sugar and butter.
Add the eggs, vanilla and 1 cup of the flour. Mix well.
Fold in the remaining flour, baking soda and baking powder. Refrigerate for an hour or two.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease the cookie sheets.

On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to 1/8" thickness.
Cut out shapes using Halloween cookie cutters.
Place cookies onto greased baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Remove from sheets and cool before decorating.
Makes 2-3 dozen cookies.

Halloween sugar cookies can be formed into fingers and brains with little bloodshed!

Sugar Cookie Recipe #2

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• frosting

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Lightly grease your cookie sheet.

Mix butter and vanilla in a large bowl until fluffy.
Add sugar and mix at medium speed until well blended.
Combine flour and salt in a small bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture.

Form dough into small balls and place onto cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with a glass dipped in sugar.
Bake 10-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Cool completely on cookie sheets before decorating.
Makes 1 dozen sugar cookies.

Peanut Butter Eyeball Halloween Cookie Recipe

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1-1/2 cups peanut butter
• 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• white candy melts
• wax paper
• small red round candies

Cream butter and peanut butter.
Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix well.
Form mixture into 1" eyeballs.
Refrigerate for one hour.

Melt the candies according to package directions.
Poke a toothpick into the eyeball and dip into the melted candy, leaving an uncovered spot at the top.
Place dipped eyeballs onto a waxed paper covered cookie sheet and press a red candy into the uncoated area. Allow coating to harden before serving.
Makes 2 dozen eyeballs.

Gingerbread Halloween Cookie Recipes

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• pinch of salt

Blend together the sugar and butter.
Add the molasses.
Fold in the flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Mix well.
Refrigerate for an hour or two.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

On a floured surface roll out dough to an 1/8" thickness.
Cut out Halloween shapes using cookie cutters.
Place cookies onto greased baking sheets and bake for 6-8 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheets and cool before decorating.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.

No time to bake? Try these easy Halloween cookies made with store bought cookies.