15 Spooktacular Halloween Cookie Recipes

Halloween is the perfect excuse to get creative in the kitchen! From creepy-cute decorations to enjoyable flavors, these cookies are a guaranteed hit at parties, trick-or-treat swaps, or cozy nights in. Each recipe here comes with a quick grocery checklist, step-by-step instructions, nutritional breakdown, and time guide, so you can bake stress-free and enjoy the spooky season to the fullest.

Recipe 1: 🕷️ Spooky Spider Web Cookies

These cookies are a Halloween classic, combining rich chocolate with a striking white icing web. They look impressive but are surprisingly simple to make, perfect for kids to help decorate or as a dramatic centerpiece for your dessert table.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Cocoa powder
Baking powder
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Vanilla extract
Powdered sugar
Milk

How to Make

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla, then sift in flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Mix into a dough.
Roll into balls, flatten slightly, and bake for 10–12 minutes.
Mix powdered sugar with milk to make icing. Pipe circles on each cooled cookie.
Use a toothpick to drag lines outward, creating a spiderweb effect.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~120 per cookie
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 15g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes

Recipe 2: 👻 Ghostly Sugar Cookies

These adorable ghost-shaped sugar cookies bring a playful touch to your Halloween spread. With their buttery sweetness and simple icing faces, they’re ideal for beginner bakers or for decorating with kids.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Vanilla extract
Powdered sugar
Black food coloring (or edible marker)

How to make

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla.
Stir in flour and baking powder to form a dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
Roll out dough and cut with a ghost-shaped cookie cutter.
Bake for 8–10 minutes until lightly golden.
Once cool, ice with white icing and draw ghost faces with black icing or marker.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~100 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 13g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus chilling)
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes (plus chilling)

Recipe 3: 🎃 Pumpkin Patch Sandwich Cookies

These sandwich cookies look just like little pumpkins in a patch! Soft pumpkin-flavored cookies are paired with a creamy spiced filling, making them both festive and delicious.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Pumpkin purée
All-purpose flour
Baking powder + baking soda
Butter
Brown sugar
Egg
Cinnamon & nutmeg
Cream cheese
Powdered sugar

How to Make

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix pumpkin, butter, sugar, and egg.
Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and spices.
Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, bake for 10–12 minutes.
Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar for filling.
Sandwich two cookies with filling and decorate like pumpkins if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~150 per sandwich cookie
Fat: 7g
Carbs: 20g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes

Recipe 4: 🧙‍♀️ Witch Hat Cookies

These fun cookies are topped with chocolate kisses and frosting “bands” to resemble witches’ hats. A perfect no-fuss Halloween treat that looks magical on any dessert table.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Store-bought fudge cookies
Chocolate kisses
Frosting (orange or green)
Sprinkles (optional)

How to Make

Place fudge cookies flat side up.
Dab frosting in the center, press a chocolate kiss on top.
Pipe a colored frosting “band” around the base of the kiss.
Add sprinkles for extra decoration.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~110 per cookie
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 14g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Recipe 5: 🧻 Mummy Sugar Cookies

Turn plain sugar cookies into spooky mummies with strips of white icing and candy eyes. They’re simple, fun, and guaranteed to make kids giggle.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Sugar cookies (homemade or store-bought)
White icing or candy melts
Candy eyes

How to Make

Bake sugar cookies or use store-bought.
Pipe white icing across each cookie in crisscross patterns to look like bandages.
Place two candy eyes peeking through the “bandages.”

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~120 per cookie
Fat: 4g
Carbs: 18g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes (if homemade)
Total Time: 20 minutes

Recipe 6: 🐈‍⬛ Black Cat Chocolate Cookies

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These chocolate cookies are decorated with frosting and candy to look like spooky black cats. They’re both playful and rich in chocolate flavor.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Cocoa powder
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Butter
Egg
Baking powder
Black frosting or candy melts
Candy eyes & licorice (for whiskers)

How to Make

Mix butter, sugar, egg, flour, cocoa, and baking powder into dough.
Shape into circles, bake 10–12 minutes.
Frost cookies black and decorate with candy eyes and licorice whiskers.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~140 per cookie
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 19g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes

Recipe 7: 👁️ Monster Eye Cookies

Colorful cookies topped with candy eyeballs make these a Halloween hit! Customize with bright colors like green, purple, and orange.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Baking powder
Food coloring (green, purple, orange)
Candy eyes

How to Make

Prepare sugar cookie dough and divide into portions.
Add food coloring to each portion.
Roll dough into balls, flatten slightly, and bake 8–10 minutes.
While warm, press candy eyes into the tops.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~110 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 14g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

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Recipe 8: 🍬 Candy Corn Swirl Cookies

These colorful cookies are swirled in orange, yellow, and white to mimic candy corn. They’re cheerful, sweet, and ideal for festive cookie platters.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Baking powder
Vanilla extract
Food coloring (orange & yellow)

How to Make

Make sugar cookie dough and divide into three portions.
Tint one portion orange, one yellow, and leave one plain.
Roll each into a rectangle, layer them, then roll up into a log.
Chill, slice, and bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~120 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 16g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus chilling)
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes (plus chilling)

Recipe 9: 🏚 Haunted House Ginger Cookies

These spicy ginger cookies can be cut into haunted house shapes and decorated with icing. They’re perfect for both flavor and festive decorating fun.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Ginger, cinnamon, cloves
Butter
Brown sugar
Molasses
Egg
Baking soda
Icing for decoration

How to Make

Beat butter and sugar, add egg and molasses.
Mix in flour, baking soda, and spices. Chill dough.
Roll out, cut haunted house shapes, and bake 8–10 minutes.
Decorate with icing to look spooky.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~130 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 18g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus chilling)
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes (plus chilling)

Recipe 10: 🧛 Vampire Bite Red Velvet Cookies

Soft red velvet cookies with cream cheese filling and “bloody” cherry drizzle make these spooky and delicious.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Red velvet cake mix (or homemade)
Butter
Egg
Cream cheese
Powdered sugar
Cherry preserves

How to Make

Mix red velvet cake mix with butter and egg.
Drop dough balls onto sheet, bake 8–10 minutes.
Fill with cream cheese frosting.
Drizzle cherry preserves for a bloody effect.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~150 per cookie
Fat: 7g
Carbs: 20g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Recipe 11: ☠️ Skeleton Bone Cookies

These bone-shaped cookies are frosted in white to resemble skeleton bones—an easy and fun Halloween idea.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Sugar
Butter
Egg
Vanilla extract
White icing

How to Make

Prepare sugar cookie dough.
Roll out and cut into bone shapes using a cutter or knife.
Bake 8–10 minutes.
Pipe with white icing to highlight the bone look.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~100 per cookie
Fat: 4g
Carbs: 14g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Recipe 12: 🧙 Witches’ Finger Cookies

Creepy and realistic, these shortbread cookies are shaped like fingers with almond “nails” and red jam for a gory touch.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Almonds (whole, peeled)
Strawberry jam

How to Make

Beat butter and sugar, add egg and flour to form dough.
Roll into finger shapes, press almond at one end as a “nail.”
Bake 12–15 minutes at 350°F.
Add a dab of jam at the base for a bloody look.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~130 per cookie
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 16g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Recipe 13: 🧟 Frankenstein Matcha Cookies

These green matcha cookies are decorated with frosting to resemble Frankenstein’s monster. A fun, healthier twist thanks to the earthy matcha.

Condensed Grocery Checklist

All-purpose flour
Matcha powder
Baking powder
Butter
Sugar
Egg
Black icing & candy eyes

How to Make

Make cookie dough with flour, butter, sugar, egg, and matcha.
Shape into rectangles, bake 10–12 minutes.
Decorate with black icing for hair, candy eyes, and a stitched smile.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~120 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 15g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes

Recipe 14: 🧠 Zombie Brain Cookies

These gruesome-yet-delicious cookies are topped with pink frosting shaped like brains and drizzled with raspberry “blood.”

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Sugar cookies (base)
Pink frosting
Raspberry sauce or jam

How to Make

Bake or buy sugar cookies.
Pipe pink frosting in squiggly lines to mimic brain folds.
Drizzle raspberry sauce for a bloody effect.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~130 per cookie
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 18g
Protein: 1g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes (if homemade)
Total Time: 20 minutes

Recipe 15: ⚰️ Graveyard Dirt Cookies

Chocolate cookies decorated with cookie crumb “dirt” and tombstone-shaped toppers make these a spooky final treat!

Condensed Grocery Checklist

Chocolate cookies (base)
Crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
White chocolate or fondant (for tombstones)
Black icing

How to Make

Bake or use chocolate cookies.
Top with crushed sandwich cookies as “dirt.”
Shape tombstones from fondant or white chocolate.
Write “RIP” with black icing and stick into cookies.

Nutritional Information

Calories: ~140 per cookie
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 19g
Protein: 2g

Time Breakdown

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes (if homemade)
Total Time: 25 minutes

Conclusion

From spooky spiders to creepy mummies, these 15 Halloween cookie recipes are guaranteed to bring frightful fun and sweet smiles to your celebration. Whether you’re hosting a party, baking with kids, or just getting into the spooky spirit, each recipe is easy to follow and full of festive flair. The best part? You can mix and match decorations to create a cookie tray that’s as unique (and spooky) as your Halloween night.

So grab your mixing bowl, preheat the oven, and let the hauntingly delicious fun begin! 🎃👻 If you try any of these recipes, share your creations and tag your friends, you’ll be the star of every Halloween gathering.