Take these easy spiderweb Halloween cookies to your next Halloween party to impress kids and adults alike!
Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Meet the tastiest, buttery, and decadently chocolatey cookies you’ll never be able to get enough of! These Halloween cookies have a melt-in-your-mouth tender texture and such an enticingly rich flavor. They are actually a breeze to make (you just need a piping bag and a toothpick to create the web) and they’re always sure to impress with their detailed, high-contrast design. You can give them as gifts, serve them at a Halloween party, or just make them for a fun fall baking project to treat yourself this weekend. If you’d like you can also make these in advance and freeze them (shortbread is a perfectly freezer-friendly cookie). You can freeze the dough or baked cookies. Just be warned you most likely can’t stop at one cookie. They are 100% irresistible and a new favorite Halloween treat!
Chocolate Halloween Cookie Recipe Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make them. Scroll below for the full recipe with amounts and print options.
All-purpose flour Dutch process cocoa powder Salt Unsalted butter Powdered sugar Vanilla extract Bittersweet White chocolate
How to Make Spiderweb Halloween Cookies Dough
How to Create the Design with Chocolate
Helpful Tips
I recommend working with and only melting half of the dark chocolate at a time so it doesn’t start to cool and harden before you are done dipping. If you have an assistant, you may be able to work faster and melt all the chocolate at once. Note that the chocolate may bloom with streaks or spots since it’s not tempered here. You can use the temper method if preferred but I think the little flecks actually just add to the theme here. If you find the white chocolate firming up in the bag you can run it under warm water (be careful not to get any in the bag, cover the tip, and dry the exterior of the bag before continuing) or use a blow dryer on warm heat. Once you are getting near the end of the dark chocolate, you can spread the melted chocolate over the cookies with an offset spatula rather than dipping.
Possible Ingredient Substitutes
Regular cocoa powder will work here as well. Semi-sweet chocolate or even milk chocolate should work for dipping as well if you want a sweeter, milder flavor. Salted butter can be used if that’s what you have on hand, just omit all salt from the recipe.
How to Store the Halloween Spiderweb Cookies
These cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week. Or store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Use parchment paper between layers of cookies when storing so they don’t smudge. Unbaked dough logs can be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before slicing and baking as directed.
More Tasty Halloween Treats to Try
Butterbeer Skeleton Gingerbread Cookies Iced Pumpkin Cookies Mini Pumpkin Cupcakes Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats (shaped like pumpkins!) Starbucks Pumpkin Scones
