Monster Halloween Cookies (The Spooky 45-Minute Halloween Treat)

Name: Monster Halloween Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup (200 g) packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups (220 g) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon (5 g) baking soda; 1 teaspoon (5 g) ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon (3 g) salt; 3 cups (270 g) old-fashioned rolled oats; 1 cup (175 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus 1/4 cup (45 g) extra for melting; 48 candy eyes (about 1/2 cup)

They are watching you — chewy oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies with googly candy eyes and drippy chocolate monster mouths, and they are the cutest spooky thing on the Halloween dessert table. Underneath the monster faces is a genuinely great cookie: buttery, cinnamon-spiced, loaded with oats and melty chocolate chips, with crisp edges and chewy centers. Kids go wild decorating them, adults quietly eat five. From mixing bowl to monster mash in 45 minutes flat.

What You Need

1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup (200 g) packed brown sugar
1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups (220 g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon (5 g) baking soda
1 teaspoon (5 g) ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (3 g) salt
3 cups (270 g) old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup (175 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus 1/4 cup (45 g) extra for melting
48 candy eyes (about 1/2 cup)

Recipe Steps

Heat the oven. Preheat to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream the butter and sugars. Beat the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
Mix the dry ingredients. Whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet mixture until just combined.
Fold in oats and chips. Stir in the rolled oats and 1 cup of chocolate chips until evenly distributed. The dough will be thick.
Scoop and bake. Scoop 2-tablespoon mounds (about 50 g each) onto the prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake 11-13 minutes, until the edges are golden and the centers look just set. Cool on the pan 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the monsters. Melt the extra 1/4 cup chocolate chips in the microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring until smooth. Dab a little melted chocolate on the back of each candy eye and press 2 eyes onto every cooled cookie. Drizzle or pipe zigzag chocolate “mouths” under the eyes. Let set 10 minutes — then unleash the monsters.

Tips & Variations

Cool cookies before decorating: Warm cookies melt the candy eyes into blobs. Patience makes perfect monsters.
One-eyed monsters: A single big candy eye per cookie looks hilariously spooky and stretches the bag further.
Make it colorful: Swap the chocolate mouths for orange, purple, or green decorating icing for a full monster-mash look.
Make ahead: Bake the undecorated cookies up to 3 days ahead and store airtight; decorate the day of the party for the freshest faces.
Freezer friendly: Freeze baked, undecorated cookies up to 2 months. Thaw, then decorate.

Estimated nutrition per serving: ~230 cal | protein 3g | carbs 32g | fat 11g.

Monster Halloween Cookies

Course: DessertCuisine: American

Servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

230

kcal

Total time

minutes

Ingredients

1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup (200 g) packed brown sugar
1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups (220 g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon (5 g) baking soda
1 teaspoon (5 g) ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (3 g) salt
3 cups (270 g) old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup (175 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus 1/4 cup (45 g) extra for melting
48 candy eyes (about 1/2 cup)

Directions

Heat the oven. Preheat to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream the butter and sugars. Beat the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
Mix the dry ingredients. Whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet mixture until just combined.
Fold in oats and chips. Stir in the rolled oats and 1 cup of chocolate chips until evenly distributed. The dough will be thick.
Scoop and bake. Scoop 2-tablespoon mounds (about 50 g each) onto the prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake 11-13 minutes, until the edges are golden and the centers look just set. Cool on the pan 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the monsters. Melt the extra 1/4 cup chocolate chips in the microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring until smooth. Dab a little melted chocolate on the back of each candy eye and press 2 eyes onto every cooled cookie. Drizzle or pipe zigzag chocolate "mouths" under the eyes. Let set 10 minutes — then unleash the monsters.

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