9 Halloween Cookies That Are Scarily Delicious

These Halloween cookies are sweet and a little spooky. Make a batch or two and be prepared to wow the crowd at any Halloween party or bake sale.

Bat and spider web cookies

Boo! The most spook-tacular day of the year is here and it’s time to bake some Halloween cookies to share with friends or to send with the kids to school. Whatever your Halloween plans, we have a sweet treat right for the occasion, from chocolate cats to frosted bats and pumpkin-shaped spice cookies to pumpkin shortbread.

Get out your Halloween cookie cutters because several of our treats are shaped just right for this scary holiday. Others are piped with frightening webs or mummies straight from the tomb. In addition to cut-out sugar and spice cookies, watch out for meringues shaped like bones and marshmallow skulls. All kinds of frightening treats await.

01 of 09

Honey Lace Spiderweb Cookies

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This is a type of cookie known as a Florentine. It may look as lacy, delicate, and complex as a spider's web, but it's actually simple to prepare. The heat of the oven does most of the work, transforming mounds of the dough into thin, crisp, nutty cookies. Just add a fanciful drizzle of dark or milk chocolate in the shape of a spiderweb, and they'll disappear before you can say, "Boo!"

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Bat and Cobweb Cookies

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These spice cookies are both creative and creepy. They're coated in royal icing, then lines (bats) or spirals (cobwebs) are piped in a contrasting color and "drawn" using a wooden skewer.

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Pumpkin-Shaped Molasses Spice Cookies

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Molasses, rum, and warming spices permeate every bite of these irresistibly crisp pumpkin-shaped (not pumpkin-flavored) treats.

04 of 09

​​Crisp Candy-Corn Treats

Crisp Candy-Corn Treats
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Giant candy corn for Halloween? Yes, please. This treats are actually crispy cereal treats with orange and yellow layers to mimic the favorite candy.

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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

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These moist cake-like cookies have a special pumpkin flavor, thanks to the addition of pumpkin puree.

06 of 09

Mocha Shortbread

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Simple colored icing gives this easy mocha shortbread some seasonal flair. There's nothing spooky about these cookies—they're just plain sweet. Cut in wedges and dip into orange icing.

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Pumpkin Cookies With Brown Butter Icing

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These pillowy spice cookies transform pumpkin-pie flavors into portable treats. Brown butter is key to adding a rich, nuttiness to a classic icing.

08 of 09

Meringue Bone Cookies

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Crisp meringue cookies in bone-chilling shapes are just the thing for a Halloween treat. Though they look next level, these meringues are easy to make—and are sure to surprise your friends.

09 of 09

Pumpkin-Seed Brittle

Pumpkin-Seed Brittle

A crispy, crunchy brittle that's packed full of pumpkin seeds, this recipe can be enjoyed on its own or as a tasty topping broken over ice cream.

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