Halloween cookies don’t get as much attention as cupcakes or candy, but honestly? They’re kind of the unsung hero of party snacks.
You can make them ahead, get the kids involved with decorating, and they somehow always get eaten first.
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This list of Halloween cookie recipes is full of fun, approachable ideas—nothing too perfect or overly complicated—just cute, festive cookies that are easy to share and even easier to love.
Great for school parties, weekend baking, or whatever spooky little gathering you’ve got planned.
1. Halloween Pinwheel Cookies
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Bright orange and black swirls turn these simple sugar cookies into a hypnotic Halloween treat.
2. Halloween Mummy Cookies
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Soft chocolate cookies wrapped in white frosting bandages and finished with candy eyes make these adorable Halloween mummies come to life.
3. Halloween Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
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With vibrant green frosting vines and candy pumpkins on top, these bright orange cookies bring a pumpkin patch right to your dessert table.
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4. Halloween Monster Cookies
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These chewy black cocoa cookies are packed with colorful candies and silly candy eyes—perfect for a spooky-sweet party snack.
5. Spooky Ghost Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies
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A smear of white chocolate and a few mini chocolate chips bring these cute little ghosts to life on warmly spiced cookies.
6. Halloween Assorted Cookies
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A colorful mix of Halloween characters makes this cookie spread perfect for parties and trick-or-treat trays.
7. Frankenstein Peanut Butter Cookies
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These silly Frankenstein cookies are spooky-cute with peanut butter bases and green candy tops.
8. Easy Halloween Vampire Teeth Cookies
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These fang-tastic cookie sandwiches use marshmallows and frosting to create a vampire bite you’ll actually want!
9. Halloween Sugar Cookies
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Frosted in soft pastels and classic Halloween shapes, these sugar cookies are as fun to decorate as they are to eat.
10. Halloween Spider Cookies
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Peanut butter cookies topped with round chocolate “spiders” and candy eyes make these eight-legged bites both creepy and cute.
11. Day of the Dead Cookies
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Decorate sugar skull cookies with colorful candies and sprinkles for a fun Dia de los Muertos twist.
12. Autumn Leaf Sugar Cookies
CREDIT: ONE HOT OVEN
These pretty marbled sugar cookies shaped like fall leaves are a cozy, festive treat for the season.
13. Witch Finger Cookies
CREDIT: EAT YOURSELF SKINNY
Green almond cookies shaped like gnarly fingers with red jam and almond “nails” are spooky showstoppers.
14. Halloween Skeleton Face Thumbprint Cookies
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These spooky little skulls made with jam-filled eyes and chocolate piping are creepy, clever, and delicious.
15. Five-Minute Sweet and Salty Cookies
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These dipped and decorated sandwich crackers are crunchy, chocolatey, and ready in five minutes—perfect for last-minute Halloween snacks.
16. Monster Eyeball Cookies
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These green cookies with bloody candy eyeballs are gross in the best way for Halloween.
17. Halloween Witches’ Hats Cookies
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These fun witch hat cookies come together with Oreos, Hershey’s Kisses, and green icing for a no-bake win.
18. Oreo Brain Cookies
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A creepy (but sweet!) brainy treat made from Oreos and pink frosting that’s surprisingly easy to pipe.
19. Salted Caramel Stuffed Cookies
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Rich, dark chocolate cookies with gooey caramel centers—these decadent treats are spooky on the outside and sweet on the inside!
20. Red Velvet Halloween Spider Cookies
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These bold red cookies are decorated with creepy-crawly spiders and webbed icing—perfect for your next Halloween party snack table!
21. Dark Chocolate Cat Cookies
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These all-black cat cookies are dipped in chocolate and finished with candy eyes and spooky sprinkles.
22. Simple Halloween Cookies
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These soft and chewy cookies get a festive Halloween twist with orange, yellow, and brown Reese’s Pieces.