14 TikTok Halloween Cookie Recipes That Are Scarily Easy To Make

TikToker @alisondelfin_ breaks down how to turn your simple gingerbread-style cookies into scary-cute voodoo dolls. First, make your favorite sugar cookie recipe and use a cookie cutter to cut out your men. Then, take your butter knife and cut off any limbs you want before putting your cookies in the oven to bake. As a finishing touch, add a little “blood” with red icing, skeleton bones with white icing, and don’t forget the Xs for eyes.

Also by @alisondelfin_, these black cake batter cookies couldn’t be easier to make last minute. All you need is a box of vanilla cake mix, eggs, and butter. Mix together the ingredients, and add a couple of drops of black food coloring . These black cookies are Halloween-ready right out of the oven, but you can add sprinkles, candy corn, and candy eyeballs to amp up the spooky factor.

These cookies with web icing look so gourmet but are actually simpler to make than you think, thanks to @officialfunfoods on TikTok. Using round sugar cookies and homemade icing, you can make these swirly, abstract-looking sweet treats to impress your guests at this year’s monster mash.

TikToker @dishedit shows you how to make Halloween cookies just like the ones Kylie Jenner and Stormi made. Starts with your basic sugar cookie recipe, then follow all the steps including mixing, chilling, rolling out the dough, and cutting circles with a cooke cutter. Once baked, the Halloween fun begins. You can draw pumpkins, bats, mummies, and more onto your cookies, or you can make your own design.

TikToker @pintsizedbeauty demonstrates how to make these oh-so cute peanut butter spider cookies. First, she shows how to make her peanut butter cookies from scratch (hint: it involves a lot of peanut butter chips), then she bakes them. When they cool, she adds an upside-down mini Reese’s cup, draws some spider legs with brown icing, and adds candy eyeballs to complete the confection.

We stan a s’more and cookie combo, and this recipe by @ymwfamily doesn’t disappoint. First, stack a graham cracker, chocolate bar, and marshmallow onto your baking sheet (bonus points if you add some green sprinkles). Next, cover the entire s’more with chocolate chip cookie dough, then bake. The cookies come out with a gooey marshmallow center, and you can add candy eyeballs to make them look like oozy monsters. You can also follow Yummly’s recipe for a quick s’more cookie sandwich fix that uses marshmallow fluff and melted chocolate.

Chocolate lovers need to try out these cake “dirt” cookies from @thelifestyleofafoodie on TikTok, because she calls them “the best chocolate cookie of your life.” It starts with a thick and chewy cookie base that’s rolled in Oreo crumbs, then smeared with sweet buttercream, plus extra crushed Oreos and a wiggly gummy worm on top.

These teeth bookies from @officialfunfoods literally take just minutes to put together. First, make your favorite sugar cookies, whether from pre-made dough or scratch. Then, cut your round cookies in half to make a half-circle. Add a bit of red frosting around the edges and place mini marshmallows around the curved part, then press together to make a toothy grin. You can even add almonds to make fangs.

While this brightly colored witch’s bark by @dominiquetrupia isn’t technically a cookie, it’s a shareable sweet that’s topped with all your favorite Halloween cookie decorations. Plus, it’s so simple to make. First, melt some white chocolate chips and add a couple of drops of green food coloring. Spread out your white chocolate onto a baking sheet, and then top it with all your favorite candies and sprinkles. Let it harden for a couple of hours, then it’s ready to share.

While bears aren’t usually associated with Halloween, these bear and pumpkin cookies by @cristina_yin are sure to be a smash hit. Cristina lists all the ingredients in their sugar cookie recipe so you can easily follow along. Make some sugar cookie dough, and separate out a small chunk to dye orange for the pumpkins. Then, using a cookie cutter, cut out several bear shapes. Place a mini pumpkin in the center of their chest, fold their arms over it to “hold” it, and then bake.

@giopaludi’s mummy Oreos are so adorable and easy to make. Just cover Oreo cookies in melted white chocolate, add on some edible googly eyes, and layer stripes of chocolate over the top for the mummy wrapping effect.

TikToker @matthewinthekitchen leads you through his recipe for ooey gooey Frankenstein cookies. He shows you how to combine your wet and dry ingredients to make double chocolate cookies from scratch, then demonstrates how to make bright green frosting filling. Just place a glob of frosting in the center of your cookie dough, and then bake. They come out looking like regular chocolate cookies, but they have a bright, sweet surprise in the center.

These creepy cookies by @thecookieboxclub are easier to make than they look. First, make your favorite sugar cookie dough, then add a couple of drops of green food coloring to it. Create long “logs” for the fingers and bake. When they’ve cooled, you can add a bit of red icing around the “nail bed,” as well as an almond for the nail, and then brush on a bit of brown food coloring throughout to give these severed fingers a bit more ghastly detail.

Why make a bunch of normal-sized cookies, when you can make one giant one? @dishedit on TikTok shows how she layered chocolate chip cookie dough and leftover Halloween candy in a skillet to make a giant melty cookie that you can top with smooth vanilla ice cream. For a shareable version, check out Yummly’s Cookie Pizza recipe that uses just five ingredients, including peanut butter as the “sauce” and candy corn and chocolate chips for toppings.