Name: Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 100 min
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsp Dutch-processed cocoa powder (sifted); 2 Tbsp black cocoa powder (sifted*); 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp sea salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature); 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup light-brown sugar (packed); 1 large egg (room temperature); 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 bag Bright White Candy Melts (or white chocolate **, melted); vegetable shortening (as needed); Halloween nonpareils

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These easy Halloween Sprinkle Cookies are the perfect addition to your Halloween festivities!

I didn’t intend to do a Halloween recipe this year (mostly due to poor planning on my part with the move and all), but Mother Nature has intervened. My plans for this week were drastically altered due to three massive rainstorms that hit us this week.

Dark and gloomy days do not make for good picture taking weather. So, instead of the pretty cake I was going to make and decorate and shoot later in the week, I had to switch gears and whip up something quick and easy on Monday. Clearly I have not gotten my crap together since the move and have no posts in the backlog. Well, truthfully, I have one, but I’m holding onto it until after Halloween.

So poor planning on my part means you get a Halloween recipe and that my impulse purchase of these Halloween sprinkles would be put to use after all in these Halloween Sprinkle Cookies!

This isn’t my first time making these Halloween cookies. I actually made them as a base for my Pumpkin Spice Cookie Cups a couple weeks ago and they were SO good (for sure the star of the show there), that I thought they needed to shine on their own.

I’ve since also made a holiday version with these Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies.

I kept the cookies plain (without any chocolate chips or other additions) because I wanted the candy coating and sprinkles to stand out.

This was actually my first time working with candy melts. I had shied away from it before, because what exactly ARE they?? Some weird candy coating that was clearly not chocolate. I don’t know why, but I thought they just wouldn’t look or taste as good as actual chocolate.

Overhead shot of the cookies on a wooden table

The thing is, I wanted these super dark chocolate Halloween cookies dipped in white but, as you know, white chocolate is actually a bit more yellow than white, so that just wouldn’t work for me. So off I went to the store to buy these candy melts for the first time.

How to use Candy Melts for Dipping

Another thing that initially turned me off of them was that I had heard they weren’t super easy to work with — that they didn’t melt well or ended up super thick once melted. In true Olivia fashion, I googled the crap out of how to make them work so that I would only have to do it once. I found this video from My Cupcake Addiction and basically did exactly what she did.

I ended up adding a bit more shortening once everything was melted to thin it out a bit more. I also left the heat on low while they were melting and only turned it off once it was at the consistency I wanted.

I left the bowl over the double boiler the whole time I was dipping the cookies (stirring the candy melts once in a while), to help ensure that it stayed thin.

This approach worked perfectly, and I’m really happy with the result!! The candy melts took a bit longer to set than I expected — maybe because I thinned them out — so I would recommend letting them set slightly before topping with the sprinkles.

If you’re vehemently opposed to using candy melts, white chocolate will work just fine, but it will have more of a yellow tint. You can try to neutralize that yellow with some of my tips here.

Cookie broken in half showing the inside.

These Halloween Sprinkle Cookies are honestly some of the best I’ve ever had. They rival my favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brownie Cookies.

The chocolate cookie part tastes exactly like an Oreo, but softer and chewier. The white candy coating and the sprinkles add a delicious flavor and crunch. I will be making these again for sure! Probably for every season :).

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Halloween Sprinkle Cookies

These easy Halloween Sprinkle Cookies are the perfect addition to your Halloween festivities!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings 18

Calories 111kcal

Author Olivia

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp Dutch-processed cocoa powder sifted
2 Tbsp black cocoa powder sifted*
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light-brown sugar packed
1 large egg room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 bag Bright White Candy Melts or white chocolate **, melted
vegetable shortening as needed
Halloween nonpareils

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powders, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugars on med-high until light and fluffy (approx. 2-3mins). Reduce speed and add egg and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
Chill dough for at least 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Using a medium cookie scoop, portion dough onto baking sheet (I did 9 cookies per sheet). Bake for approximately 10 mins, or until the middle is set. Cookies will crinkle a bit upon cooling.
Cool on pans for 5 mins then transfer to to a wire rack to cool completely.
Dip in melted candy melts or white chocolate, place on a parchment lined baking sheet and sprinkle with nonpareils. Allow to set.

Notes

* If you don’t have black cocoa, you can substitute Dutch-processed cocoa. The cookies won’t be as dark though.
** Read post for details on how to properly melt candy melts.

Calories: 111kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 74mgPotassium: 37mgSugar: 8gVitamin A: 175IUCalcium: 11mgIron: 0.6mg

The nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this important to you, please verify with your favourite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.

Originally published on October 2016

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