Black and white chocolate chip cookies get a Halloween candy twist with leftover loot from Trick or Treating.
Listen friends. I have a solution to a problem you didn't know you had.
What to do with all that Halloween candy! (other than eat it that is.)
Chop it up and stuff in into black and white buttery cookies.
Mic drop. My work here is done.
I took my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and added a cocoa half to this treat, plus plenty of Halloween candy and salty pretzels. It is a MONSTER of a cookie.
Make Halloween cookies everyone can get into. Whether you like chocolate or vanilla, black or white, chocolate or candy, these drop cookies have it all.
📖 Recipe
Monster Halloween Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (1½ sticks ) (at room temperature)
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 2 cups chopped candy bars (M&M's, Whoppers and other chocolate candy)
- ½ cup broken pretzel pieces
Instructions
- 1. Heat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl cream together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Stir in the salt, baking soda and flour until dough forms. Remove and reserve half of the dough. Blend cocoa with dough remaining in mixing bowl.
- 2. Gently fold ¾ cup of the candy into the vanilla dough and ¾ cup into the chocolate dough. Use a cookie scoop to make balls of each dough. Cut balls in half; combine a vanilla half and a chocolate half to form each cookie. Press cookies down slightly on baking sheets and top with remaining ½ cup candy and pretzel pieces. Bake until light golden around the edges and still soft in the center, 12 to 13 min. Cool on baking sheet for 2 min, then remove to cool completely. Makes 16 cookies.
Notes
Fantastic Halloween Recipes
Tara Teaspoon
I’ve been in food publishing for over 25 years, creating recipes & food-styling for magazines, books, television, food brands, & advertising. With two cookbooks under my belt and thousands of my recipes at your fingertips, I hope you'll be inspired to spend more time in the kitchen!
Recipes by Tara Teaspoon. Originally pub LHJ 10/13. Photography William Brinson. Prop Styling Michelle Wong. Food Styling Christine Albano
Rachel Thompsen says
baking soda amount is not list 🙁 I'm in the middle of the recipe!
Tara says
Oh no! It's a ½ teaspoon. I fixed the recipe. Thank you for the heads up.
Mary Bench says
Kind of make your own adventure! Great idea!
Brittany Smart says
Man I love cookies so much and this is such a fun recipe!