Candy eyes and harvest M&M’s put a little Halloween fun in the cookie jar.
Eerie Eyeball Cookies
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
It’s time for a little more #Choctoberfest fun and today I am bringing you a simple recipe for easy Halloween cookies using M&M candies and packaged eyeball candies (decorative for baking). I have always enjoyed M&M’s cookies around the holidays and with the autumn color sets they make now, baking for Halloween is made that much easier.
They are quite simple to make- just don’t make the mistake of putting on the top candies before the last minute, because the eyeballs will melt if kept in the oven much longer.
I think these are eerily fantastic for the cookie jar! Don’t you?
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Be sure to check back again tomorrow for another fabulous #Choctoberfest round-up. I have created a very amazing recipe for meatballs that I don’t want to give too much away about just yet—except that there will be chocolate. I’ll let you ponder the possibilities. Until tomorrow-
~Sue
Eerie Eyeball Cookies
Makes about 3-1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- food color to tint slightly (optional)
- 11.4 ounces Autumn colors M&M candies or equivalent
- 3 8.8 ounce packages decorative eyes baking candies
Method:
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Cream together butter and sugars in an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mixing to incorporate.
- In a small bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking soda.
- Add flour to mixer a little at a time to form a smooth dough.
- If desired, tint with drops of red and yellow food coloring until desired color is achieved. I like orange, but not too bright- just enough to go with the colors of the M&Ms.
- Keep aside 1/2 cup of the M&Ms to decorate cookie tops, but otherwise add the rest to the dough using a spoon.
- Measure out dough using a cookie scoop, placing dough on parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
- Bake cookies for 11 minutes, then remove from oven and quickly press some of the M&M’s and eyes into the cookies, pressing them all the way down, but not smashing them.
- Return to oven and bake one minute more.
- Remove from oven and slide parchment paper onto a cooling rack and allow cookies to cool off undisturbed.
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This is SO adorable. I am definitely making them for my kids (and hubby whose birthday is Halloween)! Such a cute idea.
So cute Sue! I’d love a couple of these cuties with my coffee!
They are sooooo cute! I can’t wait to make a batch!
We were both on the eyeball mindset today! These are great!
These are so fun! I’ve not seen those edible eyes before, I’ll have to keep an eye out for them! (See what I did there?)
So fun for Halloween! I’m totally making these for my kids!