Halloween baking season means one thing around here: cookies, and lots of them. Whether you need spooky cookies for a classroom party, cute Halloween desserts for a movie night with the kids, or easy Halloween cookies you can throw together the night before trick-or-treating, this collection of Halloween cookie recipes has you covered.
We pulled together some of the best Halloween cookie ideas out there, from no-bake Oreo spiders and ghost sandwich cookies to mummy-wrapped Nutter Butters and scary monster eyeball cookies.
Some of these are quick enough for a last-minute Halloween party food run, and others are worth setting aside an afternoon for if you want something a little more decorated for gifting.
Either way, they’re all genuinely fun to make, and most come together with ingredients you probably already have on hand.
If you love Halloween baking, also try this easy Halloween fudge.
Chocolate Halloween Cookies
These easy Halloween cookies made from chocolate cookie dough are loaded with Reese’s Pieces, M&Ms, and candy eyeballs, then finished with sprinkles for the ultimate festive Halloween treat.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Easy Halloween Sugar Cookies
Cute and classic, these cut-out sugar cookies are frosted in buttercream and shaped like pumpkins, ghosts, and candy corn. Easy to make, these frosted cookies are such fun Halloween bake sale treats to make at home.
Get the recipe: Frosted Halloween Sugar Cookies
No Bake Witch Hat Cookies
If you need easy no bake Halloween cookies, try these Witches hats! Oreo Thins topped with a Hershey’s Kiss, frosting, and sprinkles come together as adorable witch hats, ready in minutes with zero oven time.
Get the recipe: Witch Hat Cookies
Mummy Sugar Cookies
Soft vanilla sugar cookies decorated with royal icing and topped with candy eyes are a sweet, spooky treat that’s easy to pipe and decorate.
Get the recipe: Mummy Sugar Cookies
Witch Finger Cookies
These buttery green cookies are shaped into creepy fingers with a jam-dipped almond nail. Ghoulish and perfect for a gross-out Halloween dessert table.
Get the recipe: Witch Finger Cookies
Oreo Spider Cookies
Twist open an Oreo, tuck in licorice legs, and top with candy eyes for a mess-free spider treat kids can help build in minutes.
Get the recipe: Oreo Spider Cookies
Spooky Ghost Cookies
Peanut butter sandwich cookies dipped in white chocolate and dotted with candy eyes make an adorably spooky, no bake Halloween snack the kids can help make.
Get the recipe: Nutter Butter Ghosts
Monster Eyeball Cookies
Soft green-tinted brown sugar cookies get a dollop of jam and a candy eyeball pressed on top for a colorful, kid-approved Halloween bake.
Get the recipe: Monster Eyeball Cookies
No Bake Bat Cookies
When you need last minute Halloween dessert ideas, these bat cookies are perfect! Oreo wings meet a peanut butter cup body and candy eyes in this quick no-bake bat treat that’s ready for the party in fifteen minutes.
Get the recipe: Bat Cookies
Nutter Butter Zombie Fingers
Green melting chocolate, almond nails, and painted stitches turn nutter butter cookies into gruesome zombie fingers for your spooky spread.
Get the recipe: Nutter Butter Zombie Fingers
Halloween Party Cookies
These thick bakery-style butter cookies are bright and festive with orange, green, and purple dough. Studded with white chocolate chips and rolled in Halloween sprinkles, they are easy Halloween party food ideas.
Get the recipe: Halloween Party Cookies
Spiced Mummy Cookies
Classic fall cookies get wrapped in piped vanilla frosting and topped with candy eyes for the cutest mummies around. A tasty spiced cookie with Halloween themed decorations.
Get the recipe: Spiced Mummy Cookies
Easy Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
Buttery vanilla cookies rolled in Halloween sprinkles and baked in under thirty minutes are a quick, festive treat any night of the season. Perfect for lunchboxes and trick or treat snacks.
Get the recipe: Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies
A chocolate cookie base loaded with chopped candy bars, Reese’s Pieces, and candy corn turns your trick-or-treat stash into a brand new dessert idea.
Get the recipe: Leftover Candy Cookies
Halloween Eyeball Cookies
Chocolate sandwich cookies get stacked with icing and candy eyes for a spooky no-bake treat you can whip up in about fifteen minutes.
Get the recipe: Halloween Eyeball Cookies
Frankenstein Wafer Cookies
Wafer cookies dipped in green chocolate and finished with candy eyes and piped hair make an adorable, no bake monster treat for Halloween parties.
Get the recipe: Frankenstein Wafer Cookies
Cake Mix Eyeball Cookies
For a quick and easy Halloween cookie idea, try these chocolate eyeball cookies. A box of devil’s food cake mix turns into rich, chewy cookies topped with playful candy eyeballs, ready from bowl to table in no time.
Get the recipe: Cake Mix Eyeball Cookies
Chocolate Covered Oreo Skeletons
White candy melts and hand-piped black icing turn Oreos into Jack Skellington’s face, a fun no-bake treat for Nightmare Before Christmas fans.
Get the recipe: Skeleton Oreo Cookies
Mummy Nutter Butters
Nutter butter cookies dipped in almond bark and drizzled with white chocolate bandages make a festive, no-oven mummy treat for spooky parties.
Get the recipe: Mummy Nutter Butters
Harry Potter Butterbeer Cookies
Butterscotch chips, toasted pecans, and a hint of cinnamon give these buttery cookies their cozy butterbeer flavor, perfect for Halloween movie night snacks.
Get the recipe: Butterbeer Cookies
Halloween Ghost Cookies
Ghost-shaped sugar cookies dipped in white chocolate sandwich a layer of black cocoa buttercream for a spooky treat that tastes as good as it looks.
Get the recipe: Halloween Ghost Cookies
Halloween Cookies With Sprinkles
Orange, green, and purple cookie dough swirled together and rolled in sprinkles for a colorful, kid-friendly Halloween baking project.
Get the recipe: Halloween Cookies With Sprinkles
Chocolate Covered Oreo Eyeballs
White chocolate-dipped Oreos get bloodshot red lines, a gummy iris, and a candy pupil for an eerily realistic no-bake eyeball treat.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Covered Oreo Eyeballs
Cookie Monster Cookies
Bright blue cookie dough loaded with chocolate chips and chunks of cookies brings Cookie Monster’s favorite snack to life in edible form.
Get the recipe: Cookie Monster Cookies
Oreo Cookie Spiders
Double Stuf Oreos get pretzel stick legs and candy eyes for a crunchy, kid-friendly spider treat that comes together without any baking.
Get the recipe: Oreo Cookie Spiders
Mini Pumpkin Patch Cookies
Chocolate frosted cookies get topped with Oreo crumb dirt, a candy pumpkin, and white chocolate vines for the cutest fall dessert table addition.
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Patch Cookies
