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Easy Homemade Halloween Sandwich Cookies

October 14, 2013 By Kerry Cooks Leave a Comment

Easy Homemade Halloween Sandwich Cookies

These delicious and colourful chocolate cookies are perfect for a Halloween party or treat. While of course they’re not a health food, you do have the advantage of knowing exactly what’s gone into these, unlike many of the factory produced Halloween sweets.

Taste wise, these sandwich cookies are like a softer, chewier version of a homemade Oreo. They’re sandwiched together with a simple cream cheese frosting coloured with vivid Halloween colours that will delight kids of all ages. They’re not just for Halloween – you could customise them to any occasion too with a coloured filling of your choice, from ombre to a rainbow!

My Easy Homemade Halloween Sandwich Cookies were adapted from this great recipe by Smells Like Home. Gel food colouring is what you’ll need for vibrant frosting colours – go for Sugarflair, Americolor, or Home2Bake (from Asda).

Halloween Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
2013-10-11 13:13:16
Yields 20
A spooky and delicious treat
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
50 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
50 min
252 calories
40 g
36 g
10 g
3 g
6 g
62 g
65 g
30 g
0 g
3 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
62g
Yields
20
Amount Per Serving
Calories 252
Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 10g
16%
Saturated Fat 6g
31%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 36mg
12%
Sodium 65mg
3%
Total Carbohydrates 40g
13%
Dietary Fiber 2g
6%
Sugars 30g
Protein 3g
Vitamin A
6%
Vitamin C
0%
Calcium
2%
Iron
4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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For the cookies
  1. 190g plain flour
  2. 80g cocoa powder
  3. 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  4. 1/2 tsp baking powder
  5. pinch salt
  6. 300g caster or golden caster sugar
  7. 130g unsalted butter
  8. 1 egg
For the filling
  1. 50g unsalted butter
  2. 125g cream cheese
  3. 300g icing sugar
  4. 1 tbsp vanilla extract or essence
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 190c/gas mark 5/375f and prepare two or three large cookie trays - I didn't use parchment paper - I just greased them well.
  2. In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt, and cocoa together and add the sugar. In a smaller bowl or jug, warm your butter in the microwave until its very soft, and then stir in the egg until the dry and wet mixes are combined into a thick dough. If it won't quite combine well, just add a few drops of milk.
  3. Next, use your fingers to pinch off small balls of dough and roll them into balls - you're looking for about a heaped teapsoon sized amount of dough. I rolled the dough between my palms (which leads to messy hands but works well!) and then popped them onto the baking sheet about 2.5 inches apart to give them plenty of room to spread out.
  4. Once you have a full sheet, bake for roughly ten minutes - they will still be soft when you take them out of the oven so let them cool fully on the tray before you try to move them.
For the frosting
  1. Mix your soft butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer until combined, and then sift in the icing sugar 100g at a time before finally adding the vanilla. Run the mixer until the frosting is just combined - not more, or it may become runny. Divide the frosting into different bowls and add gel colouring - I used Sugarflair for the orange, Home2Bake (Asda) for the green and Americolor for the bright purple.
  2. Remove your cookies from their baking trays, and pair them up according to size. Scoop a tablespoon of frosting onto every other cookie and use the tip of the spoon or a palette knife to guide it to the edges. If your frosting is too runny and is running off the cookies, pop it iinto the fridge for around 30 minutes.
  3. Leave the frosting to set (in the fridge on a warm day) before popping the tops gently onto your cookies.
  4. The cookies will keep well in an airtight tin for up to four days - again, store in the fridge if its a warm day.
Adapted from Smells like Home
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calories
252
fat
10g
protein
3g
carbs
40g
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Adapted from Smells like Home
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Easy Homemade Halloween Sandwich Cookies

 

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Filed Under: Baking, Chocolate Heaven, Cookies and Cookie Dough, Seasonal Tagged With: bright, cookies, Halloween, sandwich cookies, Spooky

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