Candies may be a Halloween favorite, but cookies can never be sidelined be it Halloween or Christmas, or any other holiday. These baked treats can be given out to trick-or-treaters, packed as gifts for family and friends, and put out as Halloween desserts as well. You can add a little spooky touch with various tricks of the trade and make them a delightful addition to your lavish holiday menu.
Halloween cakes and Halloween cupcakes are incredible, but Halloween cookies are especially easy to make and can be done as a fun activity with kids in the home. From seasonal flavors of pumpkin to the eternal greatness of chocolate chips, here are over 15 of the best homemade Halloween cookies for you to try out this year.
Monster Cookies seem like the perfect candidate for Halloween. Find the full recipe.
Celebrate the holiday with these delicious Day of the Dead Cookies. Find the full recipe.
Creepy crawlers are the theme of these Spider Cookies, making them ideal for Halloween. Find the full recipe.
Spread joy and sweetness by baking Spider and Cat Sugar Cookies. Find the full recipe.
Bake some homemade Mummy Cookies for the kids and adults. Find the full recipe.
Prepare spooky Witch Hat Cookies for spoiled little brats. Find the full recipe.
Spooky Spider Cookies are easy to make and will be the ideal treat for Halloween. Find the full recipe.
Cats and bats go hand-in-hand when it comes to Halloween theme. Bake some Bat Cookies this year to spook people. Find the full recipe.
Made with a buttery shortbread dough, Witch Finger Cookies look and taste amazing! Find the full recipe.
Filled with Witches’ Brew, these chocolate Hocus Pocus Cookies will put a spell on you. Find the full recipe.
These Frankenstein Head Cookies are easy to make and the perfect candidate for the spooky holiday. Find the full recipe.
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To evoke the eerie spirits of the occasion, bake a batch of these Grim Reaper Cookies and set the mood. Find the full recipe.
The Poison Apple Cookies are evoking some major Disney vibes. Find the full recipe.
Cut the cookie dough into various spooky shapes to make these Halloween Sugar Cookies. Find the full recipe.
Spill some gore over your treats with Bloody Macarons. Find the full recipe.
Bring some festive cheers to your Halloween table with these spookilicious candy corn cookies. Find the full recipe.
The Hocus Pocus Binx cookies will unite all the classic horror movie lovers for a spooktacular time. Find the full recipe.
These creepy tree cookies are an easy-to-bake Halloween snack that will impress the little ghouls in the house. Find the full recipe.
Sprinkle extra sweetness over your Halloween bash with these irresistibly chewy and spooky ghost chocolate chip cookies. Find the full recipe.
These unique, fun, and bone-chilling bone cookies are all you need to spook the Halloween party. Find the full recipe.
Halloween is incomplete without a Jack-o’-lantern. Try these Halloween pumpkin cookies with Jack-o’-lantern faces, which have chocolate ganache deliciously stuffed between the pumpkin cut-outs. Find the full recipe.

