Description
Spooky halloween monster eye crinkle cookies bring festive fright to dessert tables with ghoulish green and red candy eyeballs nestled in powdery chocolate cookies. Creepy and delicious, these treats will delight party guests and spark Halloween spirit with each delightfully eerie bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box vanilla cake mix (Betty Crocker)
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup (79 ml) vegetable oil
Additional Ingredients:
- 2 cups (240 grams) icing sugar
Decorative Ingredients:
- Gel food coloring (orange, black, and purple)
- Candy monster eyes
- Halloween-themed sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare your workspace by preheating the oven and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper for smooth cookie removal.
- Mix cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl, ensuring a uniform consistency with vibrant gel food coloring to create a festive Halloween aesthetic.
- Refrigerate the dough for a quarter-hour to enhance its moldability and prevent excessive spreading during baking.
- Craft uniform dough spheres using a tablespoon measure, rolling each ball meticulously for consistent size and shape.
- Generously coat each dough ball in powdered icing sugar, creating a crackled exterior and sweet protective layer.
- Position the sugar-coated balls on the prepared baking sheet, leaving adequate spacing for potential expansion.
- Gently press whimsical monster eyes into the center of each cookie, ensuring they are securely embedded but not fully submerged.
- Brief freezing of the decorated dough balls will help maintain their structural integrity during the baking process.
- Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven, monitoring the cookies until their surfaces develop characteristic crinkles and centers appear set.
- Allow the freshly baked monsters to rest momentarily on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Once completely cooled, serve these spine-chilling sweet treats and delight in their ghoulish appearance.
Notes
- Ensure even color distribution by mixing the gel food coloring thoroughly into the dough to create a vibrant Halloween look.
- Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and maintains the cookies’ shape during baking, resulting in perfect crinkle texture.
- Use fresh candy eyes for the most realistic monster appearance, and press them gently into the cookie surface just before baking to keep them secure.
- For gluten-free option, substitute the cake mix with a gluten-free cake mix, making these monster cookies accessible to more dietary needs.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg