Description
Spooky monster cookies blend childhood nostalgia with Halloween charm, creating a playful treat that delights both kids and adults. Colorful candy and chocolate chips dance through chewy oatmeal dough, promising a mischievous snack you’ll crave long after the jack-o’-lanterns fade.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 cup (226 grams) butter (softened)
- 1 egg
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese (softened)
Flavor & Coloring Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Food coloring (neon recommended)
Decorative Ingredients:
- Powdered sugar
- Candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Cream butter, vanilla, egg, and cream cheese in a spacious mixing vessel until the mixture achieves a whipped, aerated consistency.
- Gradually incorporate cake mix, stirring until a uniform dough forms with no dry pockets.
- Segment the dough into multiple containers, introducing vibrant food coloring to each portion and thoroughly mixing until colors are intense and evenly distributed.
- Refrigerate the multicolored dough for half an hour to enhance texture and facilitate shaping.
- Shape chilled dough into petite spherical portions, generously rolling each in a coating of powdered sugar.
- Arrange cookie spheres on a lightly greased baking surface, maintaining adequate spacing between each morsel.
- Transfer to a preheated oven set at 350°F (175°C), baking for 10-12 minutes until cookie edges solidify while maintaining a tender center.
- Immediately after removing from oven, while cookies remain warm and pliable, gently press whimsical candy eyeballs onto the surface of each cookie.
- Allow cookies to cool completely, permitting the decorative elements to set and the texture to stabilize before serving.
Notes
- Experiment with natural food coloring like beet juice or spirulina for vibrant, chemical-free monster cookie colors.
- Swap regular butter with vegan butter and use egg substitute to create delightful dairy-free and plant-based monster cookies.
- Chill the dough longer to prevent spreading and achieve perfectly round, cute monster-shaped cookies with crisp edges.
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container with parchment paper between layers to maintain softness and prevent sticking.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg