Fall is the perfect time to get in the kitchen and bake something new, exciting, and festive. Luckily, there are countless Halloween-themed cookie recipes that incorporate the season's finest flavours, cutest motifs, and best sugar-coated pairings. From dirt cake cookies to pumpkin spice snickerdoodles, there won't be a recipe on this list that won't leave your mouth watering and ready for more. Whether you want to load your cookies up with candy corn or you want to try making something seasonal and chic (oh yes, we're most definitely talking about the pumpkin butter rugelach cookies), you can't go wrong when you whip together one of these decadent desserts. Pair your freshly baked cookies with a warm cup of apple cider and your favourite Halloween [1] flick, and you're bound to have the sweetest holiday of them all. Enjoy!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Take your love of pumpkin spice one step further than your favourite warm drink this season with this pumpkin-infused dessert. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have plenty of warming spices like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and ginger, which will waft throughout the kitchen hours after baking.
Get the recipe: pumpkin chocolate chip cookies [3]
Oreo Eyeballs
For this recipe, all you need are Oreos, Lifesaver Gummies, chocolate chips, and candy melts, a smidgen of hand-eye coordination, and about 20-30 minutes of your time. Thanks to its ease, this is a great recipe to make with kids; older children can pipe on the candy melt blood vessels, younger children can add the gummies and chocolate chips.
Get the recipe: Oreo eyeballs
3-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies With Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting
Who knew you could make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with only three ingredients? Without any eggs, milk, or oil, these are still, in fact, absolutely delicious, and are made even better with an easy cold brew cream cheese frosting that's out of this world.
Get the recipe: three-ingredient pumpkin cookies with coffee cream cheese frosting
Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles pair well with a crisp fall day, which is why it makes sense that they also pair well with pumpkin spice flavours. You can enjoy these chewy cookies at any hour of the day whenever the craving strikes.
Get the recipe: pumpkin spice snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies
You don't need to be obsessed with everything pumpkin spice to fall hard for these pumpkin-butter-filled thumbprint cookies, though a love for the cosy fall flavour doesn't hurt. Gently spiced, these festive sweets have a texture somewhere in between a cut-out sugar cookie and shortbread. In other words, they're a little bit tender, a little bit chewy, and butter rich.
Get the recipe: pumpkin pie thumbprint cookies
Spider Peanut Butter Cookies
Give peanut butter blossoms (aka peanut butter cookies with a chocolate Kiss on top) a Halloween [4] spin with this simple how-to! It's cute and quick and will please the taste buds of kids and adults alike.
Get the recipe: spider peanut butter cookies