If you’re a parent juggling Halloween plans, costumes, and parties, here’s an easy, delicious cookie idea that won’t require hours of decorating or buckets of food coloring. These spooky sandwich cookies are simple to make, fun to serve, and taste fantastic.
Spooky Halloween Cookies
These are oatmeal-based sandwich cookies filled with a rich chocolate fudge. They’re easy to assemble and only need simple eye decorations, so you can make a batch quickly without special cutters or complicated icing.
They work well for kid-friendly parties and also make a fun adult dessert—especially if you stir a splash of your favorite liqueur into the fudge filling for a boozy twist.
How to make Halloween cookies
The cookie base I used is a soft-baked oatmeal cookie (I simply left out the raisins), but you can use any cookie you prefer: classic chocolate chip, a healthier chickpea cookie, or even store-bought rounds. The key is to have two similarly sized cookies to sandwich the filling.
The filling is a simple two-ingredient fudge: sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips. Combine them in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second increments, stirring between each, until the mixture is fully melted and smooth. Sift in cocoa powder and mix to combine.
For the deepest, most chocolatey color, use Dutch-processed cocoa powder. If you want an extra-dark look for Halloween, a black cocoa will make the filling very dramatic.
Allow the fudge to cool until it is no longer warm but still soft and pipeable. Transfer it to a piping bag and pipe mounds onto half of the cookies, then top with the remaining cookies to form sandwiches.
How to decorate Halloween cookies
Decorating is quick: press candy eyes onto the fudge while it’s still slightly soft. If you prefer, you can pipe eyes with white and black royal icing or use festive sprinkles instead. Homemade candy melts also work if you like to pipe melted chocolate into eye shapes.
The combination of buttery oatmeal cookies and a silky chocolate filling is rich and satisfying, but these sandwich cookies are still light enough to enjoy a second (or third) one. They’re adorable, crowd-pleasing, and easy to scale for any gathering.
More Halloween treats!
- White chocolate eyeballs
- Black sesame cupcakes
- Vegan BLT sandwiches with pumpkin buns
- Choco Butternut Crinkles
- Boonanas – Frozen Banana Ghosts
- Graveyard Brownies
- Pumpkin Cake Balls
- Halloween Spiderweb Carrot Soup
- Halloween Cakesicles
Spooky Halloween Cookies
Ingredients
- 30 oatmeal cookies (or your preferred cookie) (I omitted the raisins in the original)
- 1 can / 397g sweetened condensed milk (dairy or non-dairy)
- 1 cup / 170g chocolate chips
- ¼ cup cocoa powder (Dutch-processed yields a darker fudge)
- 30 candy eyes
Instructions
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Combine condensed milk and chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until smooth and fully melted. Stir in sifted cocoa powder until evenly incorporated.
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Let the fudge cool until it’s no longer hot but still soft enough to pipe. Spoon or pipe a portion onto one cookie and press a second cookie on top to form a sandwich. Repeat for the remaining cookies.
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Press candy eyes into the filling while it’s soft, or decorate as desired. Allow the filling to set slightly before serving.
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