Looking for a fun treat for a Halloween party? Then check out these chocolate skeleton cookies made with a gingerbread man cookie cutter. These are so cute and fun for any Halloween get together. You could bag them and give them as a Halloween treat at school halloween parties.
I love that they are made with just simple ingredients and use the gingerbread man cookie cutter which you probably already have at home.
Chocolate Skeleton Cookies Recipe
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time8 mins
Total Time38 mins
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 2 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Icing:
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 1 tbsp Corn Syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and cocoa powder
- Slowly add flour mixture to the butter mixture by spoonfuls at low speed, frequently scraping down sides.
- Dust work area with cocoa powder or flour.
- Roll dough to 1/4" thickness.
- Cut out gingerbread man shapes and place on baking sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until set.
- Let cookies cool in pan for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Mix powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup in a small bowl until smooth.
- Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag to pipe skeleton onto cookies.
- Try not to get lines too close together so they don't run together.
- Allow to sit for at least an hour for icing to get hard.
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Angeline @ Dots & Dust says
These are so cute! I don’t think I could make them look that good but I sure could try 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Melissa says
It really isn’t that hard. You can do it! 🙂
Heidi says
So cute, love this idea for gingerbread men cookies–Halloween style!
Melissa says
Thanks! They are such fun Halloween cookies!
Monica says
Thanks for this great idea! I love it when things like cookie cutters have dual uses! 🙂
Melissa says
I know! Me too. 🙂
Nicole says
That’s such a great idea to use your gingerbread man cookie cutter! Cute skeleton cookies for Halloween! Thank you for sharing your post at the #HomeMattersParty this week. We hope you’ll join us again when the next party goes live this Friday at 12AM EST.
Emily says
These are so adorable!