Celebrate Halloween in style by serving up these artistic and easy-to-make dipped sugar cookies. Perfect for parties and trick-or-treaters alike, this dessert is a must-make during spooky season! The easy cookie decorating technique looks impressive but is simple to pull off and will leave each sweet treat with a different marbled look. So break out the cookie cutters, and let’s get baking!
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Marbled Halloween Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 4 hr 50 min
- Servings 26
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Flour, butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for cutout cookies
- 1 1/2 cups from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Betty Crocker™ Green and Purple Neon Gel Food Colors
- 52 Betty Crocker™ Dessert Decorations Candy Eyeballs (from 0.88-oz package)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Divide dough in half.
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Step2On floured surface, roll one half of the dough 1/4-inch thick. Cut with 4 1/2-inch x 1 3/4-inch bat-shaped cookie cutter; place cutouts 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Reroll dough, and cut additional bat-shaped cutouts.
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Step3Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, using remaining half of cookie dough, repeat steps on rolling, cutting, baking and rerolling with 3 1/2-inch x 3-inch ghost-shaped cookie cutter.
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Step5In 2 medium microwavable bowls, place 3/4 cup of frosting. Microwave 1 bowl uncovered 15 to 20 seconds or until warmed and thinner consistency; stir smooth. Squeeze 2 to 4 small dots neon green food color into warmed frosting. Pull toothpick several times through warmed frosting to make swirls.
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Step6Dip top of each bat-shaped cookie into green-swirled glaze, letting excess drip off. Place cookie right side up on cooling rack placed over cookie sheet or waxed paper. Place candy eyeballs on cookie. Rewarm frosting mixture in microwave to maintain dipping consistency, if needed while dipping cookies. Repeat steps on warming, swirling food color and dipping with remaining 3/4 cup frosting, purple food color and ghost-shaped cookies.
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Step7Let stand about 3 hours or until set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.
Nutrition
170 Calories
6g Total Fat
1g Protein
26g Total Carbohydrate
17g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 170
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 110mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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