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Check out these fun and frightening easy Halloween cookie recipes for kids. Whether you are throwing a Halloween party or just want to surprise your kids, try these easy recipes that everyone will love!

Check out these easy Halloween cookie recipes for kids. 20 fun and frightening Easy Halloween Cookies Recipes that kids will love.
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Don’t be scared to make your own frightening cookies this year! Cookies are a great treat for parties or just a nice dessert when you need a break from candy.

These cookies are delicious and don’t take much work for a beautiful design. The hardest party will be deciding which one to make.

Check out these easy Halloween cookie recipes for kids. 20 fun and frightening Easy Halloween Cookies Recipes that kids will love.

The Best Halloween Cookies for Kids

From spiders and mummies to ghosts and goblins, there is a cookie for everyone! You will love these cookies that are perfect for Halloween.

Whether you are throwing a party or just want to do some baking with the kids, these cookies are sure to be a hit!

1. Oreo Spider Cookies

If you’re looking for fun and festive no-bake Halloween treats, make these easy Spider Oreo cookies. Kids will love these and they are super easy to make!

Oreo Spider Cookies
These easy-to-make Oreo Spider Cookies only require a few ingredients, and you can serve it to kiddos even if it's not Halloween!
Oreo Spider Cookies

2. Candy Corn Cookies

Soft and fluffy sugar cookies are so amazing and even more delicious with candy corn! This will be your new favorite Fall treat and it’s so easy to make.

Candy Corn Cookies
Soft and fluffy sugar cookies are so amazing and even more delicious with candy corn.
Candy Corn Cookies

3. Jack-O-Lantern Chocolate Covered Oreos 

These Halloween cookies look really impressive but they are so easy. Try this easy recipe that uses Oreo cookies for a fun jack-o-lantern treat.

Jack-O-Lantern Chocolate Covered Oreos 
These Oreo Halloween treats only require 4 ingredients and can be made in a variety of ways. And it's an easy last-minute treat that you can easily make.
Jack-O-Lantern Chocolate Covered Oreos 

4. Orange Jack-O-Lantern Fruit Cups

This is the perfect snack if you are looking for something fun but healthy. These Fruit Cups are super fun for an after-school snack or treat.

Orange Jack-O-Lantern Fruit Cups
With only 4 ingredients, these Halloween Fruit cups are easy and tasty.
Orange Jack-O-Lantern Fruit Cups

5. Chocolate Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies

Turn plain cookies into mummies with a little icing! Kids are going to love these cut-out cookies and they are tasty, too.

Chocolate Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies
Chocolate Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with the bonus of pumpkin spice give these cookies great flavor.
Chocolate Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies

6. Halloween Spider Cookies

Spider cookies are so fun, easy to make, and tasty for Halloween. The ingredients are easy staple ingredients, too. You probably already have everything you need.

Halloween Spider Cookies
Delicious peanut butter cookies transform into a cookie spider with the help of Reese’s cups and googly eyes.
Halloween Spider Cookies

7. Ghost Sugar Cookies

Learn how to make and decorate ghost cookies with icing. These will be the hit of the party.

Ghost Sugar Cookies
The kids will love them and they are super easy to make! They only require basic baking ingredients and taste way better than store-bought ones.
Ghost Sugar Cookies

8. Halloween Sugar Cookies

These festive Jack O Lantern Sugar cookies make the best treat for parties and trick or treating.

Halloween Sugar Cookies
These cookies are ready in less than 30 minutes, so they make for a perfect last-minute cookie recipe.
Halloween Sugar Cookies

9. Frankenstein Wafer Cookies

This recipe uses simple wafer cookies to make Frankenstein cookies! I love the sprinkles for the fun hairdo and different expressions!

Frankenstein Wafer Cookies
These no-bake Sugar Wafer Frankenstein Cookies are so easy, it’s scary, but also adorable. Kids can even help you make them.
Frankenstein Wafer Cookies

10. Coffin Surprise Cookies

Kids will love these surprise cookies! Everyone will wonder what’s inside!

Coffin Surprise Cookies
A spookily yummy surprise cookie made with simple ingredients, choc full of treats for Halloween.
Coffin Surprise Cookies

This chocolate chip cookie cake is amazing with its chocolate frosting and pretty candy corn! This works for harvest parties and Thanksgiving too, and everyone loves chocolate chip cookies!

Harvest Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Make a cookie that looks like a cake — a cookie cake that is just a really big cookie, made in a 9? or heart-shaped or pizza pan.
Harvest Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

12. Grim Reaper Cookies

Make these scary cookies for a spooky Halloween party. The instructions make it so simple to make these cool-looking cookies.

Grim Reaper Cookies
These yummy cookies are shaped using girl gnome cookie cutters, and the outcome is just cute and perfect for Halloween!
Grim Reaper Cookies

13. Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

Decorating cookies isn’t as hard as it seems. Learn all the tips and trips to make amazing pumpkin sugar cookies.

A white square plate holds eight pumpkin sugar cookies, each decorated with orange icing and green icing details for stems and vines. The plate is placed on a white tiled surface with decorative pumpkins and beads nearby.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Using sugar cookie dough makes it a very easy choice to make pumpkin-shaped cookies! This icing is so delicious and decorating cookies is so much fun.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

14. Dracula’s Dentures

What a fun twist on whoopie pies! Make Dracula’s dentures’ from cookies and marshmallows! It is the perfect Halloween treat.

Dracula’s Dentures
This Dracula Dentures recipe is made from chocolate chip cookies, marshmallows, almond slices, and a little red frosting.
Dracula’s Dentures

15. Gooey Eye Monster Cookies

They may look green but they sound oh so delicious! The fun eyeballs make these monster cookies creepy and cool!

Gooey Eye Monster Cookies
Fun, bright, and festive cake mix cookies are all dressed up to look like monsters. Gooey monster cookies are great all year long!
Gooey Eye Monster Cookies

16. Candy Corn Mummy Cookies

Use icing to turn cookies into candy corn mummies. This is so fun and creative!

Candy Corn Mummy Cookies
These sugar cookies are thick, fluffy, soft, moist and so full of delicious flavor. And the buttercream with a bit more heavy cream makes it super smooth and spreadable.
Candy Corn Mummy Cookies

17. Milk Chocolate-Stuffed Jack-O-Lantern Cookies

Delicious, cute, chocolate filled cookies, that are the quintessential autumn dessert.

Milk Chocolate-Stuffed Jack-O-Lantern Cookies
Sweet milk chocolate, sandwiched between spiced brown sugar cookies, and finished with a light dusting of cinnamon sugar.
Milk Chocolate-Stuffed Jack-O-Lantern Cookies

18. Potion Bottle Cookies

Magic potion cookies look intricate to make but this step-by-step guide eases you through the process! These Halloween cookies are so spooky and cool looking.

Potion Bottle Cookies
Learn how to make some Halloween potion bottle-decorated sugar cookies with this royal icing cookie decorating.
Potion Bottle Cookies

19. Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chips with Halloween colors make this cookie recipe so easy and good. I love all the pretty harvest colors with the chocolate candy.

Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies
Enjoy a super soft and black-as-night dark chocolate cookie base that's studded with sweet white chocolate chips and creamy peanut butter chips for a frighteningly delicious treat!
Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies

20. Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

Plain old chocolate chip cookies will become the star of the party with these chocolate spiders. This is such an easy cookie idea for Halloween.

Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies
These chocolate chip Spider Cookies are so fun and easy to make with pantry ingredients and no special equipment or skills are required.
Chocolate Chip Spider Cookies

21. Witch Hat Cookies

Witch hat cookies are the perfect no-bake treat and they are a blast to make. These make the cutest treat for parties and more with very little work.

Witch Hat Cookies
It only requires 4 items to make these witch cookies come alive.
Witch Hat Cookies

22. Halloween Chocolate-Covered Oreos

Halloween Chocolate Covered Oreos make a fun and festive treat for Halloween. This no-bake treat is quick and easy.

Halloween Chocolate-Covered Oreos
These chocolate-covered Oreos are both fun to eat and easy to make. You can make them spooky or cute with only a few ingredients.
Halloween Chocolate-Covered Oreos

23. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Fall means baking and these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are amazing. They are so easy that you can easily make them in under 30 minutes.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
They are so soft and chewy and just the best. Plus, each bite is packed with pumpkin flavor and lots of chocolate chips.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

24. Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Buckeye Brownie Cookies combine all the flavors of brownies and buckeye candy into one fabulous treat. This cookie is rich and delicious.

Buckeye Brownie Cookies
The chocolate cookie starts with a brownie mix and it is topped with a peanut butter ball. This cookie is rich and delicious.
Buckeye Brownie Cookies

25. Pumpkin Cookies

Not only are they so simple but they are soft and delicious and just packed with pumpkin flavor!

Pumpkin Cookies
This recipe is very easy to follow so you can have these mixed and baked in under 15 minutes.
Pumpkin Cookies

26. Monster Cookies

These delicious Monster Cookies are so easy to make and they taste amazing! These cookies are the best!

Monster Cookies
I love that they are loaded with peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips and M&M’s. They are soft, thick and oh so delicious!
Monster Cookies

27. Mickey Mouse Oreo Cookies

If you and your kids love all things Disney, this is a must-try. ou don’t even have to heat up the oven to make this fun treat! If you prefer sugar cookies, try this recipe for Mickey Mouse Cookies.

Mickey Mouse Oreo Cookies
With only 5 ingredients, these Mickey Mouse treats are so quick and easy.
Mickey Mouse Oreo Cookies

28. Unicorn Sugar Cookies

These soft and fluffy cookies can be made in any desired colors for a festive treat. These Unicorn Poop Cookies are absolutely cute, too!

Unicorn Sugar Cookies
They are so soft and fluffy while being incredibly simple to make. Let the kids help make these easy unicorn sugar cookies for lots of fun.
Unicorn Sugar Cookies

29. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Green is often associated with villains, but not these cookies. These Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are packed with mint flavor and chocolate goodness. Each bite is soft and fluffy.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe is so easy and can be ready in less than 30 minutes. They are so soft and packed with chocolate and mint flavor.
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

30. Apple Pie Cookies

These bite-size Apple Pie Cookies are loaded with luscious pie filling. It is the perfect Fall treat but so delicious all year long.

Apple Pie Cookies
The flaky crust is topped with caramel sauce and more. This is the best cookie recipe.
Apple Pie Cookies

31. Ginger Molasses Cookies

Once you make these Ginger Molasses Cookies, everyone will be hooked. They’re so delicious with the perfect blend of spices.

Ginger Molasses Cookies
Each bite has the perfect blend of cinnamon and spices and the molasses makes it just amazing. hey are perfect for Fall and the holiday season.
Ginger Molasses Cookies

32. Snickerdoodle Cookies

They’re so soft and chewy and just simply irresistible! This easy Snickerdoodles recipe is a family favorite and your whole family will love it, too!

Snickerdoodle Cookies
The texture of these cookies is perfect every time and there’s no chilling the dough!  That means you get to enjoy these snickerdoodles much quicker!
Snickerdoodle Cookies

These S’mores Cookie Cups are perfect for munching on while everyone relaxes after a night of trick-or-treating or Halloween parties.

S’mores Cookie Cups
What do you do when everyone wants s’mores with all of that delicious melted chocolate, ooey marshmallows, and toasted graham crackers? You make S’mores Cookie Cups.
S’mores Cookie Cups

34. Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

If you’re in search of a classy treat to serve for a Halloween party, you and your guests will love these Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies. It’s a simple recipe for classic shortbread cookies elevated with decadent chocolate.

Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate and topped with sea salt make the perfect recipe for any occasion.
Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

35. Jello Cookies

For parties with a Mad Hatter theme going, try these Jello Cookies. You can choose any flavor of Jell-O mix that you love. Get creative and make several different flavors for the perfect treat.

Jello Cookies
Soft and fluffy sugar cookies get transformed with this super easy recipe. There is a special ingredient and everyone will love it — Jello mix!
Jello Cookies

36. Red Velvet Cookies

This Red Velvet Cookies recipe is gorgeous but tastes even better than it looks. Add it as your bloody red edible decor for Halloween. These Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies will match the theme, too.

Red Velvet Cookies
This Red Velvet Cookies Recipe is wonderful because we cheat and use a red velvet cake mix to achieve a moist and delicious cookie.
Red Velvet Cookies

37. White Chocolate Mummy Truffles

With just a few simple ingredients you can have these Halloween white chocolate truffles recipe ready in no time.

White Chocolate Mummy Truffles
The white chocolate is so rich and creamy. And it’s just a really fun treat to make and only takes about 15 minutes of prep time.
White Chocolate Mummy Truffles
Check out these easy Halloween cookie recipes for kids. 20 fun and frightening Easy Halloween Cookies Recipes that kids will love.

Make these Halloween cookies for kids!

These are perfect for Halloween parties, friends or just to make for fun. You might also take a plate of these festive Halloween treats to some of the neighbors.

It mostly likely will make their day and the kids will have fun delivering these festive treats. There are so many cool ones to choose from that you and the kids might want to make several.

We have a blast getting ready for Halloween. From fun Halloween treats to DIY Halloween costumes, it’s a family event around here.

The kids look forward to this all year and we all enjoy making these precious memories. We laugh until we cry sometimes during these baking sessions and it’s just loads of fun.

You don’t need to spend tons of money or time to have a good time. Often it is truly the simpler the better.

Check out these easy Halloween cookie recipes for kids. 20 fun and frightening Easy Halloween Cookies Recipes that kids will love.

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