Bat Velvet Cookies and More Festive Halloween Cookies
By: Leah Rodrigues
Published: October 11, 2014

Halloween is the perfect excuse to get creative in the kitchen.  These cookie recipes are easy, fun and festive for kids and adults alike.  Some recipes like the witches hats, don't require any baking, while spider cookies or twisted sugar cookies are simple and straightforward.  If you feel like challenging yourself, candy corn cookie sticks have a wonderful tutorial.  
Witches Hats
Recipe from Cook the Story
	The best thing about these witch hat cookies is that you only need three ingredients and no baking is involved!  Store bought chocolate cookies are topped with a Hershey's kiss that is glued together with orange icing.  This is a great food project to do with a large group of people since no special equipment is involved.  Whether you're five years old or fifty years old, you'll be able to put together these Halloween cookies.

Candy Corn Cookies
Recipe from Bake at 350
	Candy corn is given a "face lift" to give this iconic Halloween candy some character. Triangular sugar cookies are decorated with orange, yellow and white royal icing to resemble this iconic Halloween candy.  Decorate each face differently so every cookie is unique.  P.s. you can use this same technique to decorate other Halloween sugar cookies.

Halloween Spider Cookies
Recipe from Cheryl Style
	Classic peanut butter cookies are given a spooky twist with the addition of these malted milk ball spiders.  It's important to note that the malted milk balls are pressed into the cookies once they have been baked and just removed from the oven (while they are still soft).  The frosting legs are added after the cookie has completely cooled.  You can make this recipe with homemade or store bought cookie dough.

Twisted Halloween Sugar Cookies
Recipe from Made from Pintrest
	Colored sugar cookie dough is marbled and twisted until it forms these spectacular Halloween cookies.  Each one is special in it's own way.  The color coordinated sprinkles add a decorative touch.  You can certainly make these cookies with just two colors, like orange and black, as another option.

Bat Velvet Cookies
Recipe from Sewlicious Home Decor
These bat velvet cookies are almost too scary to eat...almost.  Instead of making cookie dough from scratch, this recipe uses boxed red velvet cake mix and adds black food coloring.  A homemade orange cream filling sandwiches the two cookies together.  While this recipe is for plain vanilla filling, feel free to add some orange zest or orange extract to give it some more flavor.