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Halloween Bat Cookies

These adorable Halloween Bat cookies will be a hit at your next Halloween party!
David Murphy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Serving Size 3 Dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 5 oz bar of dark chocolate in chunks
  • Orange food coloring
  • For the top:
  • Package of candy eyeballs
  • A sleeve of oreos
  • One package of Rolo chocolates

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375F.
  • Combine sugar and butter in a stand mixer and beat until fluffy. Add in the eggs and then vanilla.
  • Combine all dry ingredients into a separate bowl first and then slowly add to the mixture while the mixture is on a medium speed.
  • Reduce the stand mixer speed to low and add in the chocolate chunks. Allow the chocolate to combine well.
  • Add in the orange food coloring. For a more vibrant orange, mix yellow and red to reach your desired pigment and then pour into the dough.
  • Allow the mixer to combine the food coloring until all of the dough is orange.
  • Roll the dough into 2 tablespoons worth of balls per cookie. Place the cookie dough balls an inch or two apart on a cookie sheet.
    Bake for 10-12 minutes. Because of the food coloring it can be difficult to see the coloring of the cookie to tell when it’s done, but the bottom will still brown.
  • Let the cookies sit in the pan on the stovetop for a few minutes once they are done before moving them to cool.
  • When the cookies are still warm, but not hot, add your Rolo chocolate to the cookie. The heat of the cookie will be enough to slightly melt the chocolate into sticking to the cookie.
  • Further assemble your cookie by adding eyeballs to the top of the Rolo.
  • Fully take an Oreo apart. Cut one side of just the cookie part of the Oreo in half for the ‘wings’. Stick the bottom corners of the Oreo into the bottom of the slightly melted Rolo in order for the wings to stay in place.

Notes

To help keep the eyeballs in place, use some of the creme from the Oreo cookie!