Witch Hat Cookies

Witch hat cookies are a simple and fun treat that’s perfect for Halloween. The base is a chocolate cookie topped with a creamy homemade buttercream frosting and a Hershey’s kiss.

Witch Hat Cookies

Halloween treats are so much fun to make. They’re perfect for Halloween parties, class parties, and just for a special at home treat.

These Halloween witch hat cookies are super simple to make with a rolled chocolate cookie dough that you slice and bake. Then decorate with orange frosting and Halloween sprinkles and top with a Hershey’s kiss.

You also have to check out our amazing and fun Witch hat cucpakes!

Ingredients

For the Cookies :

• 2 Cups Flour 
• 2 Tbsp Corn Starch 
• ½ tsp Salt 
• ¾ Cup Cocoa Powder 
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Butter (softened) 
• 1 Egg 
• 2 tsp Vanilla 

For the Frosting:

• 8 Tbsp Butter (softened) 
• 2 Cups Powdered Sugar 
• 1 ½ Tbsp Heavy Cream 
• ½ tsp Vanilla 
• Orange Gel Food Coloring
• 60 Hershey’s kisses
• sprinkles

Instructions

• Whisk together flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, and salt. 
• With an electric mixer combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in egg and vanilla and continue to mix until well blended. 
• Gradually add in flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. 
• Roll dough into a log with a diameter of about 1 ½ inches. Wrap with parchment or wax paper and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour. 
• Preheat the oven to 350 
• Carefully slice the dough into ¼- ½ inch slices and place on a baking sheet. 
• Bake for 8-12 minutes or until set. 
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, remove to cooling rack to cool completely. 

To make the frosting: 

• In the bowl of an electric mixer mix butter until light and fluffy. Add in powdered sugar a little at a time mixing between each addition. Add in cream vanilla, and orange food coloring and mix thoroughly. Add additional food coloring if needed to achieve desired flavor. 
• Using a piping bag pipe a small dot of frosting on the bottom of an unwrapped Hershey’s kiss. Place it in the center of a cookie. Pipe frosting around the edge of the Hershey’s Kiss and sprinkle with sprinkles. 
• Repeat until all cookies are decorated. 
• Store in an airtight container until ready to serve. 

Want More Fun Halloween Treats?

• Nutter Butter Ghosts
• Halloween Bundt Cake
• Spider Cookies
• Witch Hat Cupcakes
• Ghost Cupcakes
• Candy Corn Cookies
• Halloween Oreo Fudge
• Halloween S’mores Dip
• Halloween Pinwheel Cookies
• Halloween Ooey Gooey Cookies

Witch Hat Cupcakes

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Chill time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 32 minutes minutes

Servings 60 cookies

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Ingredients

  

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For the Cookies

• ▢ 2 cups flour
• ▢ 2 Tbsp corn starch
• ▢ ½ tsp salt
• ▢ ¾ cup cocoa powder
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 2 tsp Vanilla

For the Frosting

• ▢ 8 Tbsp butter softened
• ▢ 2 cups confectioner's sugar
• ▢ 1 ½ Tbsp heavy cream
• ▢ ½ tsp vanilla
• ▢ gel food coloring orange
• ▢ 60 Hershey’s Kisses
• ▢ Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

• Whisk together flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, and salt.
  2 cups flour, 2 Tbsp corn starch, ¾ cup cocoa powder, ½ tsp salt
• With an electric mixer combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in egg and vanilla and continue to mix until well blended.
  1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 egg, 2 tsp Vanilla
• Gradually add in flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Roll dough into a log with a diameter of about 1 ½ inches. Wrap with parchment or wax paper and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• When ready to bake:
• Preheat the oven to 350
• Carefully slice the dough into ¼- ½ inch slices and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 8-12 minutes or until set.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

For the frosting:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer mix butter until light and fluffy. Add in powdered sugar a little at a time mixing between each addition. Add in cream vanilla, and orange food coloring and mix thoroughly. Add additional food coloring if needed to achieve desired flavor.
  8 Tbsp butter, 2 cups confectioner's sugar, 1 ½ Tbsp heavy cream, ½ tsp vanilla, gel food coloring
• Using a piping bag pipe a small dot of frosting on the bottom of an unwrapped Hershey’s kiss. Place it in the center of a cookie. Pipe frosting around the edge of the Hershey’s Kiss and sprinkle with sprinkles.
  60 Hershey’s Kisses, Halloween sprinkles
• Repeat until all cookies are decorated.
• Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 113kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 65mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 151IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg

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