These Spiral Slice and Bake Halloween Cookies are the perfect, easy treat for your Halloween celebrations! A delicious cookie filled with your choice of colored sprinkles makes for a fun and festive Halloween treat! Getting ready for Halloween? Try these Pumpkin Popcorn Balls and Black Widow Brownie Bites too!
Halloween Cookies
I’ve got one more Halloween recipe here for you today! Spiral cookies are always a lot of fun and they are super easy to adapt to various holidays and celebrations. All you have to do is change the color of sugar you use! I’ve made rainbow pinwheel cookies and red, white and blue sparkler cookies for the 4th of July and both were huge hits.
I went with orange, purple and black for Halloween and I have to say that I just adore how they turned out! If you can’t find the color of sugar you need, check out my DIY Colored Sugar tutorial for some help.
Now there is really no rhyme or reason to my sugar placement but you an see I did kind of a patchwork quilt look here. As long as you have large sections of color before rolling up the dough, the cookies will look fantastic.
What Ingredients Do I Need
These cookies don’t use a lot of ingredients (6 ingredients total – including the colored sugar!) so it’s important to use the highest quality ingredients you can afford. I used Challenge butter for these cookies. I love the quality and taste – so creamy and delicious!
- butter softened
- sugar
- almond extract or vanilla
- egg
- flour
- colored sugar (I used orange, black and purple)
After sprinkling the sugar in patches, roll up the dough like you would a cinnamon roll.
The dough gets thrown in the fridge for an hour or two…or three days if you run out of time like I did 😉  The cookies get sliced and bake up to this festive awesomeness:
This recipe makes a lot of cookies (three dozen) which makes it perfect for classroom treats or parties.
Almond or Vanilla Extract
You’ll notice that the recipe calls for almond extract. It’s almost magical what it does for these cookies. Vanilla extract will work just as well but if you have almond extract on hand – give it a try. You won’t be disappointed!
Other Halloween Treats
- Spooky Easy Ghost Treats
- Easy Pumpkin Patties
- Caramel Apple Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Popcorn Balls
- Black Widow Brownie Bites
How To Make Halloween Cookies
Halloween Spiral Slice and Bake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Challenge butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 tsp almond extract or vanilla
- 1 egg room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- colored sugar I used orange, black and purple
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add egg and extract and mix until well combined.
- Stir in flour, mixing until fully incorporated.
- Divide dough in half.
- Cover cutting board with plastic wrap and press out half of dough into an 8x8 square.
- Sprinkle sugars onto the dough in patches.
- Use the plastic wrap to to lift and roll up dough - just like sushi.
- Repeat with second half and refrigerate dough rolls for 1-2 hours or until nice and firm.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove plastic wrap from rolls and cut into 1/4 inch slices.
- Place slices about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until edges just turn golden. Let cool for 1-2 minutes and remove to wire rack.
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Originally published October 18, 2014.
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Disclosure:Â I was compensated for this post by Challenge Butter. All opinions are, as always, 100% my own.
Crystal says
Just made this tonight with my kids. They actually taste very good, they turned out perfect. My kids loved them!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love bake and slice cookies! These cookies are so festive!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Jessica!
Nicole says
These turned out perfect, Trish! I have been wanting to make some spiral cookies.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I love the colors in these cookies Nicole! Thank you!
Emily says
These are super adorable! Can’t wait to try them!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Emily!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Spiral cookies are my favorite!! Love the colors.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
So fun AND so easy! Thanks Dorothy!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
These cookies are so much fun!!! What a great idea to change out the sprinkle colors for Halloween!!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Jocelyn!
Kelly @ Mostly Homemade Mom says
These are SO fun! I can see other holiday possibilities, too!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Kelly! These cookies are definitely one of our favorites!
Donna @ The Slow Roasted Italian says
Trish, I love how colorful these are and crazy simple. Perfect for me and my Munchkin to work on for Halloween! Can’t wait to try them and honestly almond extract in sugar cookies is better than icing on the cookie. Yum!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Almond extract is just perfect in these cookies Donna – totally agree! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Stephanie @ Back For Seconds says
I wish my daughters kindergarten would allow homemade treats. These would be perfect for halloween! They look perfect, Trish!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Aaargh! That’s how Reece’s class is because of allergies but they still allow them in Bryce’s class – thank goodness! Thanks Stephanie!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
I had no idea that sparkling sugar would do that in a cookie. How fun!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I know right?!? If you smush the cookies a little too the sugar spreads out more and that’s a fun look as well. Thanks Julianne!
Julie | This Gal Cooks says
These cookies are super cool, Trish! Pinned!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh thanks Julie!!
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says
These cookies are so pretty,Trish! I love how fun and festive they look!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Kelly!
Renee @ Two in the Kitchen says
These are super darling!! I love the colors you used here. Very festive!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Renee!
Ala says
Whoa–no wonder these would be a hit! I saw them pop up on my feed and just loved the colors!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Ala!! xoxo
Librarian Lavender says
Those cookies are looking so festive, I love the idea!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much!