These festive Halloween Monster Eye Cookies are SO cute and perfect for Halloween! A quick and easy cookie loaded with maple syrup, m&ms, and candy eyeballs!
Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I am not good at making cute things. Until today. Usually I try making cute things (think: all the crafty things on Pinterest) and they end up as epic fails. Let’s just say it’s not my forté. Point being, if I can make these adorable little Halloween monster eye cookies, YOU can make these these adorable little Halloween monster eye cookies.
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter – adds flavor and tenderness to any baked good. In this cookie recipe, butter is brought to room temperature, which yields the perfect chewy, but not too flat cookie. Using unsalted butter allows you to control how much salt goes into the recipe.
- Brown Sugar – contains molasses which yields a rich flavor and moist, chewy cookie. Dark brown sugar is approximately 20% molasses and light brown sugar is 10%. Either can be used.
- Egg Yolk – helps bind the cookie together. Adding just an egg yolk (versus the whole egg) to the yields a super tender, chewy cookie.
- Maple Syrup – adds additional chewiness to the cookie while also providing a rich, warm molasses flavor. Be sure to use pure maple syrup, not pancake syrup.
- All-Purpose Flour – a good base for all different kinds of cookies. The amount of flour added in a recipe will produce different textures. Drop cookies, like today’s recipe, is somewhere in the middle. These cookies will hold their shape, but aren’t dry; they are soft, yet chewy!
- Baking Soda – our leavening agent which keeps these cookies from spreading too much.
- Salt – a must for any sweet treat! Salt enhances other flavors in the cookies while also balancing out the sweetness from the sugar, maple syrup, and mix-ins.
- Mix-Ins – the written recipe uses a combination of nuts, festive colored mini M&Ms, and candy eyeballs, but feel free to use whatever mix-ins you like such as chocolate chips!
How to make
- Using your hand mixer (or stand mixer), cream together butter, brown sugar, and egg yolk, then beat in maple syrup.
- Beat in flour, baking soda, and salt until well combined, then stir in mix-ins.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto a silicone mat lined baking sheet, then bake, cool, and devour!
How to store
Leftovers will last in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week, in the fridge for 2 weeks, or in the freezer for 3 months.
To enjoy again, thaw, if frozen, then enjoy chilled, room temperature, or warmed in the microwave.
– Jennifer
Halloween Monster Eye Walnut Cookies
These festive Halloween Monster Eye Cookies are SO cute and perfect for Halloween! A quick and easy cookie loaded with maple syrup, m&ms, and candy eyeballs!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 24 cookies
Equipment for this recipe
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Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans or replace with chocolate chips
- ½ cup mini m&ms
- Candy eyeballs to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, and egg yolk until fluffy, about 1 minute, then beat in maple syrup until well combined.
- Add in flour, baking soda, and salt and beat together until fully combined, then stir in nuts (or mix-in of choice) and M&Ms.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop 6 cookies onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Gently press the candy eyeballs on top of the cookie dough.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until cookies are cooked to your liking.
- Gently press more candy eyeballs into the baked cookies, then cool slightly before removing them from the baking sheet and placing them on a cooling rack.
- Repeat with remaining cookie dough, then eat and enjoy!
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STORING
Room Temp:1 Week
Refrigerator:2 Weeks
Freezer:3 Months
Reheat:Microwave to warm
*Storage times may vary based on temperature and conditions
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Halloween Monster Eye Walnut Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 147 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 18mg6%
Sodium 100mg4%
Potassium 44mg1%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 20IU0%
Calcium 21mg2%
Iron 0.7mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
*Note: Nutrition information is estimated and varies based on products used.
Keywords: halloween cookie, halloween dessert, monster cookie
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