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!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 147kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans or replace with chocolate chips
- 1/2 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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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 100mg | Potassium: 44mg | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.7mg