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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Witch Cookies Filled with Candy

    Published: Sep 14, '16 · Modified: Apr 20, '21 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Crack open one of these bewitchingly cute Halloween treats to find candy hiding inside. You can make these cute or kooky Candy Filled Witch Cookies for your Halloween party or bake sale. 

    Witch Cookies Filled with Candy make fun Halloween treats for parties and bake sales.

     

    Last year, I created Candy Filled Cauldron and Black Cat Cookies for our witch themed Halloween party. To go along with those cookies, I just had to create some witches too.

    Halloween came and went last year and I ran out of time to get this recipe posted, but I just had to share this recipe tutorial with you.

    These Candy Filled Witch Cookies are a bit of work to make, but they are so much fun that I know your Halloween party guests will love them as much as mine did.

    Kooky Witch Cookies Filled with Candy are fun Halloween desserts.

    As I was creating these candy filled witch cookies, I couldn't decide whether they should be cute or kooky, so I made both.

    The kooky witches have bulging bloodshot eyes and big pointed greed noses and the cute ones have sweet expressive eyes and candy noses.

    I have to admit that I love the cute ones, but the kooky one's look more wicked.

    Make cute or kooky Candy Filled Witch Cookies for your Halloween parties or bake sales.

    To make these witch cookies, you'll need to bake green cookies over a metal cake pops pan. I used a Telebrands pan which is a bit larger than some other cake pops pans I have seen. If you use a different pan, you'll need to adjust the size of the round cookies to match the size of the domed cookies.

    I've made several version of the candy filled cookies using the same pan. This tutorial is not as detailed as other's I've done. If you want complete step-by-step details you can check out my Baseball Cap Piñata Cookies recipe.

    How to make Pinata style Candy Filled Witch Cookies

    You'll start by making a batch of green colored cookie dough and a batch of chocolate cookie dough.

    Roll out the green dough to about ⅛th inch thickness and cut out twenty two 2 ¼ inch rounds. Set those rounds on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Roll the remaining dough out to about 1/16th inch thickness and cut out twenty two 2 ½ inch rounds. Drape them over a cake pops pan then smooth them out into a half sphere.

    Make the chocolate cookie dough then roll it out to ⅛th inch thickness and cut out twenty two witch hats. Use the same round cutter you used to make the flat green cookies, and cut a curved section out of the bottom of each witch hat. Brush the edge of that cut with a bit of water and set it up against a green round cookie.

    Refrigerate all the cut out cookies for at least 15 minutes, then bake the witch cookies at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes and bake the half sphere cookies for about 8 minutes until the edges look set.

    How to make candy filled witch cookies for Halloween.

    When the cookies cool, fill the half spheres with candy, attach them to the flat cookies using melted Candy Melts or royal icing then add the decorations.

    Use a clay extruder fit with a multi hole disc to make the hair. Press orange candy clay (modeling chocolate) or fondant through the clay extruder, cutting it into pieces to make the long part of the hair and the bangs. Press the candy hair right onto the cookie. It doesn't really need anything to make it stick if you do this as you get the candy clay out of the extruder.

    If you've never worked with candy clay, it's super easy to make and work with. I recently published a 118 page Candy Clay Creations e-book that is loaded with tips and tricks for working with it and will give detailed information about using the clay extruder. You can also find the recipe on my Chocolate Making Tips page.

    If you want, make some green noses out of candy clay or you can just use candy coated chocolate balls for the noses.

    Use melted Candy Melts or royal icing to attach two candy eyes and a nose to each cookie. Use a food coloring marker to draw on a smile.

    Which witch do you like best? Kooky or cute? Both are filled with candy and are made out of yummy sugar cookies for Halloween.

    Candy Filled Witch Cookies

    To make these quirky Halloween cookies, you'll need the following items which can be purchased on Amazon.com (commission earned for sales.)

     

    Crack open one of these bewitchingly cute Halloween treats to find candy hiding inside. You can make these Candy Filled Witch Cookies cute or Kooky. See how at Hungry Happenings.
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    Halloween Treats - Candy Filled Witch Cookies
    Prep Time
    2 hrs
    Cook Time
    12 mins
    Total Time
    2 hrs 12 mins
     

    Have a spooky dessert like these Candy Filled Witch Cookies at your next Halloween party! They are so much fun to make with your kids and your guests will love them.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cookies, halloween, halloween candy, halloween desserts, spooky, witch
    Servings: 22
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    Green Cookies:
    • 2 cups all purpose flour plus more if needed
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ cup butter softened slightly
    • ¾ cups sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • ¾ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon almond extract
    Chocolate Cookies:
    • 10 tablespoons butter softened slightly
    • ¾ cups granulated sugar
    • 1 egg
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
    • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ¾ cup flour
    Candies and Decorations:
    • 1 ¾ cup tiny candies
    • 44 large candy eyes
    • 8 ounces orange candy clay modeling chocolate
    • 2 ounces green candy clay or 22 round candy coated chocolates Sixlets
    • black food coloring marker
    Instructions
    Green Cookie Dough:
    1. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Set aside.
    2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    3. Stir in egg, vanilla, almond extract, and some green food coloring.
    4. Add more coloring until you get a really bright shade of green and mix until well combined. The color will get lighter when you add the dry ingredients.
    5. Add dry ingredients and stir just until combined. If the dough is sticky, add a small amount of flour.
    6. Flatten into a disc and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
    Chocolate Cookie Dough:
    1. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar.
    2. Cream until light and fluffy.
    3. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
    4. Combine cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and flour in a small mixing bowl.
    5. Stir in to wet ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
    6. Flatten dough into a disc and place in a zip top bag.
    7. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
    Witch Cookies:
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    2. Roll out green dough to about ⅛th inch thickness and cut out twenty two 2 ¼ inch rounds.
    3. Set those rounds on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
    4. Roll the remaining dough out to about 1/16th inch thickness and cut out twenty two 2 ½ inch rounds.
    5. Drape them over a cake pops pan then smooth them out into a half sphere.
    6. Roll out chocolate cookie dough to ⅛th inch thickness.
    7. Cut out twenty two witch hats.
    8. Cut a curved section out of the bottom of each witch hat.
    9. Brush the edge of that cut with a bit of water and set it up against a green round cookie.
    10. Refrigerate the cut out cookies for at least 15 minutes.
    11. Bake the witch cookies for 10-12 minutes.
    12. Bake the half sphere cookies for about 8 minutes until the edges look set.
    13. Allow cookies to cool completely.
    14. Fill half sphere cookies with candy.
    15. Pipe melted candy melts or royal icing on edge of candy filled cookies.
    16. Press a witch cookie on top, lining up the circle with the half sphere.
    17. Decorate using candy clay, candy eyes, candies, and food coloring marker according to step-by-step tutorial instructions.

    Witch Cookies Filled with Candy make fun Halloween treats for parties and bake sales.

    If you recreate these Candy Filled Witch Cookies for Halloween
    be sure to link to this tutorial and send a picture to beth@hungryhappenings.com,
    so I can  share it in my Readers' Gallery.

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    1. The Partiologist

      September 18, 2016 at 9:08 am

      Wow! I can't tell you how much I love the witch cookies, the expressions, the hair, the hat, the candy inside, the...EVERYTHING!

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 19, 2016 at 9:39 am

        Thanks! My party guests loved them too! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Christine

      September 15, 2016 at 6:37 am

      Completely adorable idea!

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 17, 2016 at 2:57 pm

        Thank you! I'm so glad you like them.

        Reply
    3. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      September 14, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      I like the ones with the cute and sweet faces! And how much will the kids love breaking into these sweet treats?! Craving M&Ms now. :o)

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 17, 2016 at 2:59 pm

        Thanks, Karen, I do too. I love their cute little green noses and big expressive eyes. 🙂

        Reply

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