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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Cauldron Cookies

    Modified: Oct 22, '23 · Published: Sep 26, '21 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Conjure up some magical Halloween treats this year by filling chocolate cauldron cookies with a bewitching potion of candy bones, eyeballs, skulls, and more.

    chocolate cauldron cookies filled with candy and decorated with fruit roll flames.

    Our Halloween party is in just over 2 weeks and I sure could use a little magic to get all the desserts made for the 150-175 guests who will be attending this year.

    Eek! Yes, I said, 150-175 guests.

    For our 10th annual Halloween party, we have decided to join forces with some friends who throw amazing parties too. Our guest list is huge this year, but thankfully I have lots of help with the decorating and, for the first time ever, the party is not being held at our house.

    So, you'd think I would not feel overwhelmed right now, but I am in charge of making all the desserts, including a wedding cake, for the big bash. Eek!

    This Halloween you don't have to serve just cookies or just candy, these Candy Filled Cauldron Cookies combine them both. See the tutorial at HungryHappenings.com.

    We hosted a witch-themed party a few years ago, so I've already created several bewitching desserts, including Backside Black Cookies, Chocolate Cauldrons filled with Pudding Potion, Cauldron Caramel Apples, and even Black Cat Caramel Apples, but my guests always look forward to seeing new and exciting treats on the dessert table. It's the highlight of the party for many of my friends.

    Candy-filled pinata cookies always get rave reviews, so I decided to create a few different styles this year, starting with these bubbling cauldrons.

    I couldn't resist filling them with things a witch might throw into her potion. Wilton has some really fun Halloween candy sprinkles in the shapes of bones, spiders, skulls, and eyeballs and they were the perfect size for inside my cookies.

    3 Halloween caudlron cookies with one cracked open showing the bone, spider, eyeball, pumpkin, and skull sprinkles inside.

    Ingredients

    chocolate cookie dough - See the recipe below for chocolate cut-out cookies that do not spread and taste great.

    Halloween candy sprinkles (bones, spiders, eyeballs, etc.) - you can use any candy you like to fill your cauldron cookies, but it is really fun to have Halloween candy sprinkles fall out when the cookies are cracked open.

    light green and white sugar pearls - These are large nonpareil sprinkles that will look like bubbles around the top edge of the cauldron cookies.

    melted and tempered chocolate or melted candy melts - Either will work to "glue" the cookies together and attach the decorations. Learn more about the two types of chocolate and how to melt/temper them on my Chocolate Making Tips page.

    red/yellow/orange fruit rolls or red/yellow/orange modeling chocolate - I used fruit rolls that have red, yellow, and orange blended together on one roll. If you can't find them, just use a combination of the three colors. Or, you can make white modeling chocolate (candy clay) and color it to make your flames.

    Supplies

    small cauldron cookie cutter (between 2 ¼-inches to 2 ½-inches wide)
    2 ½ inch round cookie cutter
    silicone mat
    rolling pin (nonstick fondant rolling pin works best)
    cake ball pan
    food use only paintbrush
    scissors

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    I found the small cauldron cutter at Walmart.

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    Instructions:

    Cut chocolate cookie dough using a circle and cauldron cutter. Bake the circles over a cake ball pan and bake the cauldrons flat on a cookie sheet.

    Cut and bake cauldron cookies.

    1. Make the cookie dough, refrigerate it for an hour, then roll it out on a silicone mat. For the cauldrons, you want the dough to be about ⅛th inch thick. Use a small cauldron cutter to cut out 22 cookies. I find it easiest to peel away the excess dough and then pop the cut-out cookies in the freezer for about 5 minutes. Then they are easy to peel off the silicone mat.
    2. Set the cauldrons on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
    3. Bake for 10-12 minutes. The cookies will lose their sheen when they are ready. If you like really crispy cookies, bake them for 14 minutes.
    4. Then roll out the remaining dough thinner, about 1/16th inch thick.
    5. Cut out 22 circles using a 2 ½-inch round cutter.
    6. Remove the excess dough, and pop the mat in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
    7. Peel the dough round off the mat and set each round over the tops of the cake ball pan.
    8. Smooth out the dough curving it over the domed pan.
    9. Pop the dough-covered pan back in the freezer for 15 minutes, then bake for 7-9 minutes until the edges look set.
    10. Allow all the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
    Fill the cauldron cookies with Halloween candy sprinkles, attach using candy melts, and decorate with sugar pearl bubbles, and fruit roll flames.

    Fill and decorate the cauldron cookies.

    1. To assemble the cookies, you'll need some melted and tempered chocolate or candy melts. Fill the domed cookies with candy.
      • I used bone, skull, spiders, eyeballs, and pumpkin-shaped candies. Any small candy will work well, but I thought it was fun to have potion ingredients in my cookies.
    2. Paint a thin layer of chocolate around the top edge of the domed cookie, then turn a cauldron cookie upside down and set it on top of the domed cookie. Hold it for a minute until the chocolate sets.
    3. Brush some chocolate along the top edge of the cauldrons and sprinkle on some green and white candy pearls.
    4. Cut flames out of the fruit roll-up and press onto the base of the cauldron. They should stick without needing to add any chocolate.
    Conjure up a magical Halloween treat. These Candy Filled Cauldron Cookies are fun to make and even more fun to eat. See the recipe at HungryHappenings.com.

    When you serve these cookies for Halloween, your friends and family can crack them open to reveal the candy hiding inside.

    The fun Halloween sprinkles that I used taste like candy. They have a nice sweet flavor. You can fill your cauldron cookies with any small candies if you don't care that they look creepy inside!

    Conjure up a magical Halloween treat. These fun Candy Filled Cauldron Cookies will cast a spell on your family and friends.

    Related Recipes

    If you are hosting a witch-themed Halloween party, you might also like to make these other recipes.

    chocolate Nutella fudge witch hats with orange and black nonpareils hat band.

    Nutella Fudge Witch Hats

    chocolate peanut butter cauldron pops topped with green slime gel and candy bones, eyes, and skulls.

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cauldrons

    Halloween cheese ball witch hat and a breadstick broom served on a purple, black, and white polka dot platter.

    Cheese Ball Witch Hat

    witch cookies filled with candy.

    Witch Cookies

    To see more fun Halloween Treats, check out my Halloween recipes, here.

    Printable Recipe

    This recipe was originally published on October 7, 2015.

    This Halloween you don't have to serve just cookies or just candy, these Candy Filled Cauldron Cookies combine them both. See the tutorial at HungryHappenings.com.
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    Chocolate Cauldron Cookies
    Prep Time
    1 hr 30 mins
    Cook Time
    12 mins
    Total Time
    1 hr 42 mins
     

    These candy filled 3-D Chocolate Cauldron Cookies will be the hit at your next Halloween party!

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Cookies
    Keyword: cauldron themed dessert, halloween desserts, pinata cookies
    Servings: 22
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 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
    • 4 ounces melted and tempered chocolate or melted light cocoa candy melts
    • ½ cup light green and white sugar pearls (large non-pareils)
    • 4 colored (red/yellow/orange) fruit rolls (thin fruit leather rolls), or colored modeling chocolate
    Instructions
    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 bowl.

    5. Stir into the wet ingredients and mix just until incorporated.

    6. Flatten dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap or place in a zip-top bag. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

    7. Remove dough from the refrigerator.

    8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

    9. Roll dough out to 1/16 - ⅛ inch thickness.

    10. Cut out 22 cauldrons using a 2 ¼-inch cauldron cookie cutter.

    11. Set on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.

    12. Bake cauldron cookies for 10-12 minutes until the edges are set.

    13. Roll out the remaining dough to 1/16th of an inch.

    14. Cut out 22 circles using 2 ½ inch round cookie cutters.

    15. Set rounds of dough over the tops of a cake ball pan.

    16. Pop pan in the freezer for 15 minutes.

    17. Bake the domed circle cookies for 7-9 minutes until the edges are set.

    18. Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.

    19. Fill domed cookies with Halloween candy sprinkles and candy eyes then brush melted candy melts around the rim and press a cauldron cookie over top.

    20. Brush melted candy melts over the top rim of the cauldron then, sprinkle green sugar pearls over top.

    21. Cut orange, red, and yellow fruit rolls (or modeling chocolate) into flames and attach them to the bottom.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Brenda says

      October 09, 2015 at 1:19 am

      Love these! You are so talented! Have a great week 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 09, 2015 at 9:24 am

        Thanks so much:) I hope you have a wonderful week too.

        Reply
    2. lisa@hooplapalooza says

      October 08, 2015 at 8:32 pm

      alright alright! could you stop being so amazing already!?!? sheesh! :>O

      LOL-i LIVE for your posts! :>D

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 08, 2015 at 8:48 pm

        You are too sweet! I'm happy to know someone lives for my posts. I am always so excited to create projects for my blog:)

        Reply
    3. krystal says

      October 08, 2015 at 11:12 am

      Incredible (as usual) thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 08, 2015 at 11:32 am

        I'm happy to share and even happier you've stopped by to check out my cookies.

        Reply
    4. The Partiologist says

      October 08, 2015 at 9:37 am

      What a hit these will be at your party - I love how the ingredients spill out of the cauldron when cracked open!!!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 08, 2015 at 11:01 am

        I do hope my party guests like them! Thanks, Kim:)

        Reply
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