These candy filled 3-D Chocolate Cauldron Cookies will be the hit at your next Halloween party!
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar.
Cream until light and fluffy.
Mix in eggs and vanilla.
Combine cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and flour in a small bowl.
Stir into the wet ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
Flatten dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap or place in a zip-top bag. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Remove dough from the refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Roll dough out to 1/16 - ⅛ inch thickness.
Cut out 22 cauldrons using a 2 ¼-inch cauldron cookie cutter.
Set on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake cauldron cookies for 10-12 minutes until the edges are set.
Roll out the remaining dough to 1/16th of an inch.
Cut out 22 circles using 2 ½ inch round cookie cutters.
Set rounds of dough over the tops of a cake ball pan.
Pop pan in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Bake the domed circle cookies for 7-9 minutes until the edges are set.
Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
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.
Brush melted candy melts over the top rim of the cauldron then, sprinkle green sugar pearls over top.
Cut orange, red, and yellow fruit rolls (or modeling chocolate) into flames and attach them to the bottom.
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