Recipe: Witches’ Hats Halloween Cookies

Meghan Splawn
Meghan Splawn
Meghan was the Food Editor for Kitchn's Skills content. She's a master of everyday baking, family cooking, and harnessing good light. Meghan approaches food with an eye towards budgeting — both time and money — and having fun. Meghan has a baking and pastry degree, and spent the first 10 years of her career as part of Alton Brown's culinary team. She co-hosts a weekly podcast about food and family called Didn't I Just Feed You.
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Don't discount the magic of melting chocolate to make a last-minute treat out of cookies and chocolate candy.

Makes24 hats

Prep20 minutes

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Hershey’s Kisses were invented in 1907; how long do you think it took some bright witch to realize that the Kisses plus a cookie made the absolute easiest Halloween treat of all time?

You hardly need a recipe for these classic treats, in which chocolate cookies are transformed into witches’ hats. These cookie-meets-candy cuties are perfect if you need a quick treat for a Halloween party or just something fun to do with your little kids in the days leading up to the spooky day.

(Image credit: Joe Lingeman)

Cookie, Kiss, and a Little Magic

These cookies are absurdly easy and cute. You just need a little “magic glue” to hold the Kiss on top of a (store-bought) cookie.

For magic glue you can use thick premade icing, or melt some white chocolate in the microwave. I like to think of melting chocolate in the microwave as an entryway to engaging young cooks in the kitchen. It takes just a few minutes to melt and color white chocolate chips, and it gives young children the satisfaction of having made something from scratch — even when the other ingredients are store-bought cookies and chocolate Kisses.

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Witches Hat Halloween Cookies

Don't discount the magic of melting chocolate to make a last-minute treat out of cookies and chocolate candy.

Prep time 20 minutes

Makes 24 hats

Nutritional Info

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup

    white chocolate chips

  • 1 to 2 drops

    yellow or purple food coloring (optional)

  • 24

    chocolate covered cookies, such as Fudge Stripes Whoops

  • 24

    Hershey's Kisses, unwrapped

Instructions

  1. Place the white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high, stirring in 30-second intervals, until melted, about 90 seconds. Add the food coloring, if using, to dye the white chocolate yellow or purple.

  2. Arrange the chocolate cookies on a sheet of parchment paper. Dip each Hershey’s Kiss in the white chocolate and attach a Kiss to each cookie. Let the hats set at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

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