Chocolate Halloween Cookies

Yummy chocolate frosted cookies with Reese’s® Pieces. Perfect for Halloween.

Original recipe makes 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients

Cookies:
1 cup white sugar
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese’s Pieces®)
Frosting:
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese’s Pieces®), or to taste

PREP

30 mins
COOK

10 mins
READY IN

1 hr 10 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat white sugar and 2/3 cup softened butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in 1/3 cup milk, egg, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Stir flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces. Drop dough, 1 to 2 tablespoons per cookie, onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pans for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Beat 3 tablespoons melted butter and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in confectioners’ sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is fluffy and smooth. Frost cookies and decorate with more candy-coated peanut butter pieces.