Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies (5 Ingredients!)
These easy Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies are rich, fudgy cake mix cookies loaded with candy and sprinkles, and you only need 5 ingredients!
Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies
These Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies are loaded with everything you want in a Halloween treat: rich chocolate flavor, colorful candy, and plenty of festive sprinkles. Using chocolate cake mix as the base gives the cookies a soft, fudgy texture while keeping the recipe incredibly simple. In fact, you only need 5 ingredients to make the whole batch!
The candy and sprinkles give every cookie a slightly different monster-inspired look, so there’s no complicated decorating required. They’re quick enough to whip up for a Halloween movie night but colorful and festive enough for a party or Halloween dessert table. Plus, they’re an easy recipe for kids to help make, especially when it’s time to pile on the candy and sprinkles!
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Ingredients
- Chocolate cake mix (13.25oz box)
- Oil
- Large eggs
- Halloween Baking Confetti mix (or you can use a mix of M&M’s and sprinkles)
- Candy eyeballs
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Instructions
To Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Make the Cookie Dough – In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, oil, and eggs until combined. Fold in the Halloween confetti baking mix.
- Bake – Portion out the cookie dough using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, placing them two inches apart on the prepared pan. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
- Decorate – Remove the cookies from the oven and when they have cooled just enough to handle, immediately press 2-3 candy eyes on each one.
- Cool – Allow to cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Prep Tips
- Cake Mix – You can make these with any flavor of cake mix you prefer. This recipe is formulated for a 13.25 oz box of cake mix and uses 1/3 cup vegetable oil. If you use 15.25 oz box of cake mix, you will need to increase the amount of oil to 1/2 cup.
- Decorating – The Halloween baking confetti that was used in this recipe was purchased at Walmart. You can alternatively make your own mix using Halloween M&M’s and sprinkles.
- Dough Tip – For thicker cookies, chill the dough for 20-30 minutes in fridge before baking.
More Halloween Cookie Recipes To Try:
- Hocus Pocus Halloween Cookies (filled with witches brew frosting)
- Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
- Splatter Halloween Cookies
- Nutter Butter Halloween Cookies
- Halloween Monster Cookie Bars
- Halloween Spider Cookies
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Chocolate Halloween Monster Cookies (5 Ingredients!)
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Mixing bowls
- 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix 13.25oz box
- 1/3 cup oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Halloween Baking Confetti mix or you can use a mix of M&M’s and sprinkles
- Candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, oil, and eggs until combined.
- Fold in the Halloween confetti baking mix (or sprinkles, candy, etc.)
- Portion out the cookie dough using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, placing them two inches apart on the prepared pan.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and when they have cooled just enough to handle, immediately press 2-3 candy eyes on each one.
- Allow to cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
- Cake Mix: This recipe uses a 13.25-oz cake mix with 1/3 cup oil. For a 15.25-oz box, increase the oil to 1/2 cup. Any cake mix flavor will work.
- Decorating: Use Halloween baking confetti, or make your own mix with Halloween M&M’s and sprinkles.
- Dough Tip: For thicker cookies, chill the dough for 20–30 minutes before baking.
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