No Spread Chocolate Cut Out Cookies

I absolutely love cut out cookies for the holidays! The last longer through the season when you decorate them, which is perfect for gifting. They are great for pretty much any occasion, but there’s no doubt that Christmas is the top spot on the list. I already have two great options for vanilla cutout cookies – my original cutout sugar cookies and my newer soft and chewy cut out cookies. But it was time for some chocolate to change it up! I married the second of those two cut out cookies with my recipe for chocolate sugar cookies that are drop-style and came up with this amazing recipe.

Why You’ll Love These Cookies

• Soft & chewy. This recipe makes thick, tender cookies have that perfect soft and chewy texture. Exactly what I want from any sugar cookie.
• Quick & easy. The dough takes just a few minutes to prepare and they bake up in 8-12 minutes. I do recommend at least an hour of chill time, to make the cookie dough easier to roll and cut, or you can even make the dough up to 3 days in advance.
• Perfect for decorating. I’ve included lots of decorating ideas below and there are endless ways to decorate these cookies. Not to mention decorating them is a fun way to get kids involved in the kitchen!

Why You’ll Love This Cake

Have you ever noticed that cake makes almost everything better? When it comes to fall, this cake definitely makes it even better – and tastier. There are just so many things to love about it. Trust me — this cake has a few steps, but they’re worth it for the end result.

• Super moist chocolate cake. This cake starts out with my favorite moist chocolate cake. It’s the most tender, delicious chocolate cake ever, and it stays moist for daaaaaays. No joke.
• Creamy pumpkin cheesecake. The pumpkin cheesecake rocks. It’s the same as my classic pumpkin cheesecake, without a crust. You’ll bake it in a simple water bath to make a rich and creamy, pumpkin spiced layer for the center of the cake.
• Whipped chocolate cream cheese frosting. It doesn’t get any better than this frosting! It’s made with cream cheese and whipped cream so it pairs beautifully with the cheesecake and has a light, fluffy texture. So tasty!
• Easier than it looks. Seriously, while the directions might look complicated at first glance, this cake really isn’t that hard to make. The cake and cheesecake layers are nice and solid, so they stack easily without the use of a springform pan. Just stack them with thin layers of frosting to hold them together. Easy peasy!

Why You’ll Love This Candy Corn Cookie Cake

Candy corn is one of the many fun flavors of fall that I look forward to every year. It’s tasty and festive and this cookie cake is full of them! Here are a few more reasons to love this cookie cake.

• Rich chocolate cookie cake. The cookie cake itself is made of a moist, chewy and chocolatey cookie. It’s also filled with chocolate chips!
• Easy to make. If you’re looking for a fun treat to make with the kids or just a quick sugar fix, this is the cookie cake for you! It’s made with basic pantry ingredients and ready in less than an hour.
• Festive. This cookie cake literally screams Halloween. There’s a fantastic contrast between the almost black cookie and the classic colors of candy corn. It’s the perfect cake for Halloween gatherings!

There’s nothing like a spooky-good Halloween treat to make your celebration extra special. This list of 13 easy Halloween recipes includes cookies, no-bake treats, cakes and more. So many fun options for one of the most fun holidays of the year.

13 Spooky Halloween Recipes

Ready to get started? Here are 13 of my favorite Halloween treats to try:

Halloween Monster Cookies

These EYE-catching Halloween monster cookies are super soft and chewy. Kids and grown ups alike will find them monstrously fun with their vibrant colors, M&Ms and wacky eyeball sprinkles.

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Easy Mummy Rice Krispie Treats

These Mummy Rice Krispie Treats are such a fun Halloween party food idea! Made with only three ingredients, they’re the perfect easy recipe for Halloween parties.

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Bat Oreo Cookie Balls

These Bat Oreo Cookie Balls are the perfect Halloween food idea for your next party! Learn how to make this fun & simple recipe with only a handful of ingredients!

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Dirt Cake

This Dirt Cake is a moist chocolate cake filled with frosting that’s loaded with Oreos and layered with more Oreo crumbs! It’s even got gummy worms between the cake layers for a cake that’s creepy-crawly and perfect for Halloween!

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Spooky Halloween Marble Cake

This is the perfect Spooky Halloween Marble Cake for your Halloween parties! The red and black marble cake is decorated with drippy red “blood” with bloody bones and bloody eyeball sprinkles!

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Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes

These Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes are easy to make and such a fun Halloween dessert! If you’re looking for Halloween party food ideas, these are perfect for sharing.

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Dirt and Worms Puppy Chow

This Dirt and Worms Puppy Chow is a no bake dessert recipe that makes a creepy-crawly Halloween treat. It’s easy to make and filled with crushed Oreo ‘dirt’ and gummy worms!

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Pumpkin Cupcakes

These ultra-moist and fluffy Pumpkin Cupcakes are loaded with warming spices and topped with a generous helping of melt-in-your-mouth cream cheese frosting. Garnished with pumpkin candies, they are the perfect dessert for your next Halloween or Thanksgiving bash.

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Dirt Cookie Cups

Chewy chocolate cookies, velvety chocolate buttercream, finely crushed Oreos and fruity gummy worms make these Dirt Cookie Cups a Halloween sensation! They’re super easy to make and fun to decorate.

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Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

This Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake is perfect for a Halloween party or for baking with your kids. It’s easy to make, festive, and full of rich chocolate & chewy candy corn!

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Spiderweb Chocolate Tart

This Spiderweb Chocolate Tart is such a fun dessert for Halloween, and it’s delightfully chocolatey! This spooky season treat is easy to make with no oven needed!

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Spiderweb Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting

This Spiderweb-topped Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting is awesome chocolate cake recipe for Halloween! The cake alone is actually perfect for any time – super moist and delicious – but the fun decorations are perfect for a spook-tacular Halloween!

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Candy Corn Icebox Cake

This Candy Corn Icebox Cake is such a fun, cute and tasty Halloween dessert idea! It’s completely no bake, and it’s full of delicious vanilla and buttery shortbread!

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Fun Halloween Monster Cookies

It doesn’t get much more fun than these Halloween monster cookies. Kids absolutely love the monster faces! And this recipe starts with my super popular and well-loved sugar cookie recipe, so you know they’re as tasty as they are fun. The classic cookie recipe gets a Halloween glow up with the addition of bright Halloween colors. You can use any colors you like or even mix all 3 colors into each cookie. I really liked the way the purple, orange and green cookies popped on my serving tray. That’s the beauty of this easy recipe — there are so many ways to make the monster cookies your own and customize them however you’d like for Halloween.

I did a mix of cookies with and without the sanding sugar on the outside. I like the way the sanding sugar looks, but I found that the eyeballs and M&Ms stick better without it. The choice to use sanding sugar is all yours. Don’t get me wrong, they stuck to the ones with sanding sugar, just not as well. If you use the sanding sugar, just be sure to press the eyeballs and M&Ms into the cookie a little more.

The best part of these cookies is that they are super soft and chewy. They will retain their amazing texture and taste for days on end. You could eat one of these super fun Halloween cookies 4-5 days after baking them and feel like you just pulled it from the cooling rack. It’s glorious!