What are the 5 ingredient magic cookies?

Magic cookies often use five simple ingredients such as sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts, and graham cracker crumbs. Recipes vary, but they typically come together quickly with very little prep.

What's the secret to chocolate chip cookies?

The secret is balancing ingredients and chilling the dough. For these Easy Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies, chilling the dough creates a thicker cookie with a chewy center and better flavor.

How to make 4 ingredient chocolate chip cookies?

Many four ingredient versions use flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate chips. They are simple, although they usually have a different texture than traditional cookies.

How to make chocolate chip cookies fancy?

Add festive decorations, premium chocolate, flavored extracts, or decorative toppings. For Halloween, candy eyes and colorful sprinkles instantly make them look special.

Easy Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies

Description

Easy Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, buttery cookies filled with chocolate chips, festive sprinkles, and optional candy eyes. They are fun, simple, and perfect for Halloween parties, school treats, or cozy October baking.

Ingredients

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1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/3 cup granulated sugar (67 g)

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (100 g)

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled (186 g)

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

1/2 to 3/4 cup Halloween sprinkles

Candy eyes, optional

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Instructions

1. Mix melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until smooth.

2. Stir in the egg and vanilla extract.

3. Add flour, salt, and baking soda, then mix just until combined. Do not overmix.

4. Fold in the chocolate chips and Halloween sprinkles.

5. Scoop dough into 2-tablespoon portions onto a parchment-lined tray.

6. Cover and refrigerate for 1.5 to 2 hours, or up to 24 hours.

7. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

8. Arrange chilled dough balls on a lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

9. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until the edges turn golden.

10. Immediately press candy eyes into the warm cookies if using.

11. Let cookies cool before serving.

Notes

Measure flour by spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling it off.

A cookie scoop helps create evenly sized cookies.

Chill the dough for at least 1.5 to 2 hours for the best texture and to reduce spreading.

The dough can be prepared up to 24 hours ahead.

This recipe makes about 18 to 20 cookies and can be doubled.

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 to 5 days.

Freeze baked or unbaked cookies for 2 to 3 months.

If using salted butter, reduce added salt to 1/4 teaspoon.

Dark brown sugar can replace light brown sugar.

Chocolate chips can be replaced with dark, milk, white chocolate, chopped chocolate, or Halloween M&Ms.

Frozen dough can be baked directly from frozen by adding about 5 extra minutes.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Category: Dessert
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 cookie
Calories: 219
Sugar: 23 g
Sodium: 111 mg
Fat: 9 g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Unsaturated Fat: 1.3 g
Trans Fat: 0.2 g
Carbohydrates: 32 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 2 g
Cholesterol: 25 mg