Halloween Oreo cookies made with a black cocoa cookie, Oreo cream cheese frosting, and a graveyard scene on top with cookie crumb dirt, a tombstone, and bone sprinkles.
Baking with black cocoa powder is a great way to get black-colored cookies or frosting. Believe it or not, it’s not dark chocolate. Its flavor is actually mild and gives a cookies-and-cream taste. Think of Oreo cookies and how their wafers are almost black. It gives a delicious flavor that’s unlike any other chocolate.
In this recipe, I used the black cocoa powder just in the cookie base and not the frosting. I wanted to give the frosting more of a dirt-brown color to mimic a gravesite. The frosting has its own cookies-and-cream flavor by adding actual Oreos in it.
To make the gravesite, I also sprinkled Oreo cookie crumbs on top to look like dirt. Then added an edible tombstone sprinkle and edible skeleton bone sprinkles.
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter
- Light Brown Sugar
- Granulated White Sugar
- Large Egg
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Black Cocoa Powder
- Cornstarch
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Cream Cheese
- Powdered Sugar
- Double-Stuffed Oreo Cookies
- Halloween Tombstone Sprinkles
- Bone Sprinkles
How to Make Halloween Oreo Cookies
Oreo Drop Cookies
- In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Beat in egg and vanilla until fully combined.
- Add flour, black cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- Using a 1.5-tablespoon cookie scoop, add mounds of dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Place the baking sheet directly from the fridge into the oven. Bake 10-12 minutes, until edges are set, but centers still look slightly underbaked. Cool on pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting
- Separate the filling and wafers from 8 Oreos. Add the cream filling to the mixing bowl.
- Crush the Oreo cookie wafers in a food processor until fine crumbs. Set aside.
- Beat butter and cream cheese with the Oreo filling until fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add vanilla, then powdered sugar, Oreo crumbs, and salt. Beat until fluffy again.
- Once cookies are fully cool, use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or a spoon to add a dollop of frosting to the top of each cookie.
Topping
- Sprinkle crushed Oreo crumbs over frosting to look like dirt, pressing lightly. Press a tombstone and bone sprinkles into the crumbs while frosting is still soft.
FAQ
Yes. Chilling the dough for at least 1 hour helps prevent spreading and creates thicker, softer cookies.
Store the frosted cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Decorate with Halloween sprinkles, candy eyeballs, crushed Oreos, or mini candy corn.
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Halloween Oreo Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
Oreo Drop Cookies
- 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter softened
- ½ cup Light Brown Sugar packed
- 3 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- 1½ teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup + 6 tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Black Cocoa Powder
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting
- 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter softened
- 3 tablespoons Cream Cheese softened
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 pinch Salt
- 8 Double-Stuffed Oreo Cookies
Topping
- 2-3 Finely-Crushed Oreo Cookie Wafers filling removed
- Halloween Tombstone Sprinkles
- Bone Sprinkles
Instructions
Oreo Drop Cookies
- In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Beat in egg and vanilla until fully combined.
- Add flour, black cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- Using a 1.5-tablespoon cookie scoop, add mounds of dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Place the baking sheet directly from the fridge into the oven. Bake 10-12 minutes, until edges are set, but centers still look slightly underbaked. Cool on pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting
- Separate the filling and wafers from 8 Oreos. Add the cream filling to the mixing bowl.
- Crush the Oreo cookie wafers in a food processor until fine crumbs. Set aside.
- Beat butter and cream cheese with the Oreo filling until fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add vanilla, then powdered sugar, Oreo crumbs, and salt. Beat until fluffy again.
- Once cookies are fully cool, use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or a spoon to add a dollop of frosting to the top of each cookie.
Topping
- Sprinkle crushed Oreo crumbs over frosting to look like dirt, pressing lightly. Press a tombstone and bone sprinkles into the crumbs while the frosting is still soft.
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