What happens when a cookie meets a brownie meets a bunch of M&Ms around October? Halloween brookies with candy, of course! Expect to bite simultaneously into cake and biscuits as the cookie dough is crunchy, while the brownie portion has a soft and cakey texture.
Halloween cookies
I colored the cookie dough with purple food coloring to accentuate the Halloweeny look, which you can omit if you prefer – the brookies will taste just as delicious. For more spooky recipes, have a look at our Bat Bad Biscuits and download the cute cookie envelops we created for the brookies. Happy fright fest!
More cookie and biscuit recipes
Want more scrumptious cookie and biscuit recipes? Of course you do! Click on the links below for sweet and crumbly goodness:
- Simple Sugar Cookies
- Meringue Kiss
- Ashley’s Blackberry Macarons
- Oreo Nutella Bites
- Bad Bat Biscuits
- Lemon Shortbread Stars
- Homemade Cookie Butter
- Raspberry Chocolate Whoopie Pies
- Caramel Fudge Biscuits
- Lavender Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Lemon Curd Sandwich Cookies
- Strawberry Rose Meltaways
More from The Rose and The Raven Halloween Collection
Check out the links below for more fun and creative Halloween themed recipes, crafts and printables.
- Learn all about The Rose and The Raven Halloween collection
- Printable Trick-or-Treat Favour Boxes
- Halloween Fudge with Meringue Kisses and Oreos
- Printable Halloween Wall Art
- Giant Two-Toned Paper Flowers
- Raven Cakes Bites
Shelf life and storage
You can store the Halloween brookies with candy in an airtight container for up to two weeks, or freeze to undecorated cookies for 2 months.
Brookies Recipe
What happens when a cookie meets a brownie meets a bunch of M&Ms around October? Halloween brookies with candy, of course! Expect to bite simultaneously into cake and biscuits as the cookie dough is crunchy, while the brownie portion has a soft and cakey texture. If preferred, omit the food coloring and replace the mini M&Ms with chocolate chips or other candy.
Ingredients
For the cookie dough
- 115 g (1/2 cup) shortening, at room temperature
- 100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
- 1 egg white
- 200 g (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp purple gel paste food colouring
- 40 g (1/4 cup) mini M&Ms
For the brownie dough
- 90 g (1/2 cup) shortening, at room temperature
- 100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 60 g (1/2 cup) all-purpose flour, sifted
- 25 g (1/4 cup) unprocessed cocoa, sifted
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
For decorating
- melted white chocolate or candy melts
- purple and black hundreds and thousands (nonpareils)
Instructions
- Prep work. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F / gas mark 4). Line two baking trays (sheets) with greaseproof (wax) paper, baking (parchment) paper or silicone baking mats.
- Mix the cookie dough. In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening and sugar with a hand-held or stand mixer. Add the egg white and food coloring and mix until well blended. Add the flour and baking powder and mix until blended. Fold in the M&Ms and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Make the brownie dough. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat the shortening and sugar until fluffy. Stir in the egg yolk and mix to combine. Add the flour, cocoa, and baking powder and mix to blend.
- Bake the brookies. Take one tablespoon of the cookie dough and half a tablespoon of brownie dough and gently press both doughs into a ball. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking tray (sheet), spacing the 5 cm (2 in) apart. Gently flatten the dough balls. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the tray (sheet) from the oven and let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
- Decorate the brookies. Transfer the melted white chocolate or candy melts into a disposable piping bag. Snip off the very tip of the piping bag and pipe lines on 1/3 third of each brookie. Sprinkle with hundreds and thousands (nonpareils) and allow the chocolate to set before serving or packaging
Notes
Shelf life and storage
You can store the Halloween brookies with candy in an airtight container for up to two weeks, or freeze to undecorated cookies for 2 months.
