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Cauldron Cookies

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These cauldron cookies are a spooky Halloween treat made with fudgy chocolate cookie cups filled with green buttercream ‘potion’ and topped with festive sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and pretzel stir sticks. Fun to decorate and perfect for parties, they bring a playful touch of magic to any Halloween dessert table.

Ingredients

  • For the cookie cups:
  • 1 box Devil’s Food cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • Black food coloring (optional, for deeper cauldron look)
  • For the buttercream filling:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1–2 tablespoons milk
  • Green food coloring
  • For decoration:
  • Round green sprinkles
  • Halloween sprinkles (skulls, bones, bats, etc.)
  • Candy eyeballs
  • Pretzel sticks

Instructions

  1. Make the cookie cups: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease mini muffin pans. Mix cake mix, eggs, oil, and optional black food coloring until combined. Scoop about 1/2 tablespoon dough into each muffin cup and flatten slightly. Bake 8–10 minutes.
  2. Shape and cool: Immediately press a 1-tablespoon measuring spoon into the center of each cookie to form an indentation. Let cool completely in pan before transferring to a rack.
  3. Make the buttercream: Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and milk until smooth. Tint green with food coloring.
  4. Decorate: Pipe buttercream into cooled cookie cups. Top with green sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and Halloween sprinkles. Add a pretzel stick as a stirring spoon.

Notes

  • Color variations: Tint buttercream purple or orange for different potion looks.
  • Glossy effect: Use green-tinted white chocolate ganache instead of buttercream.
  • Shortcut: Use store-bought frosting dyed green.
  • Darker cauldrons: Sprinkle crushed Oreos on top for a smoky look.

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