Description
These Halloween Chocolate Cookies are rich, dark, and perfect for spooky celebrations. Made with black cocoa powder for an intense black color, these cookies are soft, chewy, and decorated with bright orange M&Ms to add festive flair. They are simple to prepare, baked to perfection in just 13 minutes, and perfect for Halloween parties or a fun seasonal treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (180g) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (20g) black cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (99g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (107g) brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Decorations
- Orange M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350ºF to get it ready for baking the cookies.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine the all purpose flour, black cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until well blended.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a separate bowl, use a mixer on low speed to cream the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until smooth and fluffy.
- Add Egg and Vanilla: Beat in the egg and vanilla extract on low speed until fully combined with the butter mixture.
- Combine Wet and Dry: Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing on low speed or by hand just until combined, careful not to overmix.
- Shape Cookies: Use a cookie scoop to portion the dough into balls and place them on a silicone mat lined baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
- Add M&Ms: Press orange M&Ms onto the surface of each dough ball generously, pressing more for fuller coverage.
- Bake: Bake one tray at a time for 13 minutes until cookies are set. If there are bare spots without M&Ms, gently press more onto cookies immediately after baking.
- Cool: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Black cocoa powder gives the cookies their deep dark color; if unavailable, natural unsweetened cocoa powder can be used but the color will be lighter.
- Adding black gel food coloring can help achieve a darker color if natural cocoa is used instead of black cocoa powder.
- Space cookies 3 inches apart on the baking sheet to prevent spreading and sticking.
- Baking one sheet at a time helps ensure even cooking and proper texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
