Wacky Monster Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

The best part about these adorable Halloween monster cookies? They’re easy to make and come together with just a few simple ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need: 

Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough: This convenient refrigerated cookie dough lets you bake up delicious cookies in minutes. Bonus: it’s safe to eat uncooked, so it’s okay if your kids sneak a bite or two when you unwrap it. 

Flour: Our secret ingredient! We knead a little extra flour into the cookie dough to make it sturdier, to help the cookies hold their monster shapes while baking. 

Other Ingredients: All that’s left is the fun part—the decorations! Start with a container of vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting, then start creating your monster faces with neon gel food colors, rope licorice, candy eyes, marshmallows, candy corn…whatever your heart desires! 

How to Make Wacky Monster Cookies

Making these wacky monster sugar cookies is a fun, creative way to bake with kids and get in the Halloween spirit. Here’s how to make it (and check out the full recipe below!). 

1. Prepare the Dough 

Start with a roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough and mix in a bit of flour until it’s easy to handle. One word of caution: while our refrigerated sugar cookie dough itself is safe to eat raw, once you mix in the flour you should hold off nibbling until the cookies are baked, as raw flour can be a potential source of foodborne illness until it’s fully cooked. 

2. Cut Out the Cookie Shapes 

Roll out the dough and cut it into simple shapes like circles, squares, or triangles—there’s no need to run out and buy special cookie cutters. These shapes become your monster canvases! 

3. Bake the Cookies 

Bake your cutouts on an ungreased cookie sheet for 11 to 13 minutes, until they’re just starting to brown, then let them cool completely. 

4. Decorate the Cookies 

Then the real fun begins: divide frosting into bowls, tint with bold food coloring, and decorate with wild eyes, zigzag mouths, and anything else your monster-loving heart desires. No rules—just lots of color and personality! 

Storing and Reheating

These wacky monster sugar cookies are perfect for making ahead of time and bringing to parties! Here’s how to keep them freshest. 

Room Temp 

You can store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature, layered between sheets of waxed paper or parchment paper, for up to 5 days—if they last that long! Our tip: wait for the frosting and decorations to harden before gently overlapping or stacking the cookies to fit into your container if needed.  

Freezer 

If you’d like to save these spooky cookies for later, you can pop them in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 3 months.  

Thawing 

When you’re ready to eat the cookies, thaw them at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours before eating.