Witch Hat Cookies
Happy Halloween! I made these cookies for the trick-or-treaters at Ben’s office. I thought they would be more fun than little bags of candy, and too cute for words. I also thought they would be quick and easy. Cute, yes. Quick and easy, kinda.
This Halloween treat can be made in a day, but I spread the preparation out over 3 days.
Day 1: Bake chocolate sugar cookies.
Day 2: Brush ice cream cones with chocolate and let set.
Day 3: Assemble & decorate hats.
My original plan was to make royal icing to decorate the hats, but as the deadline approached and a stack of about 100 papers needed grading, I broke down and bought tubes of Wilton icing in orange, black, green and purple. As I completed the last hat I was very thankful that I’d made this adjustment. Sometimes you just have to take shortcuts.
The Wilton icing tubes are pretty great. You simply attach Wilton decorating tips and get creative. It’s easy to switch out tips and the colors are nice and vibrant. It’s often hard to achieve really vibrant color when you color your own icing, so this saves time and the stress of making the perfect color you’re looking for.
Witch Hat Cookies
- 24 chocolate sugar cookies
- 24 sugar ice cream cones
- 1 package chocolate candy coating
- 2 large bags M&M’s
- Various icings, sprinkles, decorations, etc.
- Melt chocolate coating according to package instructions.
- Use a pastry brush to coat all the cones with chocolate. I found it easiest to place a few fingers in the cone to hold it while I brushed on the chocolate. Stand up on parchment paper and let set.
- Fill the ice cream cone with your choice of candies. Candy corn, M&M’s, Skittles, whatever.
- Use some of the frosting to pipe around the base of the ice cream cone. Top with the cookie and flip over to set.
- Decorate as desired.
These are a fun treat and would make a fun party favor. Happy Halloween!
Jan G
November 3, 2009 @ 6:46 pm
Carrie! Hi there! Love reading your blog!
This is random but I saw in Southern Living this month that the Donut Stop in Amarillo was featured. It looks really cool and the donuts look delicious! I was just curious if you had ever been there and if it was worthy of the great press they received in the mag?
Keep up the creative cooking and blogging! It is very inspiring!
Jan
CarrieZ
November 8, 2009 @ 9:52 am
I have been to Donut Stop, and their donuts are good. Better than Krispy Kreme, but not as good as Round Rock Donuts…if you ever find yourself there you have to try them! Hope all is well with the new little girl! She is adorable.
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