Description
This Halloween Cookie Cake Recipe combines the festive flavors of pumpkin spice with a soft, chewy cookie base, topped with creamy cream cheese frosting tinted with black gel food coloring and decorated with spooky Halloween sprinkles. Perfect for a seasonal dessert that’s both fun and delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Cake
- 1 pouch or box Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix (plus ingredients listed on the box, typically including egg and butter)
Frosting and Decoration
- 1 can cream cheese frosting
- Black gel food coloring
- Halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat and prepare pan: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 9-inch round cake pan with foil and spray it generously with nonstick cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Make cookie dough: Follow the instructions on your pumpkin spice cookie mix box, adding the required ingredients such as egg and butter, and mix until a dough forms.
- Press dough into pan: Evenly press the cookie dough into the prepared 9-inch cake pan, spreading it out to the edges to create an even layer.
- Bake: Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 22-26 minutes, or until the edges are browned and the top is no longer shiny, indicating it’s fully baked but still soft inside.
- Cool cookie cake: Remove from the oven and allow the cookie cake to cool completely in the pan before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting.
- Color and frost: Add black gel food coloring to the can of cream cheese frosting and stir thoroughly until the frosting reaches the desired dark color. Spread the frosting evenly over the cooled cookie cake.
- Decorate: Sprinkle spooky Halloween-themed sprinkles over the frosted cookie cake for a festive finish.
- Storage: Store the decorated cookie cake in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze it for up to one month to keep it fresh.
Notes
- Betty Crocker offers a convenient pouch of pumpkin spice cookie mix which typically requires adding egg and butter. Other pumpkin cookie mixes can be used as well; just be sure to follow the ingredient list that comes with the mix.
- This recipe is great for Halloween parties and can be customized with different colored frostings and sprinkles.
- Using foil to line the pan helps with easier removal of the cookie cake if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/10 of cake)
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
