Kylie Jenner Baked Halloween Cookies With Stormi and Aire: 13 Spooky Cookies to Decorate With Your Kids This Weekend

Halloween cookies just got a celebrity seal of approval, because Kylie Jenner spent an afternoon baking them with her daughter Stormi and her son Aire. She shared the moment in a short YouTube video called “Halloween Cookies with Stormi and Aire,” and it has already passed millions of views. There was no fancy set and no big production, just a mom, two kids, icing and a lot of sprinkles. That is exactly why it hit home. Every parent knows the happy mess of a cookie decorating day, with frosting on the counter and more candy eyes eaten than used. So we pulled together 13 spooky cookies you can bake and decorate with your own little helpers this weekend, from royal icing ghosts to black cat chocolate cookies. Pick a few, clear the table and tell us which one your kids grab first..

Kylie Jenner’s Halloween Cookies Day With Stormi and Aire

In her video Halloween Cookies with Stormi and Aire, Kylie Jenner keeps things simple and sweet. It is a short clip, but it shows what every parent already knows: kids do not care if the cookies look perfect. They care about the sprinkles, the icing and the fact that you sat down to do it with them. Stormi was born in 2018 and Aire in 2022, so this is the age when baking together turns into a family tradition. Start your own with an easy tray of decorated Halloween cookies..

You will need: 1 batch of sugar cookie dough, royal icing in white, orange, green and black, candy eyes, Halloween sprinkles, piping bags, a large baking tray.

How to make it: 1. Bake a mix of pumpkins, ghosts and round cookies the day before so they are fully cool. 2. Put the icing and sprinkles in small bowls in the middle of the table. 3. Give each child a few cookies and a piping bag. 4. Let the icing set for 1 to 2 hours before stacking.

Cut-Out Sugar Cookies That Hold Their Shape

Every great batch of Halloween cookies starts with a dough that does not spread. Nothing breaks a little heart faster than a bat that comes out of the oven looking like a blob. The secret is a dough with no baking powder, a good chill and a hot oven. Roll it between two sheets of parchment so you do not add extra flour, cut out pumpkins, ghosts, cats and moons, then chill the cut shapes again for 10 minutes. The edges stay sharp and give the kids a clean canvas for icing.

You will need: 3 cups flour, 1 cup softened butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp salt, Halloween cookie cutters, parchment paper.

How to make it: 1. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg and vanilla. 2. Mix in the flour and salt until a soft dough forms. 3. Roll it 1/4 inch thick between parchment and chill for 30 minutes. 4. Cut out shapes, chill them for 10 minutes and bake at 350°F for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are barely golden. 5. Cool completely before decorating.

Royal Icing Ghost Halloween Cookies

Ghosts are the easiest Halloween cookies for small hands, because they are supposed to look a little wobbly. Outline each cookie with thick white royal icing, then flood the middle with thinner icing and let the kids nudge it into the corners with a toothpick. Two dots of black icing for eyes and an oval for a mouth turn every one into a character. Some look surprised, some look sleepy, and that is half the fun. A pinch of sparkling sugar on the wet icing gives them a frosty glow.

You will need: Ghost shaped sugar cookies, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tbsp meringue powder, 3 to 4 tbsp water, black gel food coloring, sparkling sugar.

How to make it: 1. Beat the powdered sugar, meringue powder and water until stiff peaks form. 2. Thin half of the icing with a few drops of water for flooding. 3. Outline each ghost with thick icing, then flood the center. 4. Add black eyes and mouths while the icing is wet. 5. Let the cookies set for 4 hours or overnight.

Spider Web Halloween Cookies

This is the trick that makes kids gasp. Pipe white icing circles on a chocolate cookie, drag a toothpick from the center to the edge, and a spider web appears like magic. It works with royal icing, melted white chocolate or a thick vanilla glaze. Bake the cookies soft and fudgy with dark cocoa so the white web really pops. Older kids can pipe a tiny black spider with dots and lines, while little ones can simply press a candy spider on top.

You will need: 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, white icing, black icing.

How to make it: 1. Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the egg and vanilla, then mix in the flour, cocoa and baking soda. 2. Scoop into balls and flatten slightly. 3. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes and cool. 4. Pipe 3 or 4 white circles on each cookie. 5. Drag a toothpick from the center outward 8 times and add a small black spider.

Candy Eyeball Monster Cookies

If your kids love goofy faces, these monster cookies will be the hit of the weekend. Split one batch of soft vanilla dough into three bowls and tint it green, purple and orange. Roll the dough into balls, press in a few candy coated chocolates, then push in as many candy eyes as your monsters need right after baking, while the cookies are still warm. One eye, five eyes, who is counting? Every cookie comes out different, and kids can name each monster before they eat it.

You will need: 2 1/4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tsp vanilla, green, purple and orange gel coloring, candy coated chocolates, candy eyes.

How to make it: 1. Cream the butter and both sugars, then beat in the eggs and vanilla. 2. Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt. 3. Divide the dough into three bowls and tint each one. 4. Scoop balls, press in a few candies and bake at 350°F for 10 to 11 minutes. 5. Press candy eyes into the warm cookies right away.

Mummy Cookies Wrapped in White Icing

Mummy Halloween cookies are forgiving, which makes them perfect for younger decorators. There is no wrong way to wrap a mummy. Use rectangles or gingerbread people, add two candy eyes first, then zigzag white icing back and forth across the cookie in messy stripes, leaving a little gap for the eyes to peek through. Spiced gingerbread or brown sugar dough gives a lovely contrast with the white bandages. Kids usually want to wrap one for every member of the family, including the dog.

You will need: Gingerbread or brown sugar cookies cut into rectangles or people shapes, white royal icing or thick vanilla glaze, candy eyes, a piping bag with a small round tip.

How to make it: 1. Bake the cookies and let them cool completely. 2. Stick two candy eyes near the top of each cookie with a dot of icing. 3. Pipe crisscross stripes over the whole cookie, working around the eyes. 4. Let the icing set for about 1 hour before serving.

Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles

Not every cookie on the Halloween tray needs icing. Pumpkin snickerdoodles are soft, puffy and rolled in cinnamon sugar with a pinch of pumpkin pie spice, and they make the whole house smell like fall. Little bakers can handle the rolling job all on their own, which keeps them busy while the first tray bakes. A spoonful of pumpkin puree in the dough keeps them tender for days, so they are great for lunch boxes and class parties too.

You will need: 2 3/4 cups flour, 2 tsp cream of tartar, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 egg, 1/3 cup pumpkin puree, plus 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tbsp cinnamon for rolling.

How to make it: 1. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg and pumpkin. 2. Stir in the dry ingredients and chill the dough for 30 minutes. 3. Roll into balls and coat them in cinnamon sugar. 4. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes. 5. Cool on the tray for 5 minutes before moving.

No-Bake Witch Hat Halloween Cookies

Witch hats are the no-bake hero of this list, so they are great when the oven is already busy. A thin chocolate wafer cookie becomes the brim, a cone shaped chocolate candy becomes the pointy hat, and a ring of orange icing glues them together. A tiny square of yellow icing makes the buckle. Even toddlers can stick the hats on, and the whole tray comes together in about 20 minutes. Make extra, because they disappear fast at parties.

You will need: 24 thin chocolate wafer cookies, 24 cone shaped chocolate candies, orange icing, yellow icing or yellow square sprinkles.

How to make it: 1. Unwrap all the candies. 2. Pipe a small ring of orange icing in the center of each wafer. 3. Press a candy, point up, into the ring. 4. Add a tiny yellow buckle on the orange band. 5. Let the hats set for 30 minutes.

Black Cat Chocolate Cookies

Black cats are a spooky classic, and these chocolate Halloween cookies are almost too cute to eat. Shape a ball of dark cocoa dough, flatten it and pinch two little ears at the top. After baking, add yellow candy eyes, a tiny pink nose and white icing whiskers. Kids love giving every cat its own personality with sleepy eyes or a wink. Use black cocoa powder if you can find it for a deep, dark color that looks like a real black cat.

You will need: 1 3/4 cups flour, 2/3 cup dark or black cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, yellow candies for eyes, pink heart sprinkles, white icing.

How to make it: 1. Make the dough and chill it for 20 minutes. 2. Roll into balls, flatten and pinch two ears at the top of each. 3. Bake at 350°F for 9 to 10 minutes. 4. Attach the eyes and nose with dots of icing. 5. Pipe thin whiskers once the cookies are cool.

Candy Corn Shortbread

These three color shortbread cookies look just like a bowl of candy corn, minus the sugar rush. Press white, orange and yellow layers of buttery dough into a loaf pan, chill it until firm, then slice and cut each slice into triangles. Kids love pressing in the colored layers, and the cookies look bakery perfect with almost no decorating. Shortbread keeps well in a tin for about a week, so this is a smart make-ahead treat for Halloween parties or a school bake sale.

You will need: 2 cups flour, 1 cup softened butter, 2/3 cup powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp salt, orange and yellow gel food coloring, a loaf pan lined with plastic wrap.

How to make it: 1. Beat the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix in the flour and salt. 2. Divide the dough into three parts and tint one orange and one yellow. 3. Press the yellow layer into the pan, then the orange, then the plain one. 4. Chill for 1 hour, slice 1/4 inch thick and cut into triangles. 5. Bake at 325°F for 12 to 14 minutes.

Orange Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint cookies are made for kids, because the best part is pressing your thumb into the dough. Roll the balls in orange sanding sugar for a Halloween sparkle, make a deep well and fill it with apricot jam or orange marmalade. A drizzle of melted dark chocolate over a few of them looks like spooky spider legs. They are buttery, sweet and a little tart, so they balance out all the frosted Halloween cookies on the platter.

You will need: 2 cups flour, 1 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 egg yolks, 1 tsp vanilla, orange sanding sugar, 1/2 cup apricot jam or orange marmalade, 2 oz dark chocolate.

How to make it: 1. Cream the butter and sugar, add the yolks and vanilla, then mix in the flour. 2. Roll 1 inch balls and coat them in orange sugar. 3. Press a deep thumbprint into each one. 4. Fill with jam and bake at 350°F for 12 to 14 minutes. 5. Cool, then drizzle with melted chocolate.

Green Monster Sugar Cookies

Bright green monster faces are always the first cookies to go. Flood a rounded rectangle sugar cookie with lime green icing, then let the kids add black icing hair, candy eyes, a crooked smile with tiny white teeth and a zigzag line of stitches. No two monsters ever look alike, and that is the whole point. If piping hair feels tricky, press chocolate sprinkles into the wet icing instead. They come out silly, spooky and sweet all at once.

You will need: Rounded rectangle sugar cookies, green royal icing, black icing, white icing, candy eyes, chocolate sprinkles (optional).

How to make it: 1. Flood each cookie with green icing and let it set for 30 minutes. 2. Pipe black hair along the top edge. 3. Attach candy eyes with a dot of icing. 4. Pipe a black mouth and add small white teeth. 5. Draw a line of stitches across the forehead.

How to Set Up a Halloween Cookies Decorating Kit for Kids

The real secret to a happy decorating day is the setup. Bake the cookies a day ahead, fill piping bags with icing and close them with clips, and pour sprinkles into a muffin tin so every color has its own cup. Cover the table with parchment for easy cleanup and give each child a small tray. When the decorating is done, keep the fun going with these Halloween treats the kids will beg to help make. The mess is part of the memory.

You will need: 2 to 3 dozen plain baked cookies, 3 or 4 colors of icing in piping bags, bag clips, a muffin tin, sprinkles, candy eyes, parchment paper, small trays, an airtight container.

How to make it: 1. Bake and cool the cookies the day before. 2. Fill the piping bags and clip the ends. 3. Pour sprinkles and candy eyes into the muffin cups. 4. Cover the table with parchment. 5. Let finished cookies dry flat for 4 hours before storing them in a container.