Halloween Bat Cookies
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These festive chocolate bat cookies are the perfect adorable Halloween treat. A simple chocolate sugar cookie made into a sandwich with a light and fluffy peanut butter filling. The kids will be asking for seconds.
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Ingredients
Bat Cookies
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon food grade activated charcoal or black food coloring gel, if desired
Peanut Butter Filling
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons maple extract or maple syrup
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Instructions
- Get out and measure all of your ingredients. Preheat to 375 degrees, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together butter and sugar for 30 seconds with an electric mixer.
- Add in vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and egg. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together, baking soda, cocoa powder, and flour. Stir until blended.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet. Add drops of black food coloring gel or a heaping tablespoon of activated charcoal at this point to get black bats.
- Mix with a spoon until combined.
- Add dough to parchment paper and place a piece of parchment paper on top.
- Roll out dough with rolling pin. You will want the dough to be 1⁄4" thick.
- Cut out dough with bat cookie cutter and place on lined cookie sheet.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes.
- While the cookies are baking, mix together peanut butter, powdered sugar, heavy cream and maple extract in a medium bowl.
- You can add an extra tablespoon of heavy cream until you have reached a creamy smooth texture.
- Remove cookies and place on rack to cool.
- Spread peanut butter filling to one side of a cooled cookie. Make a sandwich by adding another cookie on top.
- Continue until all cookies have filling inside them.
- Add a tiny drop of filing and place edible googly eyes on top, if desired.
- Serve and enjoy every bite!
Notes
- Black food coloring gel is better than plain black food coloring because it makes a deeper black color.
- Find bat cookie cutters online. You can also find them at most big box stores.
- Be sure to lift your cookie cutter straight up without twisting to keep your bat shape intact. You don't want to damage your bat wings.
- Are your bat cookies are browning too fast? Cover them with foil for the remainder of the baking time.
- Be sure your baking soda is fresh. Old baking soda loses its ability to make baked goods rise, which results in a flat cookie.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
317kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
58g
(19%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
0.002g
Cholesterol
21mg
(7%)
Sodium
253mg
(11%)
Potassium
162mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
38g
(76%)
Vitamin A
94IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.02mg
(0%)
Calcium
30mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12sandwich cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 317 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 317kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 58g | 19% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.002g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 253mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 162mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 38g | 76% |
| Vitamin A | 94IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.02mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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