Everyone is so excited about Hocus Pocus 2, and these easy and delicious Hocus Pocus cookies are the perfect snacks to enjoy with the movie! Feel free to enjoy these with the original Hocus Pocus movie too, or any of your favorite Halloween films. Soft, cakelike Halloween cookies with a ton of festive sprinkles and white chocolate chips are perfect for a classic Halloween party, a scary movie viewing, or just a fun family activity for an October afternoon. Looking for more fun and spooky cookie recipes? We have some great Halloween sweet treats for you to try, like orange and black Halloween Pinwheel Cookies and Ghost Marshmallow Popcorn Balls. For your favorite trick-or-treaters, serve sweet and salty Monster Halloween Snack Mix. When you’re done here, head over to the Halloween Section of my other site, Fun Cookie Recipes! There are many more Haloween Cookie Recipes there for you to make.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Ingredients In Hocus Pocus Cookies
Here’s what you need to make these brightly colored Halloween-themed sugar cookies: Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Butter, Sugar, Eggs – The basic building blocks of most cookie recipes. Let the butter and eggs come to room temperature before mixing up the cookie dough. Flour, Salt, Baking Soda, and Cornstarch – The dry ingredients for these cookies include cornstarch, which is the secret ingredient for making soft, fluffy sugar cookies. Vanilla Extract – Use good pure vanilla extract to make the cookies taste delicious!Gel Food Coloring – I like the Wilton brand gel food colors for getting deep, bright colors. Look for Neon colors to make the colors really pop. Liquid food coloring can be used, but you will need to use quite a bit of it to get the colors you want. Halloween Sprinkles – I found these at my local grocery store, but you can use any red, green, and orange sprinkles that you find. These sprinkles come with little candy eyes too! I also used coarse sugar sprinkles to give a shimmery effect. White Chocolate Chips – I like the extra sweetness that these add to the sugar cookies.
How To Make Hocus Pocus Cookies
Once the dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
Recipe Tips
Try a Different Flavor – Replace the vanilla extract with other extracts such as lemon, almond, or coconut to get new and exciting flavors. Don’t Skip Chilling the Dough – The cookies will spread too much if the dough is warm. Give the cookies space on the baking sheet. A good rule of thumb is to space them two to three inches apart so that they have room to spread.
Storing Tips
Store baked Hocus Pocus cookies in an airtight container. You can keep them at room temperature or in the fridge. Either way, try to eat them within three days. Make the Dough up to 3 days ahead of time. Keep it refrigerated until you’re ready to bake.
More Delicious Fall Desserts
Once Halloween is over, you’ll want to keep on baking and serving delicious autumn desserts, and maybe you’ll want a bit fewer bright colors and fun themes. Try some of these new recipes that are sure to become favorites:
No Bake Pumpkin PiePumpkin Spice FudgePecan Pie CheesecakePear Crisp
Hocus Pocus Cookies are going to be a big hit this year, and for many Halloween nights to come! Make sure you pin the recipe so more people can find it. © Little Sunny Kitchen
