Surprise Sugar Cookie Stacks

These Halloween surprise sugar cookies stacks will give your a spooky surprise as soon as you bite in! Easy and quick and frightfully fun!

Gimme two snaps if you’re excited for Halloween!! Truth is, I’m giving it three snaps. One,  because it means chocolate, Almond Joys, Kit Kats and mini 3 Mustkateers twenty four seven. Two, because fall is in full swing and I am totally high on the changing colors of the leaves. And three, because it’s my birthday – this year, the Big 2-8! Okay, and four – because of treats like these!!

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Some of your favorite bloggers (and my favorite, too!) have each pitched in spooky, and sinfully simply treats for you today to help get your oozey, gooey, hallowed spirits in gear for Halloween!  Best of all these are a cinch when you’re in a entertaining pinch. You knew that rhyme was way to easy. Be sure to take a peek at all of the hallowed treats for your howl-iday.

Monster Blood and Guts from Lauren's Latest
Monster Blood and Guts from Lauren’s Latest
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Crypt Keeper Crescents from Our Best Bites

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Mini Mummy Pizzas from The Recipe Critic
Cookie Monsters from Sweet Basil
Cookie Monsters from Sweet Basil
Monster Eye Cinnamon Rolls from Sweet Treats and More
Monster Eye Cinnamon Rolls from Sweet Treats and More
Monster Brains from Taste and Tell
Monster Brains from Taste and Tell
Sugar Cookie Surprise Stacks from Wanna Be a Country Cleaver
Sugar Cookie Surprise Stacks from Wanna Be a Country Cleaver

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Surprise Sugar Cookie Stacks

  • Author: Country Cleaver
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 stacks 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

These Halloween surprise sugar cookies stacks will give your a spooky surprise as soon as you bite in! Easy and quick and frightfully fun!

Ingredients

Scale

Cookies::

  • 2 Packages Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough
  • 1 cup Mini M&M candies

Frosting::

  • ½ cup Butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup Shortening
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 5–6 tsp Milk
  • Pinch Salt
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
  • 1 − 3″ Round Cookie Cutter
  • 1 − 1″ Round Cookie Cutter
  • Assorted Food Colorings – Black, Orange, etc.
  • Piping Bags
  • Coupler
  • Cake Tip 1 or 3, 12

Instructions

For Cookies::

  1. Pre-heat oven, slice cookies and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake according to package directions.
  2. Remove cookies from sheet. Cut a 1-inch hole out of every other sugar cookie using the 1-inch round cookie cutter, while still warm.
  3. Remove center and set cookies aside to finish cooling. Discard (or eat) the center cut out of the rest of the cookies.

For Frosting::

  1. In stand mixer or with hand mixer in a large bowl, beat together the butter and shortening until smooth and combined. Add in vanilla extract, pinch of salt and 5 teaspoons of milk.
  2. Slowly mix in powdered sugar and beat until combined and smooth. If the frosting is to thick, add in additional teaspoon of milk so that is a spreadable consistency.
  3. Divide the frosting into small bowls and tint in desired colors. *Note* If the frosting doesn’t immediately turn the desired color after repeated attempts to darken the frosting, let it rest and it will darken as it sets. Place into separate piping bags.

To Assemble ::

  1. For the bottom cookie, use a whole cookie. Pipe around the outer edge of the cookie and top with a cookie ring. Repeat the piping process with another cookie ring.
  2. With two cookie rings attached to a bottom cookie, fill the center well with M&M’s. Pipe a frosting ring around the edge of one full-cookie and place on top to cover the M&M wells. Frost the top cookie as desired.
  3. If making a spider web – Frost the top cookie with white frosting. Use a piping bag with a number 1 or 3 frosting tip and filled with black frosting. Draw five intersecting straight lines on top of the white frosting. Gently make swooping lines between the intersecting lines to create a webbed pattern. Serve immediately.