chocolate halloween cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• cookies:
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as reese's pieces®)
• frosting:
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as reese's pieces®), or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat white sugar and 2/3 cup softened butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in 1/3 cup milk, egg, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. stir flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces. drop dough, 1 to 2 tablespoons per cookie, a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. allow cookies to cool on pans for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
• beat 3 tablespoons melted butter and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is fluffy and smooth. frost cookies and decorate with more candy-coated peanut butter pieces.