The witches cauldron cookies are another fun idea for halloween cookies! All you have to do us add some green bubbles and a few candy eyes to really make it look good.
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What you will need:
- cauldron cookie cutter
- green royal icing
- black royal icing
- 2 piping bags/ziploc bags
- 1 cookie decorating bottle (for flooding consistency icing- see below)
- halloween sprinkles (with candy eyes)
- toothpicks
FAQ
Sugar cookies are my go-to for all things cookie decorating. Using a 2-3 inch cauldron shaped cookie cutter will get you about 23 cookies.
f you would prefer to make your own royal icing, here's the recipe I've used in the past. Ultimately though, I think it saves much more time to use this royal icing mix.
-2 cups powdered sugar
-2 ½ tablespoon meringue powder
-¼ cup water
-food coloring (for desired color)
I would strongly suggest doing this for the black royal icing
, because black is a hard color to achieve with just the food coloring. (It can be done, but you will need a lot of black food gel, brown food gel, and PATIENCE!
Working with Royal icing
For most cookies, it helps to split your icing in half. Half of it will go directly into a piping bag (this is the piping consistency).
The other half you will add just a little bit more water so that it is thinner (flooding consistency).
As you can see the piping consistency royal icing holds a peak, where the flooding consistency is liquid but still thick like elmer's glue.
Put the black flooding consistency royal icing into the cookie decorating bottles
. Make sure to cover the excess royal icing with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator until you need more.
Witches Cauldron Cookie Decorating Tutorial
Here's how to decorate these cute Halloween cauldron cookies to impress everyone!
- Bake your sugar cookies that are shaped like a cauldron.
- With the black icing in the piping bag, outline the cauldron cookies.
- Fill in the outline with the black icing at flooding consistency. Use a toothpick to help smooth it out.
- Pipe different size circles on the cauldrons to look like bubbles. Add candy eyes and sprinkles.
The icing will harden as it sits out, so let the cookies set for awhile and you will notice the glossy sheen of the icing will turn matte when they are dried. Ta-da! Now you have some creepy witches cauldron cookies for your next Halloween party.
Halloween recipes:
- Monster oreos
- Monster rice krispie treats
- Halloween hard boiled eggs
- jack o lantern pumpkin cookies
- halloween ghost cookies
Halloween Witches Cauldron Sugar Cookies
These cauldron shaped sugar cookies are soft and delicious. Decorated to look like a bubbling witch cauldron, these cookies are perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 ¼ cup all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
Instructions
Directions:
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Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until smooth.
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Then add eggs and vanilla. Mix well, then add the baking soda and baking powder.
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Finally add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing well in between. After all the flour has been added, the dough should start to come together.
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Roll the dough out ¼ inch thick and then cut out shapes with your cookie cutters. Place these on a parchment paper and place them in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
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Then pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the cookies from the freezer and bake for 7-9 minutes (rotating the pan half-way through).
Decorating the cookies
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Start by outlining your cookies with piping consistency black royal icing.
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Next, fill in with black flooding consistency royal icing.
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Then, pipe different size circles with green royal icing. Add sprinkles and candy eyes to make these stand out!
Make sure to let me know how yours turned out in the comments below, and also pin this article so you can refer back to it again and again.
Heddy
What an adorable idea! I love the eyeballs! So fun.
Joanna Stephens
Right!? They eyeballs really make this cookie so fun.
Vy Nguyen
so cute! It's all about the decoration process. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Joanna Stephens
You are so welcome! Glad you like them 🙂
Tara @sewmanypins
These cookies are adorable. My girls will love making them.
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Tara! I hope you and your family like them.
Vaishali
This is so creative. i can also use this idea for my daughter's Harry Potter bday party
Joanna Stephens
You are absolutely right! They would be perfect for a Harry Potter themed birthday party.
Lesley (makemeupblogs)
These are adorable! A great idea for this year's Halloween!
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Lesley!
Jen @ Jenron Designs
Those are adorable and the the little eyeballs are a nice touch of creepy for Halloween. I have never tried to do fancy iced cookies like this make I will give it whirl.
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Jen! The candy eyeballs really make this witches cauldron cookie so much more fun!!
Luci
These cookies are so cookie. I'll have to make these really soon because I love Halloween.
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Luci! Halloween is such a fun holiday, and even more so when you get to enjoy all the tasty treats. 🙂
Sophia
These are prefect for a Halloween party! Thanks for sharing
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Sophia! These witches cauldron cookies really would be perfect for a Halloween party. 🙂
Maggie
These are so cute! I can't wait to try making these with my niece for Halloween.
Joanna Stephens
Thanks Maggie! Let me know how they turned out for you. 🙂
Blue
They're so cute! Perfect for Haloween, indeed. Still a bit to go but at least there's time to practice baking!
Joanna Stephens
Thank you! Yes, it never hurts to get some practice in. 🙂
Tracy @ Cleland Clan
I'll have to try your tip about outlining in royal frosting. I've never done that, and my icing or glaze runs all over.
Joanna Stephens
Oh yes! Outlining in a thicker frosting and letting it sit for even a minute before filling it in will really help with icing runs.
Shawn @ Healthy Wealthy Skinny
These are super cute. They will make the perfect addition to our Halloween night festivities
Joanna Stephens
Thank you! I'm glad you liked them.