Description
These Witch Hat Cookies are festive Halloween treats made from a white cake mix dough tinted with purple food coloring, topped with purple frosting, Hershey’s Kiss chocolates, and colorful nonpareil sprinkles. Perfect for a spooky celebration, these easy-to-make cookies bake to a light golden edge and feature a delightful combination of soft cookie texture and sweet toppings.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 25 ounces (1.5 boxes) White Cake Mix
- ½ cup Oil
- 2 large Eggs
- 15-20 drops Purple Food Coloring
Toppings
- ½ cup Purple Frosting
- 24 Hershey’s Kiss Chocolates, unwrapped
- Halloween Nonpareils (sprinkles), as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper to prevent sticking and ensure easy cleanup.
- Mix dough: In a large bowl, combine the white cake mix, oil, and eggs. Stir thoroughly until a cohesive dough forms, ensuring all dry ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Add color: Add 15 to 20 drops of purple food coloring to the dough and stir continuously until you achieve a vibrant, evenly blended purple color throughout the dough.
- Form cookies: Using a cookie scoop, drop rounded portions of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them 2 to 3 inches apart to allow room for spreading.
- Bake: Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookie edges turn lightly golden. Insert a toothpick into the center of a cookie; if it comes out clean with no wet dough attached, the cookies are done.
- Cool cookies: Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the sheet for 2 to 3 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Decorate: Use a butter knife to spread a small dollop of purple frosting in the center of each cooled cookie. Press one unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss onto the frosting to create the witch hat peak.
- Finish with sprinkles: Sprinkle Halloween-themed nonpareils over the exposed frosting around the Hershey’s Kiss for a festive, colorful finish.
Notes
- Use a cookie scoop for even-sized cookies to ensure uniform baking.
- Adjust food coloring quantity to achieve the desired shade of purple.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating to prevent frosting from melting.
- Try substituting purple frosting with your favorite color for different effects.
- Store the decorated cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
