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These Halloween Cookie Bars are the perfect spooky dessert!

 

These Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars are a colorful spooky treat that everyone loves.  Thick chewy marbled sugar cookie bars are flavored with vanilla and a touch of almond extract.  A rich buttercream is dyed purple and topped with colorful spooky sprinkles.  These will be a hit at any Halloween get together.

There is nothing I love more during the holidays than a cute dessert treat.  These Halloween Cookie bars are the perfect easy treat for Halloween.  

A perfectly thick, chewy sugar cookie bar is topped with a luscious buttercream and sprinkled with spooky sprinkles.  Flavored with vanilla and almond extract these are the perfect crowd pleasing sweet treat for any Halloween party!

I love the marbled green and orange cookie bars that are topped with a bright purple buttercream to really make those sprinkles stand out.  

This is a simple dessert that is always a hit.  The sugar cookie base is perfect and the buttercream light and fluffy.  

This is a great dessert to serve at a Halloween party or even after a night of trick or treating. 

This will be a hit with kids and adults and it is super impressive but actually easy to make. 

You only need a few ingredients and pantry staples to create this delicious spooky dessert so you can whip it up in no time!

I really like to use the brighter neon Halloween colors sometimes instead of the traditional black and orange to change things up a bit, plus this won’t dye your teeth black lol!

I can’t wait for the holidays so I can make these Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars and can’t wait for you to try it, I know it will soon become a Halloween tradition in your family too, it is just too perfect for the holiday season.  

Can I add chocolate chips?

Of course!! You can add any flavor chocolate chips you like to the batter. 

What else can I top this with?

I love the spooky sprinkles but you can also top it with any Halloween candy you like.  I like the Halloween M&Ms.

Do I have to marble the batter?

Nope! Feel free to just dye your cookie batter one color if you do not feel like to marbling it 

Can I freeze this?

Yes, just make sure to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and it should be good for up to 3 months.  Just thaw and serve!  You can also cut it into slices, freeze them on a tray and then wrap them in plastic wrap and place in an freezer bag.

Ingredients used

• Butter – You can use either salted or unsalted, both will work fine.
• Sugar –  Of course you need sugar for sugar cookie bars.
• Cream cheese –  This makes the bars rich and chewy.
• Eggs –  Just regular large eggs work great!
• Vanilla extract – This provides that sugar cookie flavor.
• Almond extract –  This adds a little something extra to the flavor. 
• Baking powder – This helps make the cookies rise a little 
• Flour – All purpose flour is all you need for these bars.
• Green and orange food coloring –  You can use any Halloween colors you like.

Frosting

• Butter – Again you can use unsalted or salted butter.
• Powdered sugar –  This provides the base for this fluffy frosting.
• Vanilla extract – This adds the flavor you need.
• Almond extract –  Almond extract works great in this recipe!
• Purple food coloring –  I like to use purple for the frosting as it makes the sprinkles pop.
• Halloween sprinkles –  I get mine from AMAZON. 

How to make Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars 

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer whip together the butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy.
3. Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and almond extract.
4. Next stir in the baking powder.
5. Stir in the flour.
6. Separate the dough into 2 bowls and using the food coloring dye one bowl green and one bowl orange. 
7. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper.
8. Place dollops of each dough into the pan and then swirl together. 
9. Place the dish into the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until it is just baked through and lightly golden. 
10. Remove from oven and let cool completely. 
11. In a medium mixing bowl using an electric mixture combine the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract and purple food coloring. 
12. Once that is whipped and fluffy spread it over the cooled cookie bars.
13. Sprinkle the Halloween sprinkles all over the top.
14. Slice and serve!

Gather your ingredients.

Cream your butter and sugar.

Add your wet ingredients.

Add your dry ingredients.

Divide and dye your batter.

Drop spoonfuls into your pan and swirl.

Make your frosting.

Frost your cooled bars and serve!

Want more Halloween Recipes? Check these out!

• Mini Halloween Cheesecakes

• No Bake Halloween Lush

• Halloween Bark
• Stuffed Black Velvet Cookies
• Pumpkin Cookie Truffles
• Halloween Pumpkin Cheesecake

Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars

Yield: 16

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

These Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars are a colorful spooky treat that everyone loves.  Thick chewy marbled sugar cookie bars are flavored with vanilla and a touch of almond extract.  A rich buttercream is dyed purple and topped with colorful spooky sprinkles.  These will be a hit at any Halloween get together.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 cups flour
• Green and orange food coloring
• Frosting
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• Purple food coloring
• Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer whip together the butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy.
3. Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and almond extract.
4. Next stir in the baking powder.
5. Stir in the flour.
6. Separate the dough into 2 bowls and using the food coloring dye one bowl green and one bowl orange. 
7. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
8. Place dollops of each dough into the pan and then swirl together. 
9. Place the dish into the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until it is just baked through and lightly golden. 
10. Remove from oven and let cool completely. 
11. In a medium mixing bowl using an electric mixture combine the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract and purple food coloring. 
12. Once that is whipped and fluffy spread it over the cooled cookie bars.
13. Sprinkle the Halloween sprinkles all over the top.
14. Slice and serve!

Notes

• You can color the dough and the icing any Halloween colors you like.
• Feel free to add chocolate chips to the dough if you like.
• Store leftovers tightly covered for up to 4 days in the fridge.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 516Total Fat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 275mgCarbohydrates: 67gFiber: 1gSugar: 42gProtein: 5g