Cookies & BarsNo. 3760 · The 2026 edition
Portrait Cookies for Halloween
Turn your Halloween treats into edible works of art with spooky portrait cookies.
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Create eerie edible faces by decorating round sugar cookies with royal icing. Pipe on eyes, noses, and mouths, then add creepy details like stitches or scars for a hauntingly fun treat.
Ingredients
Directions
- Bake a batch of round sugar cookies and let them cool completely.
- Prepare royal icing in various flesh tones and colors for facial features.
- Outline the cookie with a thin line of icing to create the face shape.
- Flood the outlined area with thinned icing and let it set for 10 minutes.
- Pipe eyes, nose, and mouth using colored icing, then add spooky details like stitches or a scar.
- Allow the decorated cookies to dry completely before serving or packaging.
