Trick or Treat This
I first wrote about these cookies last year and I wanted to share them again, because they are that good. When Boy was a kiddo, I made these filled cookies every year for Halloween.
The dark chocolate color covered the spooky appeal of the holiday, and the POW! of the orange-filling spoke of jack-o-lanterns. Plus, they're delicious, so there's that.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup of butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 2 ¼ cups confectioners sugar
- 4 tablespoons cream or half-and-half
- 4 tablespoons granulated Jello mix, orange flavor (twist!)
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl.
- Add vanilla and eggs; blend well.
- Combine by whisking flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- Gradually mix into creamed mixture.
- Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet, leaving space for cookies to expand.
- Bake at 350° 8-9 minutes.
- Do not overbake. Cookies will be soft. They will puff during baking and flatten as they cool.
- Cool on cookie sheet until set (about one minute), then remove to wire rack and cool completely.
- Press cookies together in pairs with Orange Cream Filling.
- Cream butter and sugar. Add Jello mix. Add cream to spreading consistency. Fill cookies.
Of course, these aren't just for Halloween. You can fill them to suit any of your occasion needs or just make them because you're worth it.
YOU'RE WORTH IT!
WARNING: If you add these to your holiday traditions, understand that anyone and everyone who is lucky enough to mainline one of these cookies will expect you to fulfill your holiday duties every year from here on out. It's the baker's burden of becoming a dealer to those addicted.
Happy Baking, Y'all!
These look delicious. I wish I had one with my coffee this morning!
Wait...I can have them with my morning coffee?! ~slaps forehead~
These looks so good. Wish I had one NOW!
Ha! Exactly!
Looks Yummy - I will share this recipe with my followers on my Facebook Page. Hope you have a great day!
Carole @ Garden Up green
Thanks for the share, Carole!
Good Golly! Those look delicious!! Pinned for a future baking day 🙂
So good...thanks for pinning!
Interesting, I was wondering what the middle was.
Hey KoolAid!
Wow these look amazing!!
It's why we run 😉
YUM! That's a big-girl recipe. Looks delicious.
I am unsure of what you mean by big-girl recipe, but I'm going to assume it's a very good thang!
These look SO good!! I am pinning to make these for later!! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for the pin, Tori!
Those look SO YUMMY! The cookie part especially!
Garry likes the filling part best. I eat the outsides...
Homemade whoopie pies? Sign me up!!! I'll have to send this recipe to my daughter and daughter-in-law so they can make some for me - I mean for us, for the whole family, yeah, that's it.
Yes, cookies are ALWAYS better when someone else makes them. Smart cookie, you!