Ingredients for - Chocolate Halloween Cookies

1. White sugar 1 cup
2. Butter, softened ⅔ cup
3. Milk ⅓ cup
4. Egg 1
5. Vanilla extract 1 ½ teaspoons
6. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
7. Cocoa powder ½ cup
8. Baking powder ½ teaspoon
9. Salt ¼ teaspoon
10. Candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®) 1 cup
11. Melted butter 3 tablespoons
12. Cocoa powder 3 tablespoons
13. Confectioners' sugar 1 cup
14. Milk 2 tablespoons
15. Vanilla extract ½ teaspoon
16. Candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®), or to taste ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate Halloween Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Beat white sugar and 2/3 cup softened butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in 1/3 cup milk, egg, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Stir flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces. Drop dough, 1 to 2 tablespoons per cookie, onto a baking sheet.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pans for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

4 . Stage

Beat 3 tablespoons melted butter and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is fluffy and smooth. Frost cookies and decorate with more candy-coated peanut butter pieces.