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October 14, 2019

Halloween sugar cookie bars (so fast + easy!)

In today’s post: Halloween sugar cookie bars are so easy to make – way faster than rolling and cutting sugar cookies! They’re easy to decorate, too.

You’ve seen those sugar cookie decorating videos online, right? The absolutely mesmerizing ones you can’t look away from? While I admire the artistry involved, I have one overwhelming response to those cookies: ain’t nobody got time for that! In fact, I’ve been avoiding making sugar cookies lately because even though they taste amazing, they take a long time! All that rolling and cutting and baking sheet after sheet of cookies…honestly it’s hard for me to devote an entire afternoon to a dessert that doesn’t even involve chocolate.

Last week I decided to try something new (for me, at least). I made my mom’s famous sugar cookie recipe into sugar cookie bars, and they turned out great! Mix, bake, and frost, and about an hour later I had 48 sugar cookie bars just waiting to be shared with friends. I even added a few extras to turn them into Halloween sugar cookie bars.

Sugar cookie bars frosted to look like Halloween characters

For even more Halloween cookies, find 33 of the easiest Halloween cookie recipes right here! And find 20 easy Halloween treats here.

Making these was so fast! I mixed up the dough and pressed it into an 11×17 inch cookie sheet with high sides (also known as a jelly roll pan). Twenty five minutes later it was cooked through – no need to refrigerate the dough or worry about rolling it to the right thickness or anything!

Sugar cookie bars frosted to look like a pumpkin, bat, ghost, and frankenstein

Same soft, cakey cookie with delish cream cheese frosting, just in bar form:

Hand holding a sugar cookie bar

I sliced the cookie bar into quarters before frosting with four different colors. Each color got cut into 12 bars for 48 total bars.

Watch this quick video to see how I made them:

 

Sugar cookie ghosts: just white frosting and a couple of candy eyes.

Hand holding a sugar cookie bar with white frosting and two candy eyes

Sugar cookie pumpkins: orange frosting, green m&m, candy eyes.

Hand holding a sugar cookie bar with orange frosting, a green M&M on top and two candy eyes

Sugar cookie Frankenstein: green frosting, melted chocolate chips piped for hair, candy eyes, and brown m&m bolts.

Hand holding a sugar cookie bar with green frosting decorated to look like Frankenstein: chocolate across the top for hair, two candy eyes, and two brown M&Ms for neck bolts

Sugar cookie bats: purple frosting, candy eyes, and an Oreo, split and sliced in half for wings.

Hand holding a sugar cookie bar with purple frosting, two candy eyes, and an Oreo cookie cut in half to look like bat wings

These would look pretty cute out on a tray for a Halloween party!

Halloween sugar cookie bars

How to make Halloween sugar cookie bars

Halloween sugar cookie bars
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Sugar Cookie Bars

Halloween sugar cookie bars are so easy to make and way faster than rolling and cutting sugar cookies! They're easy to decorate, too.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time25 mins
Total Time45 mins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Halloween
Servings: 48 Squares

Ingredients

Cookie Bar

  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 3 Eggs
  • 6 tablespoons Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 5 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 3 teaspoons Baking Powder

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup Butter Softened
  • dash Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 3 teaspoons Milk
  • 6 oz Cream Cheese Softened

Instructions

Cookie Bar

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Add eggs, milk, and vanilla and beat until combined. 
  • In another bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to combine.
  • Press into a greased 11x17 cookie sheet with high sides (jelly roll pan).
  • Bake 20-25 minutes until top is just barely beginning to get golden brown and center feels cooked through.

Frosting

  • Beat all the ingredients together until they come to frosting consistency. Cool cookie bar completely before frosting.

Note: Once you have sliced and decorated the cookie bars, you will want to keep them in a covered container so the edges don’t dry out too much. If you have lids for your large cookie sheets you can spread the bars out between two cookies sheets and put a lid on to keep them fresh.

Halloween sugar cookie bars

Looking for more fun Halloween treats? Try these:

Halloween pretzel monsters + ghosts

Cinnamon roll spider pops

Donut spiders

Witch hat surprise cookies

Donut pumpkins

 

Halloween sugar cookie bars are so much faster to make than traditional sugar cookies, plus they turn out adorable!

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Comments

  1. Kathy says

    September 15, 2017 at 4:42 pm

    Brilliant Autumn

    Reply
  2. Lisa Bird says

    October 3, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    Where can I find those eyes? They are so cute but I have never seen those eyes before.

    Reply
  3. Babzanne Barker says

    October 30, 2018 at 9:30 am

    I found them in the baking section at my local King Soopers (Kroger). They were by the sprinkles, squeeze frostings, etc.

    Reply

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