These Peanut Butter Vampire Cookies are the perfect quick and easy dessert recipe to make for your Halloween party. Super fun activity to do with kids.
One week until Halloween. Can you feel the excitement???
The principal at my school is getting all of the teachers costumes for Halloween, which means one less thing for me to worry about. For me, thinking up costume ideas is my least favourite part of Halloween. Give me all of the candy and decorations, but I feel all sorts of anxiety when it comes to thinking up a costume that both doesn’t break the bank and that doesn’t accidentally offend someone.
Another one of my favourite things about Halloween is the Halloween baking. Naturally.
I bought a couple of bags of gummy teeth a couple of weeks back, and have been snacking on them ever since. This is why Halloween is so dangerous for me. I am always surrounded by candy and I have zero self control. Like, none.
I was snacking on them mindlessly while watching Netflix this weekend when I thought that I should probably use these in my baking.
I mean, I already did that a couple of weeks ago with my Vampire Doughnuts. But now that I was getting to the bottom of my SECOND bag of gummies, I needed to slow down a bit and share with others.
Making these Peanut Butter Vampire Cookies was almost as fun as eating them. Almost.
You start with my favourite Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies, then you cut them in half and decorate them however you like. I opted for black icing because that was all I had at home. But feel free to make it with red icing to make it spookier. Red icing would definitely have been my first choice if I didn’t have black icing that needed using.
So there you have it. Last minute Peanut Butter Vampire Cookies. Easy right?
Do you have any plans for Halloween? What are you making for Halloween treats? If you aren’t making anything, what else should I make? I am always looking for new, fun ideas.
If you make these Peanut Butter Vampire Cookies, let me know how you liked it! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Peanut Butter Vampire Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- black icing
- gummy fangs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375˚F (190˚C). Lightly grease cookie sheets
- In a small bowl, mix together the milk and vinegar. Set aside to "sour".
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, mix together the shortening, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar and sour milk until fully combined. Slowly add the flour mixture, mixing together until fully combined.
- Drop cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned. Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Cut the cookies in two and decorate with black icing and gummy fangs.
These are so creative! They would be perfect for the Halloween parties at my kiddos school.
Yes they would!! You can always make it next year 🙂