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- The playful and elegant piped chocolate spiderweb design turns a simple sugar cookie into a show-stopping Halloween treat.
- Their delicate chocolate flavor comes from a touch of cocoa in the icing, which adds subtle richness that balances the buttery sweetness of the cookie itself.
- The cookies keep beautifully for up to a week, making them an easy, low-stress option for entertaining or preparing with kids before Halloween.
No tricks here: This Halloween recipe is all treat. Delicate, butter-rich sugar cookies are cloaked in snow-white glaze, then threaded with contrasting cocoa lines to mimic a spider’s web. Whether you’re baking for trick-or-treaters, a festive gathering, or simply to channel the season’s spirit, these cookies evoke the celebratory (and slightly mysterious) ethos of All Hallow’s Eve in every bite.
Choose your decoration
Opt to decorate your spooky sugar cookies with cocoa-laced spider webs — or get creative with your own Halloween visions. This recipe provides instructions for making white icing, which can be turned into a glaze (using a little bit of water) or into colored icing (using food coloring), as well as chocolate icing. The chocolate icing must be made separately as an additional (albeit smaller) batch.
Notes from the Food & Wine Test Kitchen
Add a few drops of water to thin out the icing if it is too thick.
