Description
These Milk Chocolate Stuffed Jack-O’-Lantern Cookies are perfect for Halloween with a surprise chocolate center inside a delicious sugar cookie. Fun to make and even more fun to eat!
Ingredients
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Dough:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon orange food coloring (or a mix of red and yellow)
Filling:
- 8 ounces milk chocolate bars, broken into squares
- 1 tablespoon milk (if needed for melting chocolate)
Instructions
- Prepare Dough: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and food coloring, mix well. Gradually add dry ingredients, mix into a soft dough. Chill dough for 1 hour.
- Shape and Fill: Roll out dough, cut out pumpkin-shaped cookies. Cut faces in half of the cookies. Place chocolate square on solid cookies, top with face cookie, seal edges.
- Bake: Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10–12 minutes. Cool on sheet before transferring to wire rack.
- Serve: Enjoy warm for a melty center or at room temperature for firmer cookies.
Notes
- You can swap milk chocolate with dark or white chocolate for variety.
- Add 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice to the dough for a fall twist.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
