Easy Halloween Cake Cookies Recipe – Fall Snack Ideas

Looking for an easy way to have fun in the kitchen with your kids this Fall? These spooky Halloween cake cookies are just the thing! This recipe is super easy for busy moms to make (even with toddler-sized helping hands). These are scrumptious whoopie pies for fall that everyone will want to eat.

Halloween Cake Cookies

You can make 24 super cute Halloween cake cookies with just a few ingredients on a busy weeknight. It’s a fun way to add a little extra magic to your Halloween celebrations with kids this year. Plus, these cute cookies are filled with frosting your kids will love!

Keep reading to get my easy cake cookie recipe. You’ll be ready to make your own delicious Halloween cookie treats in no time!

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Fall Snack Ideas

Delicious snacks for fall! Some are healthy, some are sweet, some are salty, and some are spooky… But beware…

they all are deliciously tasty treats for kids and adults.

Easy Halloween Treats for Kids

I love theming snacks and treats for my kids. It can be a great way to get picky eaters to try new things, but it’s also an easy way to bring out smiles and giggles. This past year has been challenging for everyone, so if a cute Halloween treat can bring joy, I’m all for it!

My spooky Halloween cake cookies are a delicious treat, but they’re not going to be the healthiest.

If you’re looking for ways to add fun to healthy snacks this Halloween, check out some of my favorite good-for-you and easy Halloween treats for kids:

Jack-o-Mandarin

There are two easy ways you can turn Mandarin oranges into adorable jack-o-lantern themed treats for Halloween.

You can begin with a bag of easy-to-peel mandarins and a marker for the first simple Halloween treat for kids. Simply draw funny faces on each orange for a cute snack that’s healthy and full of spooky fun!

Can’t get fresh mandarins? Individual Mandarin fruit cups are an easy solution. Simply draw your jack-o-lantern faces on the plastic covering and voila!

Easy Halloween treats for kids to enjoy before they trick-or-treat this year.

Ghost Cheese

Do your kids love cheese sticks as much as mine? If so, you’ll love this easy Halloween treat hack. Prepackaged mozzarella cheese sticks and a permanent marker are all you need to turn tasty string cheese into a spooky Halloween treat. 

Separate the packaged cheese sticks and draw ghostly faces on each stick using the marker. Your kids will have lots of fun with this easy Halloween snack.

Boo-nanas

These do require a bit of prep, but not much. In fact, your kids might want to get in on the fun too. You’ll need fresh bananas, vanilla yogurt, and miniature chocolate chips. It’s a cute little trick to turn your bananas into spooky Halloween treats your ghosts and goblins will love.

Gather a cookie sheet, parchment paper, and popsicle sticks. Cut the bananas in half and stick the popsicle stick in the cut end of each banana half. Then, dip in yogurt and place on the parchment paper-covered cookie sheet.

Next, make cute ghostly faces on each banana using the chocolate chips. Then, put the yogurt covered bananas in the freezer to set. These are a big favorite with little trick or treaters and moms too because they taste like ice cream and they’re healthy too.

Halloween Whoopie Pie Recipe Cake Mix

How To Make Halloween Cake Cookies

After all the healthy snacks, I know you’re ready for my sugary Halloween cake cookie recipe. Here’s what you’ll need to get started:

Halloween Cake Cookie Ingredients and Supplies

• 1 box of vanilla cake mix
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup Canola Oil
• 2 cups of Halloween Sprinkles

Ingredients and Supplies for Vanilla Frosting Filling

• 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• Neon Green Gel Food Coloring
• Large piping bag with a star tip

Just 9 ingredients and you’re ready to make your very own spooky Halloween cake cookies. This recipe is so easy you can make it on a weeknight and enjoy them before bedtime with your little ghosts and goblins.

This recipe will yield 24 fluffy cookies to enjoy or 12 cake cookies with delicious vanilla filling. 

Ready for the recipe? Here’s how to make these fluffy cake cookies for Halloween:

Halloween Spooky Cake Cookies

Halloween Cake Mix Whoopie Pies Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
2. Using a large bowl, beat together the cake mix, eggs, and oil until combined and smooth.
3. Next, mix in the Halloween Sprinkles.
4. Then, using a medium ice cream scooper, scoop dough onto the prepared cookie sheets.
5. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until the cookies feel done to you. Remember, cake cookies can go from done to overdone quickly, so it’s a good idea to pull them out when the edges are done and the middle is a bit gooey. The center will continue cooking on the warm pan.
6. Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing them from the pan. Enjoy!

Vanilla Frosting Filling Instructions

You can enjoy your spooky cake cookies as they are or make sandwich cookies with Halloween-themed vanilla frosting filling. Here’s how:

1. Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff peaks form
2. Beat in about 3-4 drops of the neon green gel food coloring
3. Scoop the frosting into the piping bag
4. Match up the cookies to their size mate
5. Pipe a ring of frosting onto the bottom cookie
6. Place the top of the cookie sandwich on top

Halloween Snack Ideas for Kids

Looking for even more easy Halloween treats for kids this year? Check out some of my other favorite festive treats and desserts for October 31st. 

• Spooky Spider Cheese Ball 
• Hocus Pocus Cupcakes
• Halloween Oreo Brownie Recipe
• Peanut Butter Candy Corn Cookies
• Hocus Pocus Brownies
• 23+ Easy Halloween Snacks for Kids

Do you have a favorite Halloween treat or snack you love to make this time of year? We definitely have some favorites the kids ask for every year.

Share your own easy Halloween treats for kids in the comment section. I’d love to read about them and try a few in my own kitchen this October too.

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