So cute they’re spooky! An easy Monster Cookie Pop recipe makes the most adorable monsters to emerge from your kitchen. They’re a perfect recipe to young bakers this Halloween.
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I adore all things Halloween, and have been sharing some fun recipes all month long. My daughters love to help eat the themed treats, but they love making them also! With a preschooler as one of my assistants, I love recipes that aren’t too complicated and allow for a whole lot of creativity.
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Easy Monster Cookie Pops Recipe
Makes 14 cookie pops
Ingredients:
- 1 roll Pillsbury refrigerated cookie dough
- Craft sticks (flat with rounded ends)
- 1 12 oz. vanilla frosting
- Food coloring
- 1 tube black decorating icing
- Assorted candy
Baking:
The original recipe called for 1 roll of Pillsbury refrigerated peanut butter cookies. I swapped in sugar cookie dough instead because one of my girls isn’t a big fan of peanut butter. Either would work deliciously though!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut cookie dough roll into 14 slices. Roll slices into balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Arrange 7 of the cookie dough balls in a circle 3 inches apart, making sure to leave at least 2 inches to the edge of the cookie sheet. Carefully and securely insert a craft stick into each ball with the sticks pointing to the middle. Repeat on second cookie sheet.
Bake cookies for 12-18 minutes, until golden. Cool for 2 minutes, and then transfer to wire racks to continue cooling.
Decorating:
Divide frosting into 4 bowls. Add food coloring to each bowl and mix thoroughly. We opted for purple, green, blue, and orange.
Add assorted candies to make your faces as creepy or cute as desired! Black licorice, mellowcreme pumpkins, candy eyes, and sprinkles are great options! We loved monsters with mismatched eyes, so we paired a sliced marshmallows with black icing pupils with a candy eye.
Each of my kiddos showed their own creativity when designing their monsters. I’m not sure what to name this original creation by Poppy. Maybe Sprinkle Snot?
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Those monster cookie pops are adorable! Can I call a monster adorable? Well, these certainly are. I love they begin with refrigerated cookie dough. Yes!
Now how fun would these be to make. I could make them and have the grandkids help decorate the cookies.
These would be fun to make! Next month I’ll make these with the kids for sure. We love getting into the spirit of Halloween.
These are the cutest and would be great for a classroom Halloween party. As a busy mom, I appreciate how easy this idea is as well.
These are so cute. I love all the fun Halloween desserts I’ve been seeing lately.
These Monster Cookie Pops are so cute and would be perfect for a Halloween party. I love the on the go idea of placing them on a stick! Cute!
So cute!! I love this idea over the cake type pops. Love the decorations and so perfect for Halloween. I bet my grandkids would love these and they look easy enough I could make them.
I have to make these cookies for my nieces and nephews. With Halloween coming I will get these ready for everybody and I am sure my son who is 13 will have some too.
I make sugar cookies all the time and I never thought of making them into cookie pops! This is absolutely brilliant and so festive for Halloween!
Yay! Just in time for the Halloween. This is a perfect addition to our Halloween treats that we will be preparing. For sure kids will definitely love it.
Those are really cute monsters! They are perfect for the kids’ party!
How cute! My kids are already talking nonstop about Halloween, and I know they would love these. It’s fun to have projects for them to do when they are bored, too.
I have seen so many great ideas for Halloween treat today on different blogs. This one is a great one too.
Those are adorable monster cookie pops… A great idea for Halloween celebration!
These are so cute! My kids would totally love these Monster Pops. I just love fun Halloween treats!
Too cute. Fall is my favorite baking season. These would be adorable at the Halloween party at my kid’s school.
I love everything about the fall. The weather, the leaves, the colors and the kids and costumes! Oh yeah, and all the leftover candy is great too.
This is such a clever idea. It would be so much fun to do with the kiddos this weekend.
Oh goodness! Your blog is GORGEOUS and what a cute and clever idea. My babies would love these! 😍😍😍 Thanjs for commenting on my post in the fb group. I’m like an internal nervous wreck putting myself out there and finally launching. Haha! Also following on IG and twitter. You’re fabulous! xo
I’m so glad to be able to connect, Brandis! Thanks for stopping by and following along with our fun. <3 <3