A great gift to make and give to family and friends are these Halloween Cookies with colorful candy pieces. Let me show how to make another Halloween Themed Recipe and pack it up to give as gifts with the FREE printable Halloween gift tags available.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me a cute gift...all the dry ingredients needed to make Halloween cookies. They were packaged in a mason jar with the baking instructions attached.
All I had to do was add the liquid ingredients. The jar was so cute, it sat on my counter for a few weeks until we started craving an easy dessert a few days ago.
The idea of giving mason jar cookie mix gifts is fun. People love receiving these and I enjoy making them. Receiving something like these Halloween Cookies in a mason jar is very thoughtful.
Mason jar cookie mixes are another easy cookie recipe that I love to bake for my family. They make a great gift for teachers, neighbors, family and even a hostess or thank you gift.
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Main Ingredients Needed
Exact measurements are listed below in the recipe card. Make sure you scroll down to print and save the recipe for later!
- Butter
- Oil
- Brown sugar; packed
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Egg
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Baking soda
- Reese Pieces
- Milk chocolate chips
Step-by-Step Directions
Step 1 | Combine the Ingredients
- Add the butter, oil and both sugars to a medium mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, cream together until smooth and creamy.
- Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Then add the vanilla.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
- Add half of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until just combined.
- Then add the remaining half and stir until all of the ingredients are wet.
- Finally dd the chocolate chips and Reeses Pieces and combine.
Step 2 | Chill the Dough
Cover and chill dough for 15 minutes.
Once chilled, remove from refrigerator. Using a cookie scoop, add the cookie dough on the lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
Step 3 | Baking Instructions
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in a preheated 350° F.
- Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool before serving.
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Halloween Cookies in a Jar
Here's the jar with the dry ingredients. So cute, right?
- Start layering the dry ingredients into the jar and top it off with the Reese's Pieces Candies.
- Print out the recipe card below or copy the recipe onto a fun colorful paper.
- Tie the recipe onto the mason jar with twine and you have a really cute gift for a friend, a teacher or someone who helped you recently!
Mason Jar Cookie Supplies
Here are a few of the items needed to create your own Halloween Cookies in a Jar gift.
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Printable Halloween Gift Tags
I have cute Halloween Gift Tags available for you to use as well. These will really make the kid's packages look great! There are two different sets to choose from, Classic Halloween Tags and Cute Monster Halloween Tags.
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Halloween Cookies and a Gift Jar Idea
A great gift to make and give to family and friends are these Halloween Cookies with colorful candy pieces. Free Printable Gift Tags!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup oil
- ½ cup brown sugar; packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- ⅔ cup Reese Pieces
- ⅔ cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add the butter, oil and both sugars to a medium mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, cream together until smooth and creamy.
- Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Then add the vanilla.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
- Add half of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until just combined. Add the remaining half and stir until all of the ingredients are wet.
- Add the chocolate chips and Reeses Pieces and combine. Cover and chill dough for 15 minutes.
- Once chilled, remove from refrigerator. Using a cookie scoop, add the cookie dough on the lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool before serving.
Notes
Directions for Layering the Mason Jar:
- Start layering the dry ingredients into the jar and top it off with the Reese's Pieces Candies.
- Print out the recipe card below or copy the recipe onto a fun colorful paper.
- Tie the recipe onto the mason jar with twine and you have a really cute gift for a friend, a teacher or someone who helped you recently!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 227Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 177mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 3g
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When do you add the oil?
Thanks for catching the typo! I updated the recipe card to show that you add the oil along with the butter. Thanks for visiting.
What a fun way to thanks someone or just give as a gift. Thanks for sharing your recipe and idea on Merry Monday.
Omg, they look so perfect for Halloween!! I wanna make them to give as treats on trick or treating night!
these are so cute! what a perfect gift!
Hi Lois! Thank you for linking up your wonderful Halloween Cookies at our Simple Supper Tuesday Linky Party! You have been featured at Moore or Less Cooking! Nettie
http://mooreorlesscooking.com/2014/10/27/simple-supper-tuesday-linky-party-33/
What a great idea for a gift! And the cookies look awesome.
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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Hello gorgeous! What an amazing idea. Oh Yum and so cute! Pinned. We hope to see you at our party tonight at 7 pm. It is so fun to party with you! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Cookie Jar gifts are such a terrific idea. This recipe sounds awesome with the Reeses' pieces, I love them more than using peanut butter in the cookie. Pinned/shared.
Lois, this is so much fun- I always see those "cookies in a jar" gift ideas and always mean to make some...Jani fixed up a really cute one. And the cookies you made from it look r-e-a-l-l-y good! Thank you for sharing this with us at Treasure Box Tuesday- pinned! 🙂
These look so good! I'll be making these for my son's football team. 🙂
What a nice idea for a gift Lois.