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Published: September 21, 2017 | Last Updated: October 22, 2020 | Author: Lois

Halloween Cookies with Colorful Candy Pieces and a Gift Jar Idea

Halloween Cookies with colorful candy pieces are not only yummy to eat but they make a great gift in a mason jar to give to family and friends. This is another easy cookie recipe that I love to bake for my family. Let me show how to make this recipe and pack it up to give as gifts with really cute printable Halloween gift tags.

Halloween cookies on cooling rack.

Halloween Cookies

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 something sweet 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 make a great gift for teachers, neighbors, family. They even work great as a hostess or thank you gift.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

  • Kitchen Aid Mixer
  • Pyrex Measuring Cups
  • Mason Jars
  • Reeese’s Pieces
  • Cookie Scoop

Ingredients

Exact measurements are listed below in the recipe card. Make sure you scroll down to print and save the recipe for later!

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar; packed
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2/3 cup Reese Pieces
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Add the butter, oil and both sugars to a medium mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, cream together until smooth and creamy.
  3. Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Then add the vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
  5. 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.
  6. Add the chocolate chips and Reeses Pieces and combine. Cover and chill dough for 15 minutes.
  7. Once chilled, remove from refrigerator. Using a cookie scoop, add the cookie dough on the lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
  8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes (depending on oven temperatures). Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes.
  9. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool before serving.

Halloween Cookies in a Jar

Here’s the jar with the dry ingredients.  So cute, right?  They’re easy to put together too.  Just 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!

Layer the dry ingredients for the Halloween Cookies in a mason jar for a great gift idea from Walking on Sunshine Recipes.

Mason Jar Cookie Supplies

Here are a few of the items needed to create your own Halloween Cookies in a Jar gift.

Tebery 6 Pack Clear Glass Jars Ball Mason Jars Wide Mouth 32 oz Canning Glass Jars with LidsMore InformationNorpro Canning Wide Mouth Plastic Funnel, Green, 4.75in/12cmMore InformationTcamp 328 Feet Natural Jute Twine String with 6 Tags, Packing Materials Heavy Duty Rope for DIY Arts Crafts Gardening ApplicationMore InformationGift Tags, 100 pcs Kraft Paper Tags, Gift Wrap Tags for Wedding Brown Rectangle Craft Hang TagsMore Information

 

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.

Ready for More Halloween Treats?

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  • Halloween Cookies with Colorful Candy Pieces
  • Nutter Butter Mummy Cookies
  • 12 Cute Halloween Brownie Recipes

Tried this recipe? Let me know in the comments and don’t forget to rate it!

Print
Halloween Cookies
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
27 mins
 
A delicious colorful cookie that your family is going to love this Halloween with instructions to make a cookie gift jar for teachers, family and friends.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Candy Pieces, Cookies, Halloween
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar; packed
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2/3 cup Reese Pieces
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Add the butter, oil and both sugars to a medium mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, cream together until smooth and creamy.

  3. Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Then add the vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
  5. 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.
  6. Add the chocolate chips and Reeses Pieces and combine. Cover and chill dough for 15 minutes.
  7. Once chilled, remove from refrigerator. Using a cookie scoop, add the cookie dough on the lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
  8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes (depending on oven temperatures). Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes.
  9. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool before serving.
Halloween Cookies with Colorful Candy Pieces
Halloween Cookies with Mason Jar Gift Idea

Halloween Gift Tags


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Originally from Queens, NY, Lois now calls northeastern PA home. You can find her blogging over at Walking on Sunshine where she shares a little of her life, but more importantly what’s for dinner at her house tonight.

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Comments

  1. Francine Patterson says

    October 18, 2018 at 5:13 pm

    When do you add the oil?

    Reply
    • Lois says

      October 18, 2018 at 5:16 pm

      Thanks for catching the typo! I updated the recipe card to show that you add the oil along with the butter. Thanks for visiting.

      Reply
  2. Erlene - My Pinterventures says

    October 1, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    What a fun way to thanks someone or just give as a gift. Thanks for sharing your recipe and idea on Merry Monday.

    Reply
  3. Kelly Mahan says

    September 25, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    Omg, they look so perfect for Halloween!! I wanna make them to give as treats on trick or treating night!

    Reply
  4. Jessica Snyder says

    October 28, 2014 at 4:06 am

    these are so cute! what a perfect gift!

    Reply
  5. Nettie Moore says

    October 28, 2014 at 2:23 am

    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/

    Reply
  6. Jill Shepherd says

    October 27, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    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
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  7. Kimberly Lewis says

    October 27, 2014 at 6:44 pm

    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

    Reply
  8. Joanne DiPalo says

    October 24, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    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.

    Reply
  9. Joy says

    October 24, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    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! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Ash Roberts says

    October 20, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    These look so good! I'll be making these for my son's football team. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Patty Anderson says

    October 20, 2014 at 11:10 am

    What a nice idea for a gift Lois.

    Reply

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