Spooky Halloween Cookies Start With Witch Hat Cookies

A plate of halloween cookies made in the shape of small witch hats will be able to create a Halloween mood even before anybody takes their first bite.

Witch hat cookies are not complicated to bake and decorate however you like, be it just with coloured icing or with royal icing details, sprinkles, and decorations.

The cookies can easily find their spot at any Halloween party that you host. You don’t have to spend hours making each cookie; you can easily bake the whole batch within no time. Your Halloween collection should have everything such as cutters, decoration, sprinkles, and other baking supplies that can be used to make a theme cover the entire table.

How Do Witch Hat Cookies Turn out Perfectly Every Time?

There is something about witch hats themselves that makes your cookies have the Halloween vibe, but depending on what kind of dough you use, you can get different results.

The Halloween witch hat cookies that will be baked from cocoa dough have a naturally dark colour and therefore no need to add more food colouring. If you like a dense and rich taste of cookies, then peanut butter witch hat cookies  go perfectly with dark chocolate decorations.

No matter which dough you choose, make sure that you chill it for at least half an hour before cutting. Cold dough is the key to easier working and helps the hats maintain their shape.

It all Depends on the Cutter You Use!

Have you ever had a situation where you tried cutting your cookie dough but got uneven edges once they were baked? Having the right cookie cutter will make that task a lot easier for you.

The Witch Hat Cookie Cutter makes a traditional pointed hat with a clearly defined brim. It should be pressed straight down into the chilled dough without twisting and then lifted clean in order to keep the edges sharp.

If you’d like extra detail without having to use a great deal of piping, then have a go with the Floral Witch Hat Cutter and Stamp; it cuts the dough and stamps it in a single operation, giving a floral design inside the hat. After the hat has been baked and cooled, brush the raised lines with black or gold edible paint to give it a detailed finish.

Decorating Halloween Witch Hat Cookies

When the cookies have been baked and cooled, you can use some icing and sprinkles to turn simple shapes into decorated witch hats.

Black royal icing makes witch hat biscuits have a traditional Halloween appearance. The outline should be piped first and left to dry for about five minutes before filling the center with royal icing that is slightly more runny than the outline. When the icing is still wet, attach a band of purple, orange, or green around the brim.

Ways to decorate your witches hats:

• Decorate the cookies with Witch Hat and Broom Mix Sprinkles onto the wet icing for an instant Halloween effect
• To give the cookies an edible decoration without having to use extra piping, press on the Witches Hat and Socks Sugar Decorations.
• In order to give a little magical shine to the brim, apply some gold or silver lustre dust.

Adding Dimension Using Moulds

Your halloween witch hat cookies could be made to have more details by using some raised detailing rather than making them all flat.

Using the Ghost, Witch Hat, Bat, Pumpkin, Skull and Spider Web Silicone Mould, you will be able to create tiny witch hats made out of fondant or chocolate. You just need to press some black fondant in the hat cavity of the mould, let it sit for about ten minutes, then remove it carefully from the mould.

When the cookie has been removed from the mould, secure it to the cooled cookie using a small amount of edible glue; the raised hat gives it extra height and texture and thus provides a more detailed finish for your Halloween cookies even if you don’t pipe them.

Tips for Getting Black Icing Right

Black royal icing is essential when making Halloween cookies, but achieving a deep colour without a bitter taste does require some attention.

Rather than adding a large quantity of black gel at once, first mix the cocoa powder into the icing to produce a dark brown base and then add a small amount of black gel to make the colour completely black. In this way you get Halloween sugar cookies that are deep in colour without the bitter taste which can result from using too much black food colouring.

For royal icing, it is better to use gel colouring rather than liquid colouring. Gel provides strong colour without adding so much liquid as to make the icing too thin. This is a good solution when decorating witch hat cookies since the icing has to keep its shape.

Packaging Halloween Witch Hat Cookies

With just a few simple packaging touches the witch hat biscuits can be turned into gifts that are suitable for Halloween.

Put three cookies in each bag and then tie the top of the bag with black and orange ribbon before adding a short Halloween message to complete the gift.

The Witchin Halloween Treat Bags are suitable for this type of presentation since they can be used with either individual cookies or small stacks and thus there is no need for additional wrapping; it is also easy to prepare Halloween cookies when giving them as party favours or as small gifts.

Your Witch Hat Cookie Moment

Why would halloween cookies be a great choice for hosting a Halloween party? There is enough theme in just one shape and you could decorate them however you wanted to.

All you need are a good cutter, chilled dough, a clean royal icing outline and a few final touches. If you want your cookies to be simple then use black icing together with a sprinkle of sprinkles, or else include stamped patterns and moulded fondant pieces for extra detail.

Once you learn the basics of how to do it, you will find that baking witch hat cookies is a piece of cake, allowing you to create as many cookie batches as needed. You can simply pick the colour and any Halloween decoration elements you like to make the cookie design fit your party theme.