Halloween Cutout Cookies with Royal Icing and Fondant
Decorate Cutout Halloween Cookies using royal icing and fondant, candy corn, bats, spider webs, ghosts, and more! It’s easy and fun!
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Fun Frosted Halloween Cutout Cookies To Make!
I had a family that I wanted to send a thank you to…….and what better way than with cookies!!
I’ve always used royal icing on my cutout butter cookies recipe. But, after I saw a video tutorial covering a cookie with fondant I knew I needed to try fondant on my cutout cookies!
I have to tell you………I LOVED how easy it was and how pretty it made my cookies look!!
I still like the taste of royal icing better, but it’s nice to have this option for something quick.
I covered some in fondant and others in royal icing.
Can you tell which ones are covered in fondant?
How Are Butter Cookies Different From Sugar Cookies
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I love butter cookies for cutout cookies because they are softer than a sugar cookie (which is usually crisp and a little crunchy), yet not as soft and crumbly as a shortbread cookie. Making them perfect for cutout cookies and decorating!!
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*ROYAL ICING AND FONDANT COOKIE TIPS
- I used Satin Ice Rolled Fondant – White – Vanilla
- Cookie cutters: some were from Sweet Baking Supply and some I already had. Wilton has a nice set of 18 Halloween Cookie Cutters for around $20
- I recently started using CK Meringue Powder for my Royal Icing and I’m getting much better results.
- Best result with Americolor Soft Gel Food Paste for coloring
- My Kitchenaid Mixer is a lifesaver, especially when making royal icing!
WATCH MY VIDEO TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO ROLL AND CUT OUT COOKIES!
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Tips for Freezing Cutout Cookies
Do you bake Halloween Cutout Cookies?
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Those turned out so cute!
Great looking cookies. Can’t tell which ones are royal icing or fondant, though…
The ghosts, bats and Boo “flower” are fondant with a little royal icing for
details…..the candy corn and spider webs are all royal icing.
those look soooo good! I think the ghost is fondant, but that’s the only one I’ll even take a guess at! haha! I love the candy corn ones & the spider webs, those are awesome!!! How many cookies does this recipe make?
The ghosts, bats and Boo “flower” are fondant with a little royal icing for
details…..the candy corn and spider webs are all royal icing.
Up in my post right under the recipe title I have that it yields approx 30-35 large cookies or 60
smaller cookies
Those cookies look almost too pretty to eat!
Those cookies are GORGEOUS! And thanks for sharing your cookie recipe with us. 🙂
Your spiderwebs are perfect and your smiling candy corns with eyes are the cutest. Super job on the decorating Cheryl.
Those are gorgeous Cheryl. I am so envious to people who can make gorgeous cookies. I can gorgeously eat them and that is about it.
Great cookies. I love working with fondant, is way easier than royal icing and piping. Awesome job!
beautiful, Cheryl!
I love that sugar cookie recipe! It’s my favorite!
I cannot believe you got your KitchenAid with your Swagbucks! I am officially impressed!
I LOVE these cookies!!! I’m going to try some more fondant. I forget about it, but yours are so cute, I know I’ll remember now! 🙂
I tried to make royal icing once…didn’t look like that, haha! WOW those are impressive!!!
Such colorful cookies. I love them! I’m a big Halloween fan too.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Your making me want to break out my Halloween cutters 🙂
Cheryl – these are adorable!!! You my friend, are uber talented!!!
Wow, Cheryl! Those are so beautiful! I will never have the patience, but I truly admire what you’ve done here.
These are so adorable, Cheryl!! Really beautiful. You rock!!
So cute!!!
Cheryl, these look wonderful! I must check out that tutorial!
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Oh Cheryl!
I could eat every one of those adorable cookies!
I mean they are too cute!
And who would have thought FONDANT would be EASY!
Too cute!
And I KNOW the family loved them!
Oh!
And you have got it going on with that TIP section!
Love it Girlie!
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The recipe sounds great and the cookies are darling! The candy corn is my favorite:)
you make it look so easy. i envy your steady hand to decorate those cookies. you have some serious skill, my friend. i’m anxious to try your recipe for christmas cookies!
i totally think the spider web & the bat count as a silhouette, btw! 😉
thanks for linking to the silhouette party & for your tweets.
have a super weekend!
kellie
What a fun treat! That would be the perfect entry for our Halloween Recipe Contest! You can read all about it here. I hope you decide to enter it!
Those cookies are amazingly beautiful. They all look so professional.
These look simply fabulous! I love the spider webs – too cute! Satin Ice Fondant is the best! Fantastic job – Love them! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn
These Halloween cookies look like they came out of a magazine! How lovely!
Those are so cute. I should try this one first to make it perfect for Halloween. LOl. My kids will surely love these cookies especially the web spider cookies.
I tried those cookies this Halloween and it is really so delicious. Most of the kids on our neighborhood keep on getting back to our house just to ask for their Halloween cookie treats. Thanks for sharing these cookies.
Nice decorating job! I bet they’re delicious too.
I’m assuming it would be fine to use regular sugar for the cookies? I don’t have any cane sugar on hand…
I was hoping you could tell me where you sourced your cookie cutters from? Are they available online??? I live in Australia & would love a set to create some beautiful looking cookies, such as yours, this Halloween. Meg.
Holy cow…those are beautiful! Pinning this! Thanks for sharing!
Debbie
Love this recipe!
I was looking online for fondant topped cookies and found your website. I absolutely love your tutorial on rolling cookie dough and then chilling it. I despise making cut out cookies, but with your tutorial has changed my mind. I have now made them twice and they were gobbled up so quickly.
I will have to try these. I have a different recipe that I have used for years. Always wanting to find different ones to try. Thanks for sharing. And the icing tips as well. I use a glaze but need something different to use for different reasons. Thanks again
Just wondering when you added the 4T of milk into the batter that is listed in the recipe ingredients?
Cheers
These are absolutely adorable. I have a question. Are the cookies crispy or soft and chewy?
they aren’t crispy, but they aren’t soft either. The royal icing is hard, and it keeps the cookie on the softer side. More like a shortbread cookie
Hi I am going to try these this year! I am also wondering when to add the 4 Tbsp of milk? With the wet before the dry?! Thank you!
with the wet ingredients 😉