Chocolate Halloween Cookies

Name: Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Total time: 70
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 cup white sugar; ⅔ cup butter, softened; ⅓ cup milk; 1 egg; 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®); 3 tablespoons melted butter; 3 tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 2 tablespoons milk; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ¼ cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®), or to taste

Recipe by Amy Hunter Shaw from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 10 Mins.

Ingredients

48 servings

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1 cup white sugar
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⅔ cup butter, softened
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⅓ cup milk
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1 egg
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1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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½ cup cocoa powder
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½ teaspoon baking powder

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¼ teaspoon salt
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1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®)
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3 tablespoons melted butter
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3 tablespoons cocoa powder
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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2 tablespoons milk
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½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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¼ cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces®), or to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat white sugar and 2/3 cup softened butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in 1/3 cup milk, egg, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Stir flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces. Drop dough, 1 to 2 tablespoons per cookie, onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pans for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Beat 3 tablespoons melted butter and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is fluffy and smooth. Frost cookies and decorate with more candy-coated peanut butter pieces.