Cauldron Cookies
These cauldron cookies look like they took hours but come together in under an hour. A chocolate chip cookie base, shaped into bubbling witch cauldrons, filled with candy potion and decorated with pretzel handles — spooky, delicious, and fun!
Equipment
- Stand mixer or hand mixer
- Regular muffin tin
- Cooking spray
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Hammer or rolling pin For crushing candy
- Small bowl or ramekin As alternate cauldron mold
Ingredients
- 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 0.5 cup granulated sugar
- 0.75 cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 2 large eggs (room temp)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp black cocoa powder (optional)
- 48 mini pretzel twists
- Jolly Ranchers or hard candies (crushed, assorted colors)
- black decorating gel or edible marker (optional)
- orange and red candy melts (optional flame decor)
- edible glitter (optional)
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars for 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Add dry to wet in batches. Fold in chocolate chips. Chill dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Flip muffin tin upside down and grease bottoms. Alternatively, use ramekins or small bowls as molds.
- Roll chilled dough into 2-tbsp balls and flatten into 3–4" discs. Drape over muffin tin cups and shape into bowl-like cauldrons. Add two pretzel handles to each. Space them apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes until edges are set. Let cool 5 minutes on mold, then transfer to rack. Reshape warm cookies if needed.
- Crush Jolly Ranchers into gravel-size chunks. Fill each cookie ⅔ full with crushed candy in desired color combinations.
- Bake again at 350°F for 4–6 minutes until candy is melted and bubbling. Let cool fully before decorating or moving.
- Optionally, pipe candy melts as flames under cauldrons. Add edible glitter, mini pretzels, or decorating gel for extra spooky details.
Notes
Chill the dough before shaping to keep the cookies from spreading. Use Jolly Ranchers or other hard candy for best potion effects — avoid gummy or soft candies. Add edible glitter while the candy is still melted for sparkle, and use muffin tins or small bowls as cauldron molds.
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 85mgPotassium: 65mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 290IUCalcium: 15mgIron: 1.2mg
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