Spooooky Halloween Cookies

Greetings everyone! So given how we're now in the month of October and this is my first post, I thought I would start things off with a Halloween cookie recipe made with dark chocolate sugar cookies and topped with marshmallow fondant. 

I followed Sweetapolita's dark chocolate sugar cookie recipe, which I halved. 

Next, feel free to use a pre-made fondant, but I decided to make some from scratch (recipe below). I then used Wilton's ready-to-use gel tubes to draw on the ghost faces.

Marshmallow Fondant

Yield: About 2 1/4 lbs of fondant

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter
• 16 oz mini marshmallows 
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 pounds confectioner's sugar, divided

Steps:

• Place the butter in a shallow bowl, and set aside.
• Place the marshmallows in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on High for 30 seconds to 1 minute to start melting the marshmallows. Carefully stir the water and vanilla extract into the hot marshmallows, and stir until the mixture is smooth. Slowly beat in the confectioners' sugar, a cup at a time, until you have a sticky dough. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar for kneading. The dough will be very stiff.
• Rub your hands thoroughly with butter, and begin kneading the sticky dough. As you knead, the dough will become workable and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a working surface dusted with confectioners' sugar and continue kneading until the fondant is smooth and no longer sticky to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Form the fondant into a ball, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. To use, allow the fondant to come to room temperature, and roll it out onto a flat surface dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Then, cut  the fondant using the same cookie cutter you used for the sugar cookies and use a clean paint brush lightly dipped in water to apply water or corn syrup to the cookies so the fondant will stick. Use the ready-to-use gel tubes to draw on your ghost faces (optional). 

To freeze and use some for later, just form a ball and tightly wrap in plastic wrap.

Enjoy your spoooky treats!