Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

I don’t know about you, but Oreos are my favorite sweet treat. This dark chocolate sandwich cookie is the homemade gourmet version of Oreos.

For Halloween, you can make these cookies in fun shapes, like these adorable bat cookies.

Halloween cookies are so fun to make

Coming up with Halloween party food recipes is one of my favorite types of recipes to create. I love finding creative and creepy ways to serve fun savory Halloween party treats.

If you haven’t seen my Savory Parmesan Monster Fingers, then you need to check them out.

A recent trip to Austin, Texas inspires this bat oreo cookie

If you didn’t know this fun fact already, Austin Texas has the largest bat population in the county. For a few species, in the actual world.

What? Yeah, I didn’t realize this when I first got there.

While I was staying at my hotel, which happened to be located at one end of the Congress Street Bridge, I found out that 1.5 million bats come out every single night to feed on 30 thousand pounds of insects.

These bats live under the Congress street bridge right on the edge of Austin’s bustling downtown. Every single night at sunset these bats exit their lair, which takes about 3 hours.

Watching the bats was surreal. I couldn’t believe how many of them there were. But secondly, how many mosquitos would be in Austin without these bats and their insect control service? The city of Austin thanks you!

These cute Halloween cookies are a cutout cookie

What that means is that you will need to roll out the cookie dough like a sugar cookie dough and use cookie cutters (affiliate link) to cut out whatever shape you want.

I decided to make my chocolate sandwich cookies as bats. I also created a simple round sandwich cookie filled with a bright Frankenstein green buttercream. You can make these cookies as fancy or as simple as you want to.

Chocolate cookies are one of my favorite kinds of cookies. Especially Oreos! I’m usually a baked goods snob. I don’t bother with packaged cookies at all, except for Oreos.

There’s something right about the deep dark chocolate cookie and the irresistible creme filling. I’m sharing the secret!

I had to pick up a bat cookie cutter at one of the gift shops.

Wherever I travel, I am always looking for how to bring something back to cook.

Sometimes I am inspired by a local dish I’ve never tried. Sometimes the inspiration comes in the form of a story. I live my life through food and my memories, and I love sharing them with you!

Here are some Halloween cookie cutters

Just in case you don’t already own your own bat cookie cutter. These can be used for these chocolate sandwich cookies or for making Halloween sugar cookies.

• Ann Clarke 5 piece Halloween Cookie Cutters
• Wilton 7 piece set of Halloween Cookie Cutters
• Bat Cookie Cutter
• Round Pastry Cutters

What You’ll Need homemade Oreo recipe

Step 1—Start with the basic cookie ingredients

• Butter
• Flour
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Salt
• Baking Soda
• Black cocoa (affiliate link)

Black cocoa is ultra-processed Dutch cocoa. This extra processing gives this version of unsweetened cocoa powder that extra dark color and extra dark cocoa flavor that you will recognize if you’ve ever mowed down a row of Oreos.

Step 2—Make The chocolate cookie dough

This cookie dough is a deep dark chocolate sugar cookie dough. It is meant to be rolled out and cut with cookie cutters.

1. Start by creaming the butter and the sugar together.
2. Add in the eggs one at a time. Beat until fluffy.
3. Add in the dry ingredients. Mix until the dough is just coming together.
4. Turn the dough out on parchment paper. Smoosh it all together with your hands.
5. Wrap it up in the parchment and store it in the fridge for about an hour before rolling it out.

Step 3—Cut Out the Cookie Dough

1. Cut the chilled dough in half. Working with one-half of the dough is more manageable.
2. Form the dough you are working with into a compact disc or rectangle and press flat.
3. Add parchment paper over the top. With a rolling pin (affiliate link), roll out to the desired thickness. (Use thickness guide rings (affiliate link) to make this easier.)

PRO-TIP: This dough isn’t super sensitive to overworking because it has a high concentration of cocoa and not as much flour. Therefore, this dough is perfect for rolling out, smashing back together, and re-rolling out without ending up with tough and chewy cookie dough.

• Chocolate sugar cookies with royal icing.
• Chocolate sugar cookies without icing.
• Chocolate Christmas cutout cookies.
• Bake the dough and crumble to make crushed Oreos. Top ice cream.

How to make sandwich cookies.

Hungry For More Treats for Halloween?

Whenever I host a Halloween party, I have a few favorite dishes that I serve up.

• The Best Chili Recipe, of course
• Savory Parmesan Shortbread Monster Fingers
• Pork Ragu Sauce, which I label with something disgusting like “Dracula Guts.”
• Polenta in the shape of a rib cage or skull (affiliate link)or a brain (affiliate link). Using a recipe for a dense, sliceable polenta is perfect here.