Description
These Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars are soft, buttery, and spookily festive with layers of black and orange cookie dough topped by a thick layer of creamy purple frosting. With a double batch, there’s plenty to go around — perfect for parties, trick-or-treat trays, or a frightfully sweet dessert table.
Ingredients
Cookie Base:
1½ cups salted butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
2 eggs
3 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbsp sour cream
7½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
Black and orange gel food coloring
Frosting:
1 cup salted butter, softened
8 cups confectioners’ sugar
½ cup half & half (or milk)
2 tsp vanilla extract
Purple food coloring
Halloween sprinkles (optional but fun)
Twists to Try:
Add ½ tsp almond extract to the dough for bakery-style flavor
Mix mini chocolate chips or crushed Oreos into the orange layer
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and sour cream.
In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking powder. Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet.
Divide dough in half. Color one half black and the other orange using gel food coloring.
Press orange dough into bottom of pan. Gently press black dough on top to create two spooky layers.
Bake for 22–25 minutes or until edges are lightly golden. Cool completely.
For frosting, beat butter until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, vanilla, half & half, and purple food coloring.
Spread over cooled cookie base. Decorate with Halloween sprinkles. Chill slightly before cutting into bars.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
Nutrition
- Calories: 270 / Bar
- Sugar: 28g / Bar
- Fat: 12g / Bar
- Carbohydrates: 38g / Bar
- Protein: 2g / Bar