Halloween Food & Recipes

Skull on a Stick

a sugar-cookie creation dreamed up by M. Ryan Taylor |
how many it makes depends on the size of cookie cutters used

Ingredients:

• 1 batch of your favorite Sugar Cookie recipe (we used “Halloween Molasses Cut-Outs” from LandOLakes.com)
• Halloween Cookie Cutters (we used Frankenstein, a Skull and a Ghost)
• Wax Paper
• 24 oz Almond Bark
• Mini Craft Sticks
• Various Small Candies (we used Autumn Mix, Junior Mints & Red Hots)

Directions:

1. Prepare sugar cookies in Halloween shapes according to your Sugar Cookie recipe’s directions. Cookies might need to be baked a little longer than usual to become crisp (think 1-2 minutes). Remove from pan and cool on rack.
2. Melt Almond Bark in a microwavable bowl according to labeled instructions.
3. Lay the flat side of a cookie in Almond bark, flip over and coat the other side, then lay on wax paper and place a Mini Craft Stick (half on and half off) the bottom of the cookie. Repeat the process with another cookie, laying it on top of the first. Press Various Small Candies into the Almond Bark to make face.
4. Repeat step 3 until you run out of Almond Bark.
5. Voila! “Skull on a Stick” or “Ghost on a Stick” or “Whatever-You-Want on a Stick!”

Don’t forget to listen to fun Halloween music while you make these!