Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet

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Move over chocolate chip cookie skillet, this Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet is the new dessert worth heating up the oven over. It is so easy to make and requires just 9 ingredients you likely already have at home!

jack skellington cookie skillet on a table

Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet

I have loved The Nightmare Before Christmas since the first time I watched it and over the years, my love for the characters has grown.

I’ve taken that love and created all sorts of Nightmare Before Christmas Recipes. Everything from Jack Skellington Jello Shots to Oogie Boogie Cookies.

And now, I’ve put made Jack Skellington into a giant cookie that is enough to share, but you are totally going to want to keep it all to yourself.

This Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet is filled with sugar, chocolate and frosting for a one-of-a-kind Halloween treat. Enjoy it watching your favorite Halloween movie to bring a little spook to your night.

jack skellington cookie skillet on a table

What You Need to Make A Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet

For The Cookie:

  • 2 Cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3⁄4 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter butter
  • 3⁄4 Cup sugar
  • 3⁄4 Cup light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1⁄2 Cups Halloween M&M’s

For The Vanilla Frosting:

jack skellington cookie skillet on a table

How to Make A Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9inch cast iron skillet with nonstick baking spray.

Add butter, sugar and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.

Using an electric mixing cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar together until smooth.

Add in the egg and pure vanilla extract to the mixing bowl. Beat until light and fluffy.

Sift flour, salt, and baking soda in an additional large bowl.

Slowly add 1/3rd of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.

Beat after each addition to mix all ingredients.

Fold in the 1 Cup of M&M’s.

bowl with cookie dough and halloween m&m's

Scoop the batter into the prepared skillet.

Smooth the top of the dough with an offset spatula or butter knife.

Sprinkle the remaining M&M’s on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Set aside to cool completely before decorating.

While the cookie is cooling, it’s time to make the frosting. You can skip this step and just use premade cans of frosting if you prefer.

Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth, and thick.

Scoop about 1 Cup of frosting into a small bowl and mix in a few drops of the black gel food coloring

Scoop the black frosting into 1 piping bag and set aside.

Scoop the white frosting into the other piping bag.

Cut the tips off each piping bag or use a round tip.

Using the white frosting, pipe a oval/circle onto the cookie

cookie being decorated with frosting

Fill in the oval with white frosting and smooth evenly.

cookie skillet decorated with frosting

Using the black frosting, pipe on the details of Jack Skellington’s face

details of jack skellington face drawn in icing on top of cookie skillet

Pipe a black outline around the white oval

Serve and Enjoy!

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Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet

By Brittanie
Servings 1
prep time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
additional time15 minutes
total time50 minutes
Move over chocolate chip cookie skillet, this Jack Skellington Cookie Skillet is the new dessert worth heating up the oven over. It is so easy to make and requires just 9 ingredients you likely already have at home!

Ingredients
 

For The Cookie:

  • 2 Cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ Cup unsalted sweet cream butter butter
  • ¾ Cup sugar
  • ¾ Cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ Cups Halloween M&M’s

For The Vanilla Frosting:

  • 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2 Cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 4 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 2 disposable piping bags
  • Black gel food coloring

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9-inch cast iron skillet with nonstick baking spray.
  • Add butter, sugar and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
  • Using an electric mixing cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar together until smooth.
  • Add in the egg and pure vanilla extract to the mixing bowl. Beat until light and fluffy.
  • Sift flour, salt, and baking soda in an additional large bowl.
  • Slowly add 1/3rd of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
  • Beat after each addition to mix all ingredients.
  • Fold in the 1 Cup of M&M’s.
  • Scoop the batter into the prepared skillet.
  • Smooth the top of the dough with an offset spatula or butter knife.
  • Sprinkle the remaining M&M’s on top.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
  • Set aside to cool completely before decorating.
  • While the cookie is cooling, it’s time to make the frosting. You can skip this step and just use premade cans of frosting if you prefer.
  • Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth, and thick.
  • Scoop about 1 Cup of frosting into a small bowl and mix in a few drops of the black gel food coloring
  • Scoop the black frosting into 1 piping bag and set aside.
  • Scoop the white frosting into the other piping bag.
  • Cut the tips off each piping bag or use a round tip.
  • Using the white frosting, pipe an oval/circle onto the cookie
  • Fill in the oval with white frosting and smooth evenly.
  • Using the black frosting, pipe on the details of Jack Skellington’s face
  • Pipe a black outline around the white oval
  • Serve and Enjoy!

Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

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