Get ready for a hauntingly delicious treat with these Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies! Perfect for Halloween, these no-bake cookies are as adorable as they are easy to make. With just a few ingredients, you can transform classic Nutter Butters into spooky little ghosts that are sure to be a hit. They're a fun, quick way to add some Halloween spirit to your dessert table!
Table of Contents
- 🎥 Watch these ghost cookies come to life
- 🗝️ Reasons these ghost cookies haunt me
- 🧾 Stuff you'll need to make Halloween Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies
- 📖 Recipe
- 🔪 How to turn Nutter Butters into boo-tiful bites for Halloween
- 👩🍳 Because somebody's gonna ask…
- 📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies
- 💬 Comments
🎥 Watch these ghost cookies come to life
Think you need fancy skills to pull off Halloween treats? Watch this-if you can dunk a cookie in chocolate, you're qualified. Candy eyes do the rest.
🗝️ Reasons these ghost cookies haunt me
They're cute, they're easy, and they vanish faster than the good candy on Halloween night. Consider this your no-bake ticket to spooky season glory.
- They look spooky-cute, but you don't need a culinary degree-or even an oven-to make them.
- Kids love helping with the dipping and decorating, which means free labor and fewer complaints.
- They're fast, festive, and guaranteed to vanish from the table before the candy corn does.
- These little ghosts are just as welcome at a classroom party as they are on the couch during a Twilight Zone marathon.
🧾 Stuff you'll need to make Halloween Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies
The cast of characters is short and sweet-store-bought cookies, white chocolate candy melts, and candy eyes or chocolate chips. No eye of newt, no bubbling cauldron, just the kind of spooky shortcut Mom would've called "fancy" back in 1973.
- Nutter Butter cookies - the classic peanut-shaped ones, because ghosts need a body and we're not carving it out of marzipan.
- White candy melts - melts into perfect little ghost sheets; no cauldron required, just a microwave.
- Candy eyes (or chocolate chips) - the spooky stare that turns a cookie into a ghost. Without them, you've just got cookies in sheets-and that's awkward.
Want the full spell book? 🕸️ Grab the free Nutter Butter Ghosts kitchen cheat sheet with all the make-ahead tricks, storage tips, and meltdown fixes. It's like having a Halloween hotline in your back pocket-minus the creepy heavy breathing.
📖 Recipe
Nutter Butter Ghosts for Halloween
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- 12 Nutter Butter cookies, the peanut shaped ones
- 10 ounces white chocolate melts
- 24 candy eyes, or chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt the white chocolate candy melts in the microwave on 50% powder, stirring every 30 seconds OR according to instructions on package.
- Spoon some of the melted white chocolate over the Nutter Butter cookie and let it drip down, covering the top half completely.
- Add 2 of the candy eyes while the white chocolate is still wet.
- Let set in a cool, dry place. Warning! If you put these in the refrigerator the black in the eyes will get smeary. I found this out the hard way.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to serve.
Notes
- Don't overheat your candy melts! Chocolate tends to seize up if it gets too hot (sometimes beyond repair) so follow the package directions and watch it carefully.
- Make sure to add the eyes quickly, before the chocolate sets! Otherwise, they won't stick.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
🔪 How to turn Nutter Butters into boo-tiful bites for Halloween
Spoiler: this is the easiest Halloween recipe you'll make all season. Melt, dip, stick on some candy eyes, and suddenly you're the spooky snack hero. No baking, no stress-just ghosts that vanish faster than the candy bowl.
- Melt the white candy melts - zap 'em in the microwave until smooth. No double boiler, no witch's cauldron, just modern magic.
- Dip the Nutter Butter - give each cookie a ghostly sheet, but don't drown it completely. Leave a little "face" showing so it doesn't look like a marshmallow blob.
- Add the eyes - stick on candy eyes (or chocolate chips) while the coating's still wet. Otherwise, you've just made faceless ghosts, and that's more creepy than cute.
- Let them set - leave them on wax paper until firm. Don't refrigerate unless you're into streaky, sad-looking spirits.
👩🍳 Because somebody's gonna ask…
You've got questions, I've got answers-well, at least the cookie-related ones. The rest of life's mysteries? You're on your own. Have other questions? Ask me in the comments!
Sure! Any similarly shaped cookie will work. Milano Cookies by Pepperidge Farms work well. Milanos are especially good if someone has a peanut allergy. Be sure to double check ingredients though!
Water and chocolate don't mix well. Sometimes, a bit of moisture in your bowl or on your spatula can cause the chocolate to seize up. Other times, it happens because the chocolate melts were overheated. Either way, there isn't a great fix. It's best to start over.
Set up the doubler boiler over low heat with a little simmering water in the bottom pan. The water shouldn't touch the top bowl. Pour the candy melts into the dry bowl and use a spatula to stir them until melted and smooth. It'll take a few minutes. Make sure none of the water gets in the chocolate!
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
Halloween used to mean bobbing for apples, eating candy straight from a pillowcase (after mom checked for razor blades), and trading the raisins (ick) to your little brother for his Reeses. These recipes are way less sticky, way more fun, and nobody ends up with wet hair or bitter siblings.
🎃 Halloween Dirt Cups - Layers of chocolate pudding, crushed cookies, and gummy worms that look like they crawled straight out of the graveyard-but in the tastiest way possible.
🎃 Jack Skellington Oreo Pops - Oreos on a stick, dipped in white chocolate, and decorated with Jack's signature grin. Creepy-cute, no baking required.
🎃 Beetlejuice-Inspired Halloween Cookies - Swirled, spooky, and just chaotic enough to do justice to everyone's favorite ghost with the most.
And so, my dear ghouls and goblins, the tale of the Nutter Butter ghost cookies comes to its chilling end. With but a dip of white chocolate and the sinister stare of candy eyes, ordinary cookies have been transformed into edible apparitions. Serve them if you dare… though beware, for they vanish into the night faster than a scream in a haunted house. :::queue evil laughter::::
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Cheryl Savage says
We are having a storytelling festival at StandingStone state Park this Saturday. I’m going to fix these to sale. Since Halloween is looming on the horizon, I think the kids will love it and it is sooo easy.
Sharon says
Where did you get candy eyes?
Marye says
You can get them at most grocery stores in the baking aisle, Hobby Lobby, or Amazon (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/3Ds4HwZ