After having kids, I seriously love Halloween. Not so much about getting dressed up in a costume or scary things or scary movies. . but sharing the excitement with my girls, dressing them up and handing out candy with them. My girls are young so they are not yet at the point where they can trick or treat for 3-4 hours (like I did when I was a kid). We hit like 8 houses and we’re done. They are easy like that.
The other thing I love about Halloween is baking! I love all the creative ideas I see out in the blogosphere. . there are some pretty amazing and freakishly cute sweet treats out there, I love it!
And this year, I am baking cupcakes for my daughter’s Halloween class party so come back over here on Wednesday to see what I have in store!
Now, on to these cookies! I have never myself been to the Momofuku Milk Bar in NYC but this is the first place I’m going the next time I am there. Christina Tosi, is THE sugar genius, owner, chef there. This lady is freaking brilliant. Brilliant. She has a crack pie for crying out loud. Check out her Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. Awesomeness in a book.
I have been wanting to try one of her recipes. . and this week was the week! When I saw the recipe for these cookies, I knew they would be perfect! It’s not only the candy corn and chocolate chips which create this wonderful, freaking amazing cookie. . but the Cornflake crunch. In every bite, you get chewy, crunchy, and sweet. A little bit of my cornflake crunch kind of caramelized so it was soooo good. Freaking brilliant. Y.U.M. You have got to try these. And hit up Momofuku Milk Bar if you’re ever in NYC.
Momofuku means lucky peach. How awesome is that?
I hope you enjoy!
- FOR THE CORNFLAKE CRUNCH:
- 4 cups cornflakes (5 ounces), lightly crushed
- ½ cup dry milk powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- FOR THE COOKIES:
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Cornflake Crunch
- ⅔ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup candy corn
- about a ¼ cup Reeses pieces
- FOR THE CORNFLAKE CRUNCH:
- Preheat the oven to 275° and line a baking sheet with parchment. In a large bowl, toss the cornflakes with the milk powder, sugar, salt and butter until coated. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet and bake until golden and fragrant, about 20 minutes. Let the crunch cool completely.
- FOR THE COOKIES:
- In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle, beat the butter and sugars at medium- high speed until light and fluffy, 4 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. At low speed, beat in the dry ingredients, then mix in (by hand) the Cornflake Crunch, chocolate chips, candy corn and Reeses pieces. Mound ¼-cup scoops of dough 4 inches apart on 4 parchment–lined baking sheets. Flatten the cookies slightly and refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375° and position a rack in the center. Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, for 15 minutes, until browned around the edges but still a bit pale in the center. Let cool completely on the tray, then serve.
Recipe adapted from Momofuku Milk Bar, care of Food and Wine.
Halloween Sunday Supper
I hope you’re ready for a howling good time, because Sunday, October 28th, my #SundaySupper friends and I will be conjuring up some magic in our bubbling cauldrons to bring you everything from Ghoulish Gruel to Haunted Snacks to Spooky Sweets, and of course a few Bewitching Brews! Big thanks to Leslie at La Cocina de Leslie for hosting!
Witches, ghosts, goblins, vampires, zombies, monsters… Everyone is invited. You don’t want to miss this hair-raising party.
Bewitching Brews
- Shrunken Heads in Cider – Girlichef
- Candy Corn Martini – The Messy Baker Blog
- Trick-or-Treat Wine Pairings for Halloween – ENOFYLZ
Ghoulish Gruel
- Steak Bites with Bloody Mary Dipping Sauce – I Run for Wine
- Eggs in Purgatory – My Catholic Kitchen
- Mini Jack-o’-Lantern Sloppy Joe Pies – Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Baked Mummy Cheese Dogs – In the Kitchen with KP
- Meat Head – Ruffles & Truffles
- Goblin Eggs – Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
- Mummy Hot Dogs – Damn Delicious
- Spooky Kid Pizzas – Sustainable Dad
- Pumpkin Chili, Pumpkin Dip, & Wicken Witch’s Brew – Daddy Knows Less
- Monster Mash – Cindy’s Recipes & Writings
- The Wicken Bao – The Urban Mrs
- Sloppy Worm Sandwiches – La Cocina de Leslie
Haunted Snacks
- Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip – Shockingly Delicious
- Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs – Comfy Cuisine
- Eyeball Pinwheels – Home Cooking Memories
Spooky Sweets
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Biscoff Cream – The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Spooky Ogre Eye Cookies – The Realistic Nutritionist
- Jack O’ Lantern Cookies – Magnolia Days
- Spooky Good Popcorn Snack Mix – The Weekend Gourment
- White Chocolate & Coconut Dipped Strawberry Ghosts – Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Monster Bites – Cravings of a Lunatic
- Vegan Halloween Sugar Cookies – Hezzi-D’s Books & Cooks
- Monster Cookies – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Tunnel of Doom Cake – That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Candy-Stuffed Rice Crispy Treat Pumpkins – Chocolate Moosey
- Crispy Graham Bones – The Meltaways
- Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies – Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Witch’s Fingers – Noshing with The Nolands
- Sweet Intestines with Broken Glass – The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Graveyard Brownies – The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Boo Candy Corn & Chocolate Chip Cookies – Hip Foodie Mom
- Bleeding Devil Cakes – Momma’s Meals
- Pumpkin Halloween Munch – Big Bear’s Wife
- Halloween Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cake Pops – Juanita’s Cocina
- Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Cake – Galactosemia in PDX
- Ghostly Chocolate Orange Tarts – Happy Baking Days
- Messy Monster Cookies – MarocMama
- Bewitchingly Delicious Butterscotch Broomstick Cake Pops – Mama.Mommy.Mom.
- Halloween Popcorn Cake – Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Witches Morning Gruel – In the Kitchen with Audrey
- White Chocolate & Dulce de Leche Ghosts – Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Peanut Butter Candy Bar Cookies – The Cookie A Day Challenge
- Monster Cookie Revel Bars – Baker Street
- Halloween Cereal Bars – Basic N Delicious
- Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead Cookies) – Webicurean
- Pumpkin Pie Pinwheels – Midlife Road Trip
Please be sure you join us on Twitter throughout the day, Sunday (October 28th) during #SundaySupper. We’ll be meeting up at 7:00 pm (Eastern) for our weekly #SundaySupper live chat where we’ll talk about all things Halloween. All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, or you can follow us through TweetChat.
We’d also love to feature your favorite Halloween recipes on our #SundaySupper Pinterest board and share them with all of our followers, too.
Kids make celebrations a completely different affair. I love the way only one cookie shows eyes in the first pic! These are amazing treats Alice!
Haha, thank you Paula!
I love the eyeball peaking out in that first photo! Prefect Halloween cookies!
Thank you, Angie! 🙂
They are beautiful! Yes, I also want to visit Momofuku Milk Bar…I heard Christina Tosi on the radio yesterday and yes, salty foods with sweets. Composte cookie?! Yes, I am there…
It is wonderful that you can still bring homemade food to your children’s school. We here can only bring store bought foods…Have fun on Wednesday with your girls. Like you, our kids are also happy after 8 houses or so 🙂 ~ Bea
Thank you, Bea! These cookies. . even though they might not look as appetizing, are seriously delicious!!! I am still eating some right now!
Love the cornflake crunch ! Must add a nice punch to the cookies. Love this recipe. Will be pinning iy and trying it 🙂 Thanks !!
I really hope you DO try this recipe! The cookies are seriously really yummy! I mean really! and yes, I think the cornflake crunch takes them to another level.
OK I love these little guys!! I can’t to pass this recipe along to my friends with kids!!
Yum yum yum! I always love a salty and sweet combo, and the Momofuku compost style cookies are so genius! Thanks for sharing this spin on it!!!
I saw these during the sneak peak I believe and thought they were so cute. Nicely done!
These are too cute. I love the idea of cornflakes. I love the phots with the eyes peeking out.
Yum…two of my favorites – candy corn and chocolate – together!
I never got into Halloween but ever since I had my daughter my husband has been talking about how when she is older he thinks it would be fun to get into Halloween and dressing up with her. I am not convinced about the dressing up bit but after seeing all of these fun treats I can’t wait to host a fun kids Halloween party.
Hi Laura, yes! Halloween with kids (my opinion) is the BEST! They get so excited with everything and you can get creative with the sweet treats and other party options. . Also you get to put your kids into really cute costumes! 😛 I love seeing babies in animal costumes!
These are adorable…I just love those little eyeballs! And I was just like that when I was a kid, I could trick-or-treat for hours on end. Just the thought of MORE candy kept me moving ;). Where I live now, you have a “set” 2-hour block where you’re allowed to trick-or-treat and that’s it, so my kids don’t have a choice but to stop. And I’ll admit, I like that.
oh wow! There’s a 2-hour set time block?! Where do you live? How would they enforce that?
This is so great for Halloween – very creative. I wish you get a chance to dress up as a family. 🙂 Will be fun!
Alice, these cookies look so good! I’ve been wanting to try some Momofuku recipes, but haven’t had a chance. I can’t wait! Pinned.
Awesome Jennie! I really hope you try this! They are seriously yummy! I might have to buy the Momofuku milk bar cookbook now! 🙂
Cornflakes sound like a great addition! I always find it creepy when my food looks back at me.
Your cookies are staring at me 😉 I have her book on my list! Can’t wait to (someday) get it.
Haha! Awesome, I want to get it too!! We should!
I found this recipe in Food and Wine. . but am getting the cookbook. . I’ll definitely post some more Momofuku Milk Bar recipes soon!
Yummy cookies! Now I know what to do with my leftover candy corn 🙂
Awesome, I hope you make them!
Those are so fun and hilarious Alice!! I love the eyes…how adorable! Everything you do is so exciting!
Brandi, OMG, thank you for the super sweet comment! 🙂 you made my day!
There are like a gazillions spots I want to hit when I get to NY. Someday! Momofuku milk bar is definately on that list. I’ve been hearing alot about this book. I’m not much of a sweets person or a baker but I would like to try this recipe for sure. Hope you had a great birthday Alice! Your cookies look so cute.
Sarah, Thank you so much! I hope you do try this recipe! These cookies were seriously so delicious. . it’s the corn flake crunch along with everything else. . it’s delicious! I actually froze some and will bake some more this week (saving some for a friend) so I hope they still taste ok! And thank you! I had a wonderful birthday!! 🙂
These just might be the perfect Halloween cookie!! I’m seriously excited about that cornflake crunch. One day I’ll get to NY and get to try momofuku treats.
These cookies look like so much fun! I like doing Halloween through my 7 year old too! Seeing his excitement, and getting him dressed up is so much fun!
These are some seriously cute and spooktacular cookies. Such a cute idea.
These cookies are totally rad – I LOVE the crazy eyeballs in the deformed cookie faces staring back at me. It’s like they’re challenging me to eat them. Challenge accepted!