What scares me most about Halloween? Craftiness. But these simple mummy cookies helped me overcome some creative fears without pushing outside of my comfort zone.
Growing up, I witnessed my mother’s ability to hand-sew our clothes and create beautiful paintings from photographs. But her perfectionist nature eventually stopped her artistic hobbies. I inherited her stickler attitude toward details, but my father’s very analytical nature (read: zero artistic talent). So the very idea of a holiday that focuses so heavily on visual crafts is quite frightening to me.
Nonetheless, I was determined to do something spooky this year, rather than playing it safe with pumpkin recipes. But you need not worry about me getting too elaborate. If I can make these Mummy Cookies, then I guarantee that anyone can!
This post is sponsored by Enjoy Life, but the mummy cookies idea, recipe, and photos are all me.
These mummy cookies are a cute, fun, and super-easy treat for parties or even making with kids. And since they use convenient ingredients, you can whip them up in less than 30 minutes.
To keep them vegan, gluten-free, and free of top allergens, I use Enjoy Life crunchy cookies and chocolate chips. But if you’re like Tony and can’t keep your hands out of the chocolate chip bag (sometimes it’s hard to finish a chocolate recipe around here!), Enjoy Life also has new single-serve snack packs of their Mini Chips and Dark Morsels to keep you satisfied.
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Special Diet Notes: Mummy Cookies
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, and vegetarian. Please note that the allergy-friendly nature of this recipe is based on using Enjoy Life products, which are made in a top allergen-free facility.
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips + additional for eyes (I used Enjoy Life Mini Chips)
- ½ tablespoon coconut oil or non-hydrogenated shortening
- 12 allergy-friendly crunchy sugar cookies (I used 1 box Enjoy Life Sugar Crisp Crunchy Cookies)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage (I use So Delicious coconut milk beverage), or as needed
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Melt the chocolate chips with the oil or shortening. Whisk until smooth.
- Dip the tops of the cookies in the chocolate (go ahead, get your hands chocolaty!), letting excess drip off . Turn them right side up onto a wire rack or sheet lined with wax or parchment paper.
- Place the cookies in the refrigerator while you make the icing..
- Add the powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and drizzle in the vanilla. Add the milk beverage, 1 teaspoon at a time, until you get a thick, but slightly drizzly icing. You might need just 3 teaspoons or you might need 5. I use exactly 4 teaspoons.
- Place the icing in something with a narrow opening for piping. I love using squeeze bottles and bought ones like these at the grocery store.
- Pull the cookies from the refrigerator once the chocolate is set.
- Pipe two icing dots on each cookie for the eyes. Press a mini chocolate chip, upside down, in the center of each icing eye.
- Pipe icing across the cookies in a random fashion like mummy bandages.
- Store in a single layer until ready to serve. Because our place is warm, and I don't temper the chocolate, I keep them chilled. But they should keep at room temperature, too.
121 Comments
I love making spiders out of Newman’s dairy free Oreos cookies and pretzel sticks. I use frosting for the eyes.
Those Oreo cookie spiders are getting so popular and are so cute!
These are just too much fun. I love how festive they are ANNND that they are allergy-friendly too!! (That almost never happens!) I will definitely be making these for October 31st!!
I aim to please all (or as many as possible!)
Love chocolate chip-oatmeal cookies and rice krispy treats! The rice krispy treat always brings back childhood memories, my mom always makes them 🙂
Yes, those rice krispy treats are definitely a childhood classic.
Sounds yummy! 2
We love pumpkin cake and Oreo eyeballs!
Oreo eyeballs?! I’m going to have to look that one up!
How completely adorable!!! I love that there are allergy friendly options for the kiddos these days. So much safer!
Thanks Julie! Yes, a definite treat, but “safe” for most!
popcorn balls are always a favorite for settling in with a Halloween movie…and by that I mean like Charlie Brown cause I don’t watch scary things 🙂
Can I come to your house for movie night Amanda? I’m SO not into scary movies either, and dang, popcorn balls sound awesome! (plus I love Charlie Brown)
I’m a sucker for Reese’s! Enjoy Life Foods is my favorite brand of allergy-friendly chocolate!!
We just moved into a neighborhood that is ALL ABOUT the Halloween celebrations. I’ve been thinking of something to bring to the festivities and these would be perfect!
That’s so cool! I’ve always wondered what it would be like to live in one of “those” neighborhoods. It must be amazing for kids.
These are so adorable. And every time I see them I want to shove a handful in my mouth!! 🙂 My fave dairy free homemade Halloween treat is brownies. I don’t know why, but I always associate rich chocolatey brownies with Halloween. Boo!
I had trouble not shoving a handful in my mouth! Hmm, I’ve never associated brownies with Halloween, but I’m certainly not against it 🙂
We usually just do vegan cut-out cookies, but I don’t know – these could be my new favorite!
“just” cut-out cookies. That’s tasty fun in my book!
All vegan, of course ?
These are so cute and festive! My favorite treat to make lately has been pumpkin caramel cheesecake with a spiced apple topping ✌
Um, wow! Now I want to see the recipe for that, it sounds amazing.
I also tweeted the giveaway 🙂
I like to make home made chocolate peanut butter cups.
Yes! A favorite here, too 🙂
These cookies are so fun! Kids are gonna love these 🙂
Vegan Caramel Apples are a favorite in our house.
Great idea! I need to make some this year.
These look adorable! Sharing them in my updated Halloween treat roundup. 🙂 My favorite dairy-free treat at the moment is my Paleo Power Balls. I think I’ll make a triple batch and dip them in melted Enjoy Life chocolate chips for Halloween. 🙂
Shirley
Thanks Shirley, that’s awesome! Do you have those Power Balls up on your site? They sound familiar, but I don’t know if I’m remembering incorrectly. If you do, feel free to share the link here as I’m sure others would love to see those!
my kids love to make orange tinted rice krispie treats in the shape of pumpkins!
Too much fun 🙂
OOHH, we will definitely have to try these in our house. So cute and we love allergy-friendly ideas like this!
I hope you do get the chance to try them Kathryn – they’re too much fun and obviously tasty 🙂
My favorite dairy free Halloween treat would have to be buckeyes. I’m from Ohio and they’re a must have around here.
I LOVE dairy-free buckeyes. So easy and so, so good.