Haunted Tree Halloween Pizookie

Treat your friends and family with this Haunted Tree Halloween Pizookie, the perfect easy treat for feeding a crowd!

Pizookies are easy to adapt to any of your favorite cookie recipes! Try my Oatmeal Raisin Cookies or Chocolate Chip Cookies for a fun variation!

So, you might be wondering what a Pizookie is. A pizookie, or a skillet cookie, is pretty much just a large cookie that is shaped like a pizza and eaten warm straight from the oven, most times directly from the cast iron skillet it is cooked in. If you live in an area that has a BJ’s restaurant, they are probably the most famous for this delicious dessert.

You may also be looking at the decorations on top of the skillet cookie and thinking ‘I can’t do that!’, but I promise it’s easier than it looks! All you need to do is follow my steps below to make an eye-catching dessert that everyone will love. 

Why You Will Love This Halloween Pizookie

• Easy to make – no scooping, rolling or refrigerating dough
• Perfect for a party, or feeding a larger group
• Delicious crispy edges with a gooey chewy center
• Easy to customize 

How to Decorate this Halloween Pizookie

With just a few minutes and a few tools, you can make this Halloween treat.

1. Using a piping bag fitted with a number 4 tip, start by piping out a crooked hill for the tree to sit on.
2. Pipe the base of the tree and then start piping out branches for the tree. Make sure to curl the ends to make the branches look creepy.
3. Using a piping bag fitted with a number 2 tip, pipe a few little bats around the tree.
4. Using a third piping bag fitted with a star tip, pipe dollops of the orange and black frosting around the edge of the pizookie.
5. Allow the frosting to harden slightly before enjoying it!

Variations

The great thing about this pizookie recipe is that it is completely customizable! A few of my favorite variations are:

• Skip the Sprinkles – since this dessert is made for the holiday where the kids get an insane amount of candy, you could always skip the sprinkles and sub in your favorite candy from their stash. Reese’s Pieces are always a fun option!
• Add Some Chips – you could also always through in some chocolate chips, or even butterscotch chips 
• Go Chocolate – make the whole cookie dark by adding in about ¼ cup of cocoa powder for a chocolate cookie twist

Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions

• Make Ahead – the cookie dough can be made in advance to baking and kept stored in the fridge for a day or two, or can be frozen for about 2 months.
• To Freeze – Allow the cookie to cool completely after baking. Slice it into wedges, then store in an air tight freezer bag or container.

More Halloween Recipes to Try:

• Easy Halloween Cookies with Sprinkles
• Halloween Hot Cocoa Bombs
• 3-Ingredients Halloween Ghost Cookies
• Candy-Coated Pretzel Pumpkins
• Mummy Shortbread Cookies

Haunted Tree Halloween Pizookie

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• Author: Liz Thomson

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Treat your friends and family with this Haunted Tree Halloween Pizookie, the perfect easy treat for feeding a crowd!

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Ingredients

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Pizookie Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups Halloween sprinkles (divided)

Frosting Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter (softened)
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• black gel food coloring
• orange gel food coloring

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Instructions

Pizookie Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9in cast iron with baking spray

2. Use an electric mixer to cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl. Continue to beat with the electric mixer while adding in the egg and vanilla.

3. Set out a second bowl to sift the flour, baking soda and salt together. Slowly add in ⅓ of the flour mixture at a time to the wet ingredients. Beat to mix well. Repeat until all of the dry ingredients have been blended with the wet ingredients.

4. Add in 1 ½ cups of the sprinkles to the cookie dough.

5. Transfer the cookie dough to the prepared skillet. Press the top of the cookie dough into the skillet. Top the cookie dough with the remaining ½ cup of the sprinkles. Spread the sprinkles evenly on the top of the unbaked cookie.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.

Frosting Instructions

1. Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream together, until combined and smooth but with stiff peaks

2. Scoop about 1 C of frosting into a small bowl and mix in about 4 drops of the orange food coloring.

3. In the bowl of the stand mixer, beat in a few drops of the black gel food coloring and mix until combined. Beat in a few more drops of the black gel food coloring until you get the shade that you want

4. Scoop about ½ C of the frosting between two piping bags fitted with the number 2 and 4 tip. Scoop the orange frosting onto 1 side of a third piping bag fitted with a star tip. Scoop the rest of the black frosting onto the other side of the same piping bag. Set aside

Decoration Instructions

1. Using the number 4 tip piping bag, start by piping out a crooked hill for the tree to sit on.

2. Pipe the base of the tree and then start piping out branches for the tree. Make sure to curl the ends to make the branches look creepy.

3. Using the number 2 tip piping bag, pipe of little bats around the tree

4. Using the star tip, pipe dollops of the orange and black frosting around the edge

5. Allow the frosting to set slightly before enjoying it!