Spooky and Scary are the words your kids will use to describe these easy skeleton cookies, adorable and delicious are the words your friends will use.
You can get a batch of these delicious and cute skeleton cookies done in no time, and I am going to give you all the details for how to decorate them, one of the greatest parts of these cookies is that you will only need two colors! It doesn’t get much easier than that!
These are great sugar cookies to decorate for a Halloween party, just put them in cellophane bags with a bow alone or with other Halloween cookies and you’re good to go. I’m sure you can also come up with plenty of other cookies to turn this cutter into, lots of fun ideas to make with these.
SKELETON DECORATED COOKIE
YOU WILL NEED:
- Cut-out sugar cookie dough
- Royal icing
- Icing colors – I use Americolor brand
CUTTERS: GINGERBREAD MAN CUTTER FROM WILTON
TOOLS AND TIPS:
Tips #2 or #2.5
Couplers
Icing bags
Parchment paper
Cookie sheet
Toothpick or scribe
COLORS YOU WILL NEED:
Black Icing – outline and flood
White – Outline Icing
SKELETON COOKIE
OUTLINE AND FLOODING
Step 1: Outline the cookie with black piping icing
Step 2: Fill the cookie with black flood icing
Stop and allow your cookie to dry in front of a fan for 1-2 hours before flooding the next section.
DETAILS
Step 3: Using white piping icing outline the “bones” of the skeleton!
Step 4: Using a black edible marker make the eyes, nose, and mouth of the skeleton!
That’s all it takes to make these cute and easy skeleton cookies! Just a few simple steps and a whole lotta Halloween fun! You’re ready to tackle every Halloween party this season, go ahead and grab your icing and your cutters and let’s get these cookies done. Don’t forget to take photos and share them on Instagram and tag me so I can see your great hard work!