sugar cone witch hat

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OK, this is my new favorite Halloween treat, and not so hard to make. These witch hats would be an absolutely fun addition to any Halloween event!

We'll start with the cookie bottom. This recipe comes from one of our oldest and dearest friends. My Angel used to bat her eyes and we would have a plate of these yummies waiting for us whenever we visited. She's not able to make them anymore so we make them instead. I do have to admit here, that according to My Angel, mine just don't taste quite as good... I'll keep practicing.

Leona's Chocolate Cookies:
3/4 cup cocoa
3/4 cup oil
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
Beat cocoa, oil, sugar, and vanilla, then add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
add:
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
Mix all together until well blended.

The recipe then calls to roll large tablespoons of dough into powdered sugar.  For these hats, I rolled large 'golf ball sized' ones instead.  The easiest way I've found to do this part is to put a cup or so of powdered sugar in a gallon sized plastic bag, scoop a spoonful of dough in, using a couple of spoons, and work it around.  This is a tad bit less messy than just rolling it around in a bowl, as the dough is pretty sticky. After it's coated, you can stick your hand in and form the ball.

I was able to fit 6 cookies per jelly roll pan.  I smashed the balls flatter to make sure that they spread out nice and flat, which they really did.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. (These may take closer to 15.)

I made my cookies the day before because I was trying to can tomatoes and grapes at the same time, and couldn't fit the rest into my time or kitchen space. It ended up being a good plan, though. The cookies were nice and set and I'll do it that way again next time I'm sure.

So the next day, I warmed up some chocolate almond bark. Almond bark could definitely be compared to spray paint, it can make anything fabulous in no time!! I used a basting brush to paint it all over the sugar cones, except the very bottom quarter inch, so I'd have somewhere to hold on. I knew I'd be painting that later to attach it to the cookie...

After I finished the cones, I let them sit for a while. Within 30 minutes they were all pretty much set up. Then I filled them with different kinds of fun Halloween candy: cinnamon devils, m-n-m's, candy corns, pumpkins, and gummy worms. I didn't mark which was which because half of the fun was finding out what was inside when you ate it!

After filling it, I put the cookie on top and ever-so-carefully turned it all upside down. It's good to have the cone pretty close to where you want it before you flip it, it can be moved around a little, but not much. Set it down carefully and paint more almond bark around the top of the cone (which has become the bottom...) and down onto the cookie. This will hold it all together when it dries. Make sure that you get the edges where the cone meets cookie really well. After it set, I embellished it with some green frosting and a couple of candy corns around the base of the hat. And that's the end. Aren't they just the cutest things ever???

They end up pretty easy to eat as well, my kids turned them upside down and ate them like ice-cream cones. The vote at my house was unanimous that the chocolate covered cone was the very best part! Try it out and let me know what you think!

         They package up pretty well to give as gifts, also. :o)


enjoy!


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