Halloween Spooky Cookies

Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a kid. I would trick-or-treat for hours and try to eat my entire bucket of candy once I got back. I always ended up sick to my stomach... it was the best. Haha! Today I'm sharing a fun, healthier dessert for your sugar fix! 

Crunchy edges. Chewy center. Melt-in-your-mouth coconut butter glaze.

Spooky Cookies

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup unrefined, coconut sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp himalayan pink salt
• 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tbsp water or almond milk
• Topping: coconut butter

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.
2. Whisk all the dry ingredients in a bowl. 
3. Add in the wet ingredients straight into the dry mix and use a spatula to combine.
4. Using a cookie scoop, place 1-tbsp balls onto parchment lined baking pan.
5. Press the cookies down *all the way* with the palm of your hands. (They do not expand).
6. Bake 10-12 minutes and let cool.
7. Melt about 1/4 cup coconut butter and spoon circles onto the top of your cookies. Make sure the coconut butter isn't too runny (there is a happy place between solid and super melty coconut butter).
8. Next, snip off a tiny corner of a plastic zip-lock. Mix 2 tbsp coconut butter with some vegetable powder of your choice (beet for pink, butterfly pea for blue, spirulina for green, charcoal for black, etc).
9. Draw a target (one small circle in the center and a larger one that follows) for all the cookies. 
10. Use a toothpick and drag the coconut butter from the center to the edge. Repeat 8-10 times per cookie.
11. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week, ideally 60-70F room temperature.