½ cup (113g) unsalted butter (softened), ¾ cup (150g) brown sugar (packed), 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 large egg, 1 3.4 ounces box Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 ¼ cups (155g) all purpose flour, ¼ cup Halloween sprinkles, ¾ cup Halloween M&Ms (any flavor ), Candy eyes (optional)

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, (at cool room temperature), 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar, 1/4 cup (50 grams) brown sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg, (at room temperature), 1 cup (127 grams) all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup (43 grams) black cocoa powder (or Dutch-process),, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 cup (85 grams) white chocolate chips, (plus more for garnish), 1 cup (218 grams) Halloween M&MS, (plus more for garnish), Edible candy eyeballs,

1 and 1/2 cups (188g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), 3/4 cup (62g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder (or dutch process cocoa powder), plus more as needed for rolling and work surface, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature, 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar, 1 large egg, at room temperature, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, Royal Icing or Easy Cookie Icing, optional: gel food coloring for tinting icings

1 cups unsalted butter (softened), 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon almond extract, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1-2 containers white Betty Crocker cookie icing, 1-2 containers black Betty Crocker cookie icing, round red sprinkles (optional), black edible food marker, black decorating sugar (sometimes called sprinkles or sanding sugar)

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour // 300 grams, 1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. salt (I use Diamond Crystal kosher salt), 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 12 tbsp. unsalted butter // 1 1/2 sticks (softened), 1 cup granulated sugar // 200 grams, 1/2 cup light brown sugar // 106 grams, 1 egg (large), 2 tsp. vanilla extract, 1/2 cup pure pumpkin purée, 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar // 312 grams, 3 - 4 tbsp. milk or half and half, 2 tsp. light corn syrup

2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, at room temperature, 1 cup dark brown sugar, 1/3 cup light brown sugar ((or more dark brown)), 2 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, 2 cups old fashioned oats, 1 1/4 cups Halloween M&M’s, 1 cup mini pretzel sticks, crushed, 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or chunks, candy eyes

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 cups leftover Halloween candy (about 30 bite-sized chocolate bars chopped and 10 mini bags of candy pieces such as M&M’s and candy corn)

¾ cup unsalted butter (1½ sticks ) (at room temperature), ¾ cup light brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar, 1 large egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp baking soda, 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, ¼ cup Dutch processed cocoa powder, 2 cups chopped candy bars (M&M's, Whoppers and other chocolate candy), ½ cup broken pretzel pieces

2 ¼ cups (280 g) all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon cornstarch (optional), ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, ¾ cup (170 g or 1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (melted and slightly cooled), 1 cup (200 g) packed light brown sugar, ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 1 large egg (room temperature), 1 egg yolk (room temperature), 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 1 cup Halloween M&M's (if you can’t find them in-store, pick out blue and red m&ms from regular m&ms), ¼ cup Halloween sprinkles with candy eyes

226 g unsalted butter (2 sticks, melted and slightly cooled), 150 g dark brown sugar (¾ cup (see recipe notes)), 150 g granulated white sugar (¾ cup (see recipe notes)), 1 tsp sea salt (use only ½ tsp if you prefer less salt), 1 tbsp vanilla extract, 2 eggs, 1 tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp baking powder, 280 g AP flour (2 ¼ cups (measured by spoon and level method)), 50 g black cocoa powder (½ cup (measured by spoon and level method)), 20 g dutch cocoa (2 tbsp (see recipe notes)), 200 g dark chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate from a bar. You can also use a mixture of white and dark chocolate), M&M ghoul mix (or similar), Monster eye candy

1 cup (222g) salted butter, room temperature, 1 cup (233g) granulated sugar, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 egg, 3 cups (456g) all-purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 batch Sugar Cookie Frosting

4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 1/2 cups butter (softened), 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, 2 tsp vanilla, gel food coloring (green and purple)

1 batch Homemade Chocolate Graham Cracker Dough, raw, Unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting, 16 ounces cream cheese, softened, 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened, 1 1/2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, Red food coloring, Approximately 240 mini marshmallows, from a 10.5-ounce bag, Approximately 48 slivered almonds