Crumbl Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe (Copycat): Soft, Thick & Easy

Quick answer: Crumbl’s Halloween sugar cookie is the Halloween Vanilla Sugar Cookie, a soft sugar cookie mixed with orange and black sprinkles and topped with vanilla buttercream. To make it at home, mix a thick sugar cookie dough with orange and black jimmies, shape 8 big dough balls, bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, then frost and chill.

This copycat recipe gives you the same thick, soft bakery texture with simple pantry ingredients. You’ll also find four easy Halloween sugar cookie ideas, tips to stop spreading and how to make the cookies ahead.

Key Takeaways

• Crumbl’s Halloween Vanilla Sugar Cookie is a sugar cookie with orange and black sprinkles in the dough and vanilla buttercream on top.
• This copycat makes 8 big cookies and bakes at 350°F (175°C) for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Powdered sugar and a little sour cream keep the cookies soft and thick, like Crumbl’s.
• Use jimmies (long sprinkles), not nonpareils, so the colors don’t bleed into the dough.
• Serve them chilled, like Crumbl’s everyday Vanilla Sugar Cookie.

What Is the Crumbl Halloween Sugar Cookie?

Crumbl has baked a few Halloween sugar cookies over the years. The main one is the Halloween Vanilla Sugar Cookie, a Halloween-themed sugar cookie with orange and black sprinkles mixed into the dough and vanilla buttercream on top. It’s the Halloween version of Crumbl’s chilled Vanilla Sugar Cookie. Here is how it compares with Crumbl’s other sugar cookies.

*Calories per serving as listed on Crumbl’s website. See our Crumbl calories guide and Pink Sugar Cookie page.

Crumbl Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe

Makes: 8 large cookies | Prep: 20 min | Chill: 1 hr 30 min | Bake: 10–12 min at 350°F | Calories: about 850 per frosted cookie (our estimate)

Ingredients

Cookie dough

• 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
• ½ cup (60 g) powdered sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tbsp (30 g) sour cream
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup orange and black sprinkles (jimmies)

Vanilla buttercream

• ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cups (360 g) powdered sugar
• 3–4 tbsp heavy cream
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Beat the butter, granulated sugar and powdered sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla.
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Mix it into the butter mixture on low speed until just combined.
3. Fold in the orange and black sprinkles by hand so they don’t break or streak.
4. Scoop 8 dough balls (about ½ cup or 120 g each). Press each one into a 1-inch-thick puck and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) while the dough chills.
5. Bake 4 cookies per parchment-lined sheet for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are set but not brown and the centers still look soft. Cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then cool completely on a rack.
6. For the buttercream, beat the butter until smooth, then beat in the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and 3 tablespoons of cream. Add more cream until it is thick, smooth and spreadable.
7. Spread a thick, smooth layer of buttercream on each cookie with an offset spatula. Chill for 1 hour before serving.

4 Easy Halloween Sugar Cookie Ideas

Use the same dough and buttercream for these Halloween sugar cookie ideas.

1. Candy Corn Sugar Cookie

Crumbl’s Candy Corn Sugar Cookie is a vanilla sugar cookie with a swirl of vanilla frosting and one candy corn on top. Leave the sprinkles out of the dough, pipe a tall swirl of buttercream with a large star tip and press a candy corn into the center.

2. Orange Frosted Sugar Cookie

Tint the buttercream with a few drops of orange gel food coloring and spread it on top. Finish with black and purple sprinkles for a bright Halloween look.

3. Monster Eye Sugar Cookie

Tint the buttercream green or purple, then press 3 to 5 candy eyeballs into the frosting. Kids love decorating these.

4. Cut-Out Halloween Sugar Cookies

For pumpkins, ghosts and bats, roll the chilled dough to ¼ inch thick between sheets of parchment paper, chill again for 15 minutes and cut with Halloween cookie cutters. Bake at 350°F for 8 to 10 minutes. For sharper edges, leave out the baking soda. Decorate with buttercream or royal icing.

Want a confetti version? Our copycat Crumbl Halloween cookies guide has the Halloween Confetti Milkshake Cookie and four more Crumbl Halloween recipes.

Tips for Soft, Thick Halloween Sugar Cookies

• Weigh the flour. 375 g is the sweet spot. Too little flour makes the cookies spread, and too much makes them dry.
• Use softened, not melted, butter. It should dent when pressed but still feel cool.
• Don’t skip the chill. Cold dough keeps its thick shape. In a rush, freeze the dough balls for 15 minutes instead.
• Bake on cool pans. Let hot baking sheets cool before the next batch.
• Pull them early. The centers should look slightly underbaked. They set as they cool.
• Want a bakery flavor? Add ¼ teaspoon almond extract to the dough, the flavor Crumbl uses in its pink sugar cookies.

Make Ahead and Storage

• Dough: refrigerate the dough balls for up to 3 days, or freeze them for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen and add 1 to 2 minutes.
• Unfrosted cookies: store airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days.
• Frosted cookies: store airtight in the fridge for up to 4 days. They taste best cold.
• Freezing baked cookies: freeze unfrosted cookies for up to 2 months, then thaw and frost.

Read more about how to store cookies, freezing cookies and how long Crumbl cookies last.

Is the Halloween Sugar Cookie on Crumbl’s Menu This Year?

Crumbl hasn’t announced its 2026 Halloween lineup yet. The 2025 Halloween week ran from October 27 to November 1, and its Halloween sugar cookie was the Halloween Confetti Milkshake Cookie. Check our Crumbl next week menu for spoilers, and see is Crumbl open on Halloween for holiday hours.

Frequently Asked Questions

This is an unofficial copycat recipe based on Crumbl’s public flavor descriptions. Crumblscookie.com is not affiliated with Crumbl.