Thursday, October 29, 2020

Black Magic M&M Cookies

Halloween is finally here!  It's my favorite holiday of the year.  I normally go all out, but I'm so disappointed I didn't even get my decorations out.  As things would have it, we had a big ice storm in Oklahoma this week and branches and power lines are down every where, so I guess it is a good thing I did not decorate my porch to the nines like I usually do.  I do have one very lovely but lonely little white pumpkin sitting on my porch.  It was too pretty to carve, and I will probably wind up incorporating it into a Thanksgiving centerpiece for my dining table (which is currently serving as a home office for Mr. Devilish Dish.  WHAT A YEAR!) One thing that hasn't changed around here is my love of making Halloween treats for my friends and family.  With the chilly weather outside it has been a perfect time for baking.  Have you seen the M&M's Ghoul's Mix?  They are milk chocolate M&M's in zombie green, orange and my favorite color purple!  The colors are almost too pretty to eat and I knew the minute I saw them they would be ideal for Halloween baking.  I immediately envisioned them in some kind of black dessert (perfectly ghoulish!) and then I remembered my Lump of Coal Cookies from a few years ago.  They were a huge hit at the holiday season, and with lots of special dark cocoa powder the cookies actually looked like lumps of black coal without any unnatural food coloring.  I simply used the same recipe and substituted the M&M's for chocolate chips.  I just love how they turned out.  The bright M&M colors look awesome against the black cookie dough and the taste is spookily spectacular for any chocolate lover.  You still have plenty of time to whip up a batch of these cookies and I bet if you hit the stores Sunday for Happy Half-Priced Halloween Candy Day you can stock up for later too.  Have a happy and safe Halloween and eat all the candy you want...

Deep, Dark Devilish Dough 
with M&M's Ghoul Mix candies...
The perfect Halloween combination!

Check out how dark the batter is.
That's dark cocoa powder and not
food coloring.  

The M&M's bright colors look great
mixed into the black batter.


All bagged up and ready for gifting...

This deep, dark black dough is definitely
Black Magic!

Happy Halloween from The Devilish Dish!