Decorate Sugar Cookies Just Like the Pros
You can learn to beautifully decorate sugar cookies just like you see on social media and I can teach you how! Whether you like to learn from pictures and text or videos and words, I've got you covered! I have created photo Cookie Cards and a Video Tutorial so that you can choose your method of instruction.
*This tutorial is provided for those that have purchased my annually offered Royal Icing Halloween Cookie Decorating Kit. If you are creating the cookies and icing on your own, I use medium flood royal icing to both outline and flood the cookies.
Halloween Cookie Cutters
Cookie Cards: Sugar Cookie Decorating Guides
Use my Cookie Cards below as a guide to decorate your Halloween sugar cookies. Step by step photos plus written instructions give you all the details that you need to create beautifully decorated sugar cookies of your own.
Decorate a Candy Corn Cookie with Royal Icing
- Dividing the cookie into 3 sections, pipe an outline around the center section of the cookie.
- Following the outline, flood the center section working towards the center of the cookie.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe an outline around the top section of the cookie. Flood the top section.
- Pipe an outline around the bottom section. Flood the bottom section. Let dry for 20 minutes.
- Pipe black stitches around the entire outside edge of the cookie and horizontally between each section.
PRO TIP: For an alternate design decorate this cookie as a treat bucket with a handle by dividing the cookie into two colored sections instead of three.
Decorate a Jack O Lantern Cookie
with Royal Icing
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the cookie, except for the stem.
- Following the outline, flood the pumpkin, working towards the center of the cookie.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe an outline around the stem and fill it in.
- Pipe a Jack O Lantern face and fill it in.
- Pipe black stitches around the entire outside edge of the pumpkin.
PRO TIP: Be sure to cut the opening of the black icing bag small enough to be able to achieve the detailed stitching design around the edge of the cookie.
Decorate a Ghost Cookie with Royal Icing
using the Wet on Wet Technique
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the cookie.
- Following the outline, flood the ghost, working towards the center of the cookie.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- While the base layer of royal icing is still wet, pipe the polka dots. Let the polka dots sink into the base layer of royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to poke each dot down.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe black eyes and mouth.
- Pipe black stitches around the entire outside edge of the cookie.
PRO TIP: To achieve a seamlessly smooth wet on wet design, flood the ghost quickly and then add the polka dots while the base layer of royal icing is still wet. This creates a flat design that looks like a background pattern rather than a raised top design on the cookie.
Step by Step Sugar Cookie Decorating VIDEO Tutorial
Visual Learner? Let's Decorate Cookies Together!
Follow along to my step by step video tutorial. Learn how to decorate Halloween Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing including a Ghost, Jack O Lantern and Candy Corn. I break down the decorating process into easy to follow steps and give you helpful tips along the way.
Helpful Cookie Decorating Tools:
*Affiliate links. May earn a small commission when you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.
Want to Learn More?!
Looking for more inspiration? Check out my Buttercream Icing Halloween Sugar Cookie Decorating Tutorial. Learn to decorate the same Halloween cookies with buttercream icing in different designs that can also be translated to royal icing.
