If you love The Nightmare Before Christmas, these Jack Skellington Cookies will make you smile. They are simple cookies with white frosting and fun black icing details that turn every cookie into Jack’s face. They use simple ingredients and come together fast. These are perfect for Halloween parties, Christmas cookies, family movie night, or TikTok-make style videos everyone loves.
These cookies start with your favorite cookie dough. You can use homemade sugar cookies or store-bought dough. Once baked, decorate them with smooth white frosting and small lines of black icing. The fun part is creating different Jack Skellington faces. Kids love helping, and adults love the nostalgia.
These easy Jack Skellington cookies make a perfect treat for any Halloween (or Christmas) movie night. They are cute, quick, and full of charm from the Pumpkin King himself.
We are sharing tips to help you get the best results when making this recipe. If you don’t need the tips, scroll to the bottom for the full recipe and printable recipe card.
⭐ Why You’ll Love These Jack Skellington Cookies ⭐
They use simple ingredients.
They look adorable and fit any Halloween party theme (or Christmas).
Each cookie is finished with smooth white icing and black details.
Perfect for fans of the Nightmare Before Christmas movie.
You can store them in an airtight container for later.
🧾 Ingredients
📌 Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list with quantities and step-by-step instructions!
- Chocolate Chip or Sugar Cookies
- White Frosting
- Black Frosting
Tools You’ll Need
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Wire rack
- Pastry bag, piping bag, or a plastic resealable bag
- Small bowl
- Microwave-safe bowl
- Plastic wrap
🔪 How to Make
Spread a smooth, even layer of white frosting over each cooled cookie.
Use black icing to draw a curved line for the mouth near the bottom of the cookie.
Add short small lines across the mouth to create Jack’s stitched smile.
Pipe two small dots in the center area of the cookie to make the nose.
Draw two large oval eyes near the top of the cookie to complete Jack’s face.
Let the Jack Skellington cookies sit until the frosting and icing are set.
⭐ Tips for the Perfect Cookie ⭐
- White chocolate or remaining white icing can fix mistakes.
- If the black icing is too thick, thin with a drop of water.
- Black candy melts give deep color fast.
- Chill decorated cookies for cleaner lines.
- Store in an airtight container.
📖 Storing Your Cookies
Keep cookies in a sealed container.
They stay fresh for several days at room temperature.
You can freeze unfrosted cookies wrapped in plastic wrap.
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Ingredients
- Cookies
- White Frosting
- Black Frosting
Directions
- Coat each cookie with white frosting.
- Draw on a mouth.
- Add two dots for a nose.
- Draw on two eyes.
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