Name: Viral Pillsbury Halloween Cookie Bars
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: one 468 gram Pillsbury ready to bake chocolate chip cookie dough (tube); one 260 gram Pillsbury ready to bake Halloween sugar cookies (20 cookies in the package)

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Why You’ll Love My Recipe

Running out of time to come up with treats for Halloween? This easy recipe only requires two ingredients! Layer two types of delicious Pillsbury cookie dough in bar form and enjoy!

Whether you go all out with the candy on Halloween night, load up on treats for Diwali, or stock up on the discounts post-Halloween, this is a recipe for you! If you’re looking for more snack ideas, try these Simple & Easy Halloween Recipes. For a healthier alternative, check out this Healthy Halloween: Candy Corn Fruit Martini.

A smiling woman in a black shirt holds a baking tray of Halloween-themed cookies decorated with orange pumpkins and purple ghosts, standing in a festive kitchen with Halloween decorations.

Karlynn’s Recipe Notes

Skill Level: Easy
Total Time: 45 minutes (including time to chill)
Variations: Go nuts! This recipe gives you an easy and yummy base to start with but what you do from there is up to you. Add some chocolate or some peanut butter candies. Drizzle the completed cookie bars with Chocolate Sauce or slather them with some Maple Frosting. Your options are endless.
Tools Needed: All you’ll need for this one is a baking sheet (1/4 size is perfect for this recipe).

A baking tray of cookie bars topped with Halloween-themed cookies featuring pumpkins and ghosts sits on a wooden board, surrounded by Halloween decorations like jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins.

What You’ll Need For Ingredients

Pillsbury Ready-to-Bake Halloween Sugar Cookies: 260g package of precut cookies

Pillsbury Ready-to-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: a 468g tube

Toppings: Not a requirement, but lots of fun.

A wooden surface with three Pillsbury Halloween-themed cookie packages: Ghost and Pumpkin sugar cookies, and a tube of cookie dough. Halloween decorations, including pumpkins and a black cat, are in the background.

This is a quick overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Press the chocolate chip cookie dough into the bottom of the pan. Arrange the sugar cookies in a 4×5 rectangle on top of the chocolate chip cookie dough.
Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes and then bake for 18-20 minutes.
Cool and cut into 20 bars.

A hand holds up a Halloween-themed cookie bar featuring a pumpkin design, with more decorated cookies on a tray below and festive pumpkin decorations in the background.

Don’t Skip the Chill: Trust me, you don’t want to skip that 20 minutes of fridge time! This will help the dough to firm up and hold its shape better while baking.

Personalize: Make these your own by adding toppings or mixing in some of your favourite candies! Find some brightly coloured Reese’s Pieces to scatter on top or slather some peanut butter between the cookie layers. Just keep an eye on your squares as they bake, because you may need to adjust your baking time and you don’t want to burn anything.

A plate of cookies with a design on them.

Storage Instructions

These cookies will be fine in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 3 days. They do not need to be refrigerated once they’re baked.

Freezer: Layer the cooled cookies with sheets of parchment paper and store in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.

More Delicious Halloween Recipes

Are you looking for more yummy and easy recipes to whip up for Halloween?

Check out this list of 12 Irresistible Cookie Recipes for Every Type of Craving!

Why not try Halloween Cupcakes or Two Ingredient Halloween Witches Brooms?

If you’ve got some leftover candy to use up, try some Halloween Candy Leftover Cookies or this Leftover Halloween Candy Pie.

There you go, friends. An easy recipe that you can make this spooky season and some ideas for the leftover candy bounty. Try them out and let me know how they turn out.

Happy Baking!

Karlynn