Hocus Pocus White Chocolate Chip Cookies

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SISTAS! These Hocus Pocus white chocolate chip cookies have white chocolate chips and fun Halloween sprinkles, which makes them chewy and layered with flavor.

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Halloween Cookies With A Surprise

Halloween is all about candy and sweets, so why not make these Hocus Pocus cookies with some fun sprinkles? We’re big Hocus Pocus fans (we watch it on repeat every October), so the announcement of Hocus Pocus 2 had us giddy. I had to make a dessert to honor my girls Winifred, Sarah, and Mary — the Sanderson Sisters.

Here are some of the spooky ingredients:

• Cake flour
• Halloween sprinkles
• White chocolate chips

What Can I substitute in this recipe?

Because this recipe is supposed to represent The Sanderson Sisters as much as possible, there aren’t many things you can substitute. While the butter, sugars, and flour cannot be replaced, you can easily switch out the chocolate chip flavors. Caramel, semi-sweet, or peanut butter chips would be ghoulishly good in this recipe.

Can I make this a different way?

Cookies are all made this way for a reason: it works! I wouldn’t try to make these in any other way. This recipe is really great all on its own. We even have a Valentine’s Day cookie recipe that’s quite similar to this one, and it’s also a big hit in our home during the holidays.

Hocus Pocus White Chocolate Chip Cookies

16 servings

1. 1 ½ cup COLD unsalted butter, cut into cubes
2. 2 cups white sugar
3. 3 large eggs, room temperature
4. 3 tsp vanilla extract 
5. 1 ½ tsp cornstarch
6. 1 ½ tsp baking soda
7. ¾ tsp salt
8. 2 cups cake flour
9. 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
10. 3 cups white chocolate chips 
11. 2 cups Halloween sprinkles, divided

Instructions

• In a bowl of a stand mixer, add the butter and sugar.
• Mix on high until thoroughly combined and it’s light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs to the sugar mixture 1 at a time.
• Mix until combined.
• Add the vanilla extract and continue to mix.
• In a large bowl add the flour, cake flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
• Whisk to combine. 
• Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture 1 cup at a time.
• Mix on medium speed until flour is thoroughly combined.
• Add the white chocolate chips and ½ of the sprinkles to the batter and use your hands to mix to combine. 
• Separate the dough into 3 equal parts, and place it in separate bowls.
• Color each separated bowl with orange, green, and purple food dye.
• Cover the bowls of dough and chill for 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 420 degrees.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or baking mats.
• Use an ice cream scoop and scoop out your cookie dough. If making the marbled cookies, take half a tablespoon of each colored dough, and put it together.
• Roll the cookie dough into a ball.
• Continue until all of the cookie dough has been rolled into balls.
• Set to the side.
• In a small bowl add sprinkles.
• Roll the cookie dough into the sprinkles until evenly coated all over. Place the cookie dough balls on the baking pan allowing 1-2 inches apart from each other.
• Bake 1 baking pan at a time for 13-14 minutes.
• Serve warm and enjoy.