How franken’ cute are these little guys for Halloween?! … And so easy to make which is always awesome. I used a recipe from The I Heart Naptime Cookbook for Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. It’s my food blogging friend, Jamielyn’s first cookbook full of quick and easy recipes perfect to pull off in an hour. Love that!
Instead of the pretty in pink, party-worthy frosting and sprinkles in her book, I took a twist with the tops and turned them into Frankenstein faces. While these are super easy to make, the decorating will take you over the hour mark. But feel free to make them in any frosting and sprinkle color combination that you love. They’ll still be so cute.
Making the sugar cookie bars is simple … whip up the dough, press into a baking pan, frost and sprinkle when baked and cooled. Cut into bars and done.
Or break out the extra candies and go full on Frankenstein.
For the faces, I used black jelly beans, black jimmies, and jumbo candy eyes.
Place 5-6 jelly beans on top of square sugar cookie bar for Frank’s hair. Use a toothpick to position if necessary and when in place, gently press into frosting.
Set the eyes in place and use black jimmies for mouths and eyebrows. Most of the time, there are some curved jimmies in the sprinkle bottle which totally makes a subtle little smirk.
Okay, but now we need some bolts to finish the look.
My mini marshmallows worked great to press into the sides of the frosting. Perfect proportions and lightweight enough not to fall off the sides. Win!
Yep, the faces look much cuter with bolts in place.
Recipe adapted slightly from The I Heart Naptime Cookbook by Jamielyn Nye, © 2016
Frankensquares
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Bars
Cream Cheese Frosting
Decorations
Instructions
Notes
Enjoy!
How cute, I’ll do it on my brother’s birthday.
Hi Pea – We ate them the same day. You can store them in an airtight container.
Hey there
Can anyone help me with a cream cheese frosting that’s piping consistency. Thanx.
Great idea! I think I’ll make your lemon bars with a little blue food coloring to get to green.
Lindos os bolinhos! Ameii!
Lovely Halloween mini
cakes :-)
So darn cute! Quick question – How do you store these? Simpy in the fridge? Are they best eaten the day of or will they be ok to make the night before?
I adore your creativivity. Always so cute!
They’re darn-franken cute! Wonderful idea – I’m going to make these for my friends – thanks a bunch!! :)
These make me wish I had littles to make them for!
So freaking adorable!!!!
These are too adorable! It sounds like a fun cookbook too :)
Thanks guys & Tiffany – YAY – that’s what I was hoping for.
So darn clever, brought a smile to my face this morning.
I love them!!!
These are so franken’ cute! Love the creativity!
Thanks for the recipes of Frankensquares i love it <3 <3 <3