Best Cookie Recipes For Goblins, Monsters, And Zombies

Each week, we ask The Daily's Meal Culinary Content Network of food bloggers to share their favorite recipes connected to a weekly theme — this practice is affectionately called "SWAT" (Sharing With A Theme), and October is all about Halloween.

Last week, our bloggers sent their favorite spooky eats and treats to make for Halloween that included both sweet and savory Halloween creations, but this week, it's all about  cookie confections, concoctions, and creations. 

Use candy eyeballs to decorate funky-colored cake cookies. These super scary cookies are one of the top trending Halloween cookies on Pinterest. Click here for the recipe.

Even though these Halloween cookies are rolled out thin, they still remain incredibly soft and irresistibly chewy. Click here for the recipe.

These cookies use a ripe banana as the sole sweetener. Plus, wholemeal spelt flour and pumpkin purée are mixed into the batter for extra healthy goodness. Check out the full recipe here.

These cookies are so subtly perfect for Halloween. Spider-haters will take one look at your plate of cookies and have to think twice before reaching for one. For the recipe, click here.

Instant espresso powder and chocolate is always a good pair; decorating these cookies couldn't be easier. Check it out here.

These are the ideal cookies for busy people who still want to make impressive-looking, homemade, Halloween-themed treats for their friends and family. For the recipe, click here.

Although perfect for Halloween, these cookies are so easy to make and delicious that you'll be tempted to make them all year round. Click here for the recipe.

Black French macaron shells are filled with vanilla-flavored red buttercream, then marshmallow fondant is used to craft the Miley Cyrus-inspired pierced tongues. Check it out here.

These mummies are subtly flavored with pumpkin and spices, and dressed up with royal icing and black candy chips. Find the recipe here.

Nope, those aren't fingers in your cookie jar. They're actually creepy and delicious almond cookies. Find the recipe here.

Skip the fun-sized candy bars and dive into these awesome little cookies instead. Find the recipe here.

Blogger Moore Or Less Cooking suggests you make a second batch of these cookies... just in case the first one scuttles away. Click here for the recipe.

"These spider web florentines are delicate and crisp," writes blogger Mon Petit Four. "They have a little bit of a nutty flavor from the pecans used to create them, but mostly they smell and taste like the cinnamon-sugar concoction that they really are." For the recipe, click here.

Food blogger Clarks Condensed explains, "I'm not sure what it is about spiders... 99 percent of the time, they are the worst... I want them all dead. But once Halloween rolls around, I become a little spider-obsessed." Case in point: these great spider web cookies. Get the recipe here.

These gooey candy corn cookies are the perfect dessert for any Halloween party and are so easy to prepare. White chocolate chips and candy corn is a match made in Halloween heaven. For the recipe, click here.

Whip up some kitchen fun with the kids this Halloween and bake these super popular, yet super easy witch hat cookies from Pinterest. Check out the recipe here.