Vampire Mouth Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Win at Halloween with these s'mores-inspired vampire mouth sandwich cookies.

Three vampire mouth sandwich cookies

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

Why This Recipe Works

  • Cream cheese frosting cuts through the sweetness of the cookie and marshmallow, while simultaneously acting as an adhesive for the whole sandwich.
  • Four-inch cookies allow for a more convincingly mouth-like presentation.

You know those white plastic vampire teeth you can buy at the 99¢ store when Halloween season rolls around? Well, I've always been of the opinion that they suck (yes, pun intended)—not only are they totally unconvincing and guaranteed to fitterribly, you can't even eat them. Aspiring vampires have it rough.

This recipe doesn't really solve the "convincing" part of the equation, but at least now you can have your vampire mouth and eat it, too. As best I can tell, the original idea comes from Nestlé's 2010 Spooktacular Baking Contest finalist Lori Fillmore. Her recipe calls for Nestlé Toll House cookie dough lips, red-dyed vanilla frosting gums, and mini marshmallow teeth, with almond fangs. It's a great idea, and her version looks spectacularly kitschy, fun, and totally kid-friendly.

Woman holding vampire teeth sandwich cookie in front of her mouth.

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The only problem? There are very few situations in which I like marshmallows, and the combination of chocolate chip cookies and vanilla frosting just wasn't doing it for me. In fact, the only way Idolove marshmallows is in s'mores of all stripes, so I took that basic concept and ran with it.

My first challenge was the graham cracker, since boxed versions almost always come in square or rectangular sheets. I thought about making round graham crackers from scratch, but I couldn't think of how to incorporate the requisite chocolate flavor into the final sandwich—a dark chocolate frosting is pretty much impossible to dye red. Instead, I merged the two flavors in the form of a chocolate graham cracker cookie. And hey, good news!The recipealready exists on the site.

From there, I rolled out the dough and cut my cookies into four-inch rounds. Anything smaller, and you can't really fit a convincing number of marshmallow teeth onto the cookie, though you're welcome to try (I certainly did). Once they were baked, I simply sliced them in half to form the upper and lower parts of the mouth.

Overhead shot of mini marshmallows, red cream cheese frosting, and rounds of chocolate graham crackers cut in half.

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Next came the gums. In an attempt to retain some level of s'more integrity, I tried out a white chocolate frosting, but it made everything waaaaaay too sweet. What the sandwich needed was something to cut through all that sweetness instead of amplifying it. In traditional s'mores, dark chocolate offers a rich, earthy-fruity-bitter counterpoint. Since replicating that wasn't really an option, I went in the opposite direction and whipped up a simple, tangy cream cheese frosting. It does a pretty decent job of lightening things up and giving your palate a little respite from all that sugar. Is it traditionally s'more-like? Nope, not really. But it tastes a whole lot better. Think eventhatsounds too sweet? Regular whipped cream cheese would totally work, too.

A word of warning: You'll need to use a lot more food coloring than you think. At a certain point, I just stopped counting and kept on adding drops until the frosting took on a bright reddish-pink hue.

From there, it's just a matter of assembly. Give each cookie half a good, thick smear of icing—about one tablespoon per side—evening it out with an offset spatula or butter knife.

Two half disks of chocolate graham cookie frosted with red icing to the edges.

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Add your marshmallows to one half, starting at the center (you don't want a lopsided mouth!) and working outwards along the perimeter. Top the marshmallow half with your other frosting-laden cookie...

Placing on top half of vampire teeth sandwich cookie.

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..and pop in those fangs! I used slivered almond slices, which stick easily because of their light weight, but blanched and peeled whole almonds would work, too.

Et voilà!Vampire mouth s'more complete. Now I'm just waiting on the brave soul who decides to torch this baby up for a full vampfire* experience!

*There aren't a whole lot of ways to combine "vampire" and "campfire," okay?

2014年10月

Recipe Details

Vampire Mouth Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Active20 mins
Total30 mins
服务24 cookie sandwiches

Win at Halloween with these s'mores-inspired vampire mouth sandwich cookies.

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For the Cookies:

For the Frosting:

  • 16ouncescream cheese, softened

  • 8ouncesunsalted butter, softened

  • 1 1/2tablespoonsconfectioners' sugar

  • Red food coloring

For Assembly:

  • Approximately240mini marshmallows, from a 10.5-ounce bag

  • Approximately48slivered almonds

Directions

  1. For the Cookies:Adjust oven racks to upper- and lower-middle positions and preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). On a large surface lightly dusted with cocoa powder, roll dough out into a disk 1/8 inch thick. Using a 4-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 24 rounds and transfer to 2 parchment-lined baking sheets.

  2. Place sheets in oven and bake cookies until dry to the touch, 8 to 10 minutes total, rotating sheets top to bottom and back to front halfway through cooking. When cookies are done and still hot, gently slice each in half with a sharp knife or bench scraper. After 5 minutes, remove from baking sheet and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

  3. For the Frosting:Combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until thoroughly combined. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Slow stand mixer to a low speed and begin to add food coloring until it acquires a bright reddish-pink hue, approximately 50 drops.

  4. For Assembly:With an offset spatula or butter knife, spread 1 tablespoon frosting on each cookie half.

    Spreading a tablespoon of red frosting onto a half disk of chocolate graham cracker.

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    迷你棉花糖添加到12饼半,starting at the center and placing them side by side along the entire curved edge.

    Arranging mini marshmallows along curved edge of chocolate graham cracker half disk iced with red frosting.

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

    Top them with remaining 12 cookie halves. Add a sliver of almond on either side of the center 4 marshmallows, using cookie's frosting as an adhesive if necessary. Serve.

    Front view of vampire teeth sandwich cookie.

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Special Equipment

4-inch round cookie cutter, rimmed baking sheets, wire rack, stand mixer with paddle attachment

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Nutrition Facts(per serving)
235 Calories
17g Fat
19g Carbs
3g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 24
Amount per serving
Calories 235
% Daily Value*
Total Fat17g 22%
Saturated Fat 9g 47%
Cholesterol40mg 13%
Sodium159mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate19g 7%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Total Sugars 11g
Protein3g
Vitamin C 0mg 0%
Calcium 29mg 2%
Iron 1mg 4%
阿宝tassium 70mg 1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)