Mud Cups you can use for Halloween parties or snacks for Halloween day. Try quick snacks and easy baking recipes such as chocolate cobweb cupcakes and Halloween biscuits. picture from © Publications International, Ltd.

Ingredients 

1 (18-ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3 containers (4 ounces each) chocolate pudding

1’/4 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs

Gummy worms

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 18 (2V2 or 23/4-iflch) muffin pan cups.

2. Remove dough from wrapper; place in large bowl. Let dough stand at room temperature 15 minutes.

3. Add cocoa to dough; beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Shape dough into 18 balls; press onto bottoms and up sides of prepared muffin cups.

4. Bake l2to 14 minutes or until set. Remove from oven; gently press down center of each cookie with back of teaspoon. 

5. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove cups from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

6. Fill each cup with ito 2 tablespoons pudding; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Top with gummy worms, Makes 1% dozen cookie cups

Notes and Tips 

Chocolate cookie crumbs can be purchased in the bakìng section of your supermarket. Or, crush your own by placing sandwich cookies in a resealable plastic bag, then pounding with a meat mallet or rolling pin.