Potion Bottle Cookies for Halloween

I’ll show you how to make these hauntingly beautiful potion bottle cookies for Halloween with royal icing, modeling chocolate, and luster dust in the latest tutorial in my Cookie Art Club!

These potion bottle cookies were inspired by a Halloween display that I saw at Bath & Body Works in the mall a couple of years ago. I've kept the photo in my cookie inspiration album on my phone all this time and I finally brought my idea to life!

A set of cookies decorated to look like fancy bottles of potion. The cookies are decorated with deep purple, teal, and gold icing with black spiders and skeleton cameos.

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A Halloween display at bath and body works showing a golden carriage with two skeleton silhouettes inside, rows of black soap bottles, and two golden candle holders that look like a goblet and a spider web.

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I used modeling chocolate to make the skeleton cameos on these cookies because I personally think it tastes better than fondant. The downside is that it is much softer than fondant so it can be a little difficult to work with, but placing the modeling chocolate-filled molds into the freezer will make it easier to remove.

A close up of the potion bottle decorated with a skeleton cameo and a golden frame

I've had the skeleton cameo mold in my collection for years and I can't remember where it came from, but Etsy and Amazon have tons of options for these types of molds (even more elaborate and beautiful than the one I have!).

I made the frame mold myself using Amazing Mold Putty and a decoration that my grandmother gave to me (she gives me a lot of beautiful pieces for cookie inspiration!).

A cookie decorated to look like a potion bottle covered in a golden spider web and a black filigree design on the cap.

Here's what you'll need to make these potion bottle cookies for Halloween

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Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my orange cardamom cookie recipe)
Gem cookie cutters (I used Brighton Cutters)
Hexagon cookie cutters
Royal icing
Royal Blue, Leaf Green, Violet, Sunset Orange, and Coal Black food coloring (I used Chefmaster brand food coloring)
Skeleton mold and frame mold (make your own with Amazing Mold Putty or search Etsy and Amazon for similar designs)
Modeling chocolate or fondant in orange, black, and white
Cornstarch
Scribe tool
3 12” Decorating bags
Wilton decorating tips 1 and 3
Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
Sweet Sticks edible luster dust Glamorous Gold
Crystal Colors edible luster dust in Golden Chocolate
Vodka, extract, or paint powder activator for painting
Paint palette or small dishes
Decorator Brushes (I used Wilton brand for dusting the molds and Sweet Sticks brand for painting)
Purple and blue edible ink markers (I used FooDoodler brand)

A cookie decorated to look like a potion bottle with a spider hanging from a golden jewelry chain and a black spider web in the corner as well as on the lid of the bottle.

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