Jack-O-Lantern Edible Cookie Jar Tutorial

Published: Last Updated: By:Elizabeth Marek

Skill level: Intermediate

Guest instructor Mik Nuzzi is back with another cookie creation. This spook-tacular Jack-O-Lantern not only is a cookie jar that holds delicious delicacies inside, it’s ALSO a cookie! Mik provides all the tips and tricks needed to create this 3D cookie masterpiece.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to shape, bake and stack the cookies together, how to create the candy-shaped cookies, how to pipe and ice the Jack-O-Lantern, how to create the edible bat wings and how to create the cookie jar lid.

1:12:11 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to create a 3D Jack-O-Lantern cookie jar… out of cookies!
  • How to bake, create and stack the cookies into a fun pumpkin shape
  • Learn how to color your icing to a cohesive color scheme
  • How to create the edible bat wings and mini-candy cookies

Cookies stacked into a Jack-O-Lantern cookie jar

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making The Cookie Dough 2:31
  2. Rolling Out The Cookie Dough 5:58
  3. Cutting Out & Baking The Cookies 8:25
  4. Making The Wafer Paper Bat Wings 15:43
  5. Making The Royal Icing 20:18
  6. Coloring The Royal Icing 23:06
  7. Assembling The Cookie Jar 26:42
  8. Decorating The Candy Cookies 32:55
  9. Making Green Royal Icing 38:11
  10. Making The Pumpkin Stem 40:05
  11. Making The Buttercream 44:10
  12. Coloring The Buttercream 49:15
  13. Making The Cookie Jar Lid 53:16
  14. Decorating The Cookie Jar 55:34
  15. Adding The Stem To The Lid 1:00:57
  16. Airbrushing The Lid And Jar 1:02:51
  17. Making Black Buttercream 1:05:33
  18. Adding The Face 1:06:06
  19. Adding The Final Decorations 1:07:41