17+ Magical Harry Potter Cookie Recipes (Easy to Hard) 

(Easy)

Any great themed cookie roundup needs a no-bake option, and this one is nothing short of delicious. These nut-free butterbeer no-bake cookies are chewy and gooey with the distinct flavor of butterbeer, with its indescribable yet delicious hints of toffee and vanilla.

There's no need to wave a magic wand for these cookies, either, as they're easily prepped by hand. 

(Easy)

This Harry Potter cookie recipe is perfect for all the pupils of the wizarding world out there. Straight out of an instant pudding mix, they're soft, chewy, and infused with delicious butterbeer goodness from white chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.

(Medium)

Who can resist cookies with frosting? I know I can't. These decadent cookies feature a thick, soft butterscotch cookie base with crisp edges. It's capped with vanilla and butterscotch whipped foam to channel the intoxicating flavors of butterbeer, making it sure to be a hit in a Potterverse spread.

(Medium)

This insanely delicious cookie will transport you right into the wizarding world without the Flying Ford Anglia. These Harry Potter cookies have a caramel-like flavor and taste like vanilla and butterscotch.

They also have soft cores and somewhat crispy edges with a delightful creaminess and buttery flavor from the frosting. Try mixing it up by using blonde chocolate in place of the usual white chocolate.

(Medium)

Impress your fellow vegan witches and wizards with this vegan butterbeer cookie recipe, a perfect addition to your Halloween dessert table. They're sweet and buttery with a spiced undertone. Best of all, it has a lip-smacking buttery caramel center that'll impress even the omnivores.

(Medium)

While these cookies don't come together with the wave of a wand, they're still pretty easy to make. Wrapped in caramel apple sheets and dipped in melted chocolate, these pretzel rod wands are a luscious, sweet, salty snack.

(Medium)

What's a Harry Potter-themed party without wands? These chocolate-dipped pretzel rods turn into magical party wands in this tasty recipe. They're decked in magical stars and other mystical trimmings that you can think of, like chocolate sprinkles. They act as a means to cast wonderful spells and make for a fantastic treat all at the same time.

(Medium)

If you have a Ron Weasley-obsessed buddy, make them a batch of these cauldron chocolate cookies with butterscotch filling and give it to them as a gift.

Chocoholics like Ron will enjoy this delicious sweet treat, as they're soft, chocolatey cookies and ooey-gooey vanilla salted caramel fillings. What's more, these are vegan and gluten-free!

(Easy)

This vegan spin on the classic British rock cakes is for all the Hagrid stans out there. These vegan rock cake cookies may look crumbly with a rock-like outer shell, but they have a deliciously soft and gooey center.

(Easy)

You'll love these rock cake cookies, as they're arguably the most aesthetic, gluten-free semblance of Hagrid's rock cakes. They're aromatic and tastefully spiced with just the right touch of sweetness and a delightful zest at the end, perfect for snacking or serving at your wizard-themed party.

(Medium)

While not exactly a rock cake cookie recipe, there's no denying that overripe bananas make for fluffy and moist cookies and cakes. Using them alongside butterbeer frosting for this recipe makes for a tasty fruity treat, but if you don't want to use the recipe's frosting, any frosting or icing will do. 

This whoopie pie is also whimsically decorated with Harry Potter glasses, making them a super fun and tasty party offering.  

(Medium)

The quintessential pair of chocolate and peanut butter makes it into our lineup with the famous chocolate peanut butter frogs. Though they're not exactly cookies, they still make for a tasty treat in a Harry Potter cookie spread.

These snacks are not solid chocolates and won't set you back that much. They also easily come together with a frog mold left in the freezer, perfect for potterheads who want non-jumping chocolate delights that you can easily make ahead.

(Medium)

Honeydukes would be proud of these chocolate frogs, as they're perfectly chocolatey with a surprising texture and flavor from the inclusions. It's a straightforward recipe perfect for an afternoon activity with the kids or made in batches to wow a crowd.

(Easy)

It's fun to serve up a diverse array of goodies at your Wizarding World of Harry Potter fete. But what sets these cookies apart from the rest is the surprise factor they bring. These are soft-batch butterbeer cookies with colored M&M's hidden inside. 

Each color represents the different houses: blue for red for Gryffindor, green for Slytherin, yellow for Hufflepuff, and blue for Ravenclaw.

(Medium)

These minimalist cookies are perfect for serving as delicious and aesthetic treats at the buffet table. They have delicately piped colored frostings representing the different Hogwarts houses with peanut butter cookie dough.

Signature chocolate kisses are also added as a hat top on the cookie, with toothpick drawn sorting hat facial features optional.

(Hard)

One of the most iconic symbols in Harry Potter is the sorting hat, but making them can prove to be difficult, though a worthy addition to a tray of Halloween goodies.

You can even learn how to make an intricately drawn sorting hat sugar cookie with this video tutorial, which you can replay as many times as needed. Developing both great cooking and carving skills and a tasty treat is what you'll get from this recipe.

(Hard)

While these are the type of cookies that I would normally order from a more experienced cookie maker, I'm including them in our lineup just in case you'd be up for it.

They're simple sugar cookies all dressed up on Hogwarts house crests using royal icing to sraw the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff Crests. All the best to those of you who want to try your hand at making these!