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About this bat cookie cutter
This bat flies with its wings spread wide. At the default 100 mm the wingspan is 100 mm and the cookie is about 46 mm tall, from the tips of the ears to the point under the body. The head and body are about 17 mm across, the ears stand about 10 mm tall, and each wing has three scallops along its lower edge that end in a pointed tip.
Because the bat is wide and short, its size setting is the wingspan. A 100 mm bat uses only about as much dough as a 50 mm round cookie, so one batch gives you plenty of bats. The wingtips are the thinnest part of the shape and the first part to brown, so keep an eye on small bats (under about 70 mm) towards the end of baking.
Bats make a striking contrast on a plate of orange pumpkins and white ghosts. They are also an easy shape to use on top of cupcakes – bake small ones at 70–80 mm and stand them up in the frosting – or to string on a garland when you make a hole near the top of each wing before baking.
Size guide
The Size setting is the cookie’s longest side. This is how big the bat cookie comes out at a few common sizes – the generator shows the exact numbers for any size from 30 to 200 mm.
| Size setting | Cookie (width × height) | Blade | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 mm | 60 × 27 mm | 1.0 mm | Bite-size cookies, cupcake and drink toppers |
| 100 mm | 100 × 46 mm | 1.0 mm | Default – a standard cookie, fits most gift boxes |
| 120 mm | 120 × 55 mm | 1.0 mm | Large gift cookies and centrepieces |
Dough and baking tips
Chocolate or cocoa sugar cookie dough gives you a black bat with no icing at all; add black cocoa or a little black gel colour for a deeper colour. Roll to 5 mm and chill the cut bats for 15 minutes so the wingtips and ears do not spread. Bake on a tray lined with baking paper and lift them with a thin spatula slid under the body, not the wings.
Decorating ideas
- Flood the bat in black icing and add two small white or red dots for eyes and two tiny white fangs.
- Pipe thin grey lines from the body out to each scallop to mark the wing bones.
- Dust plain chocolate bats with edible silver or purple shimmer for a quick finish with no icing.
Printing this cutter
- Material: PLA or PETG, ideally a filament sold as suitable for food contact
- Settings: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 2–3 walls, no supports – the STL is already rim-down
- Blade: 1.0 mm thick and 15 mm tall by default; use 1.2 mm above 120 mm
- Print time: roughly 25–40 minutes at the default size
This template is part of the free Halloween cookie cutters collection – see the collection page for set ideas, sizes and print settings. Want a different shape? The cookie cutter generator turns any image or name into a cutter.
