Add the peanut butter, butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla to the bowl of a mixer. Beat the mixture on low speed until thoroughly creamed together.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, soda and salt.

With the beater running at low speed, add the dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and thoroughly combine.

Shape pieces of the dough into 1 inch balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Slightly flatten the balls of dough with your hand. Bake the cookies for 10 -12 minutes or until the edges just start to turn brown. Do not overbake the cookies.

Remove from the cookies from the oven and immediately make the “face” of the Jack O’Lantern while the cookies are still hot and pliable. Place two candy corn on each cookie for the “eyes”. Place one orange gumdrop on each cookie for the “nose.” Cut a piece of black licorice and place on each cookie for the “mouth.”