With Trick-Or-Treating being cancelled in neighborhoods everywhere…what is a mom to do with three children that have been wearing their costume daily since October 3rd!? And one of them actually sleeping in said costume!? Well. We do what mom’s do best. Bribe, threaten and distract with candy and treats. Here are a handful of so easy (not Pinterest “easy” but ACTUAL easy) Halloween sweets that will preserve the spooky memories and appease even the most grumpy of costumed kids.
SPOOKY DONUTS
Donuts (we did Dunkin glazed + cake, along with Entemann’s Chocolate Covered)
Donut Holes
Frosting (any tub of frosting flavor works)
Gels and Piping Icing (store bought or homemade)
Toppings: candy eyeballs, crushed oreos, gummy worms, candy pumpkins, chocolate chips, etc
Lay out a big piece of parchment paper and place all of your toppings and gels/icings out for easy access. In a bowl with a wide mouth, melt the frosting in the microwave, about 30 seconds. This will allow you to dip the top of your donuts easily.
Let the kids go to town decorating and try to not worry to much about the massive mess! They can make bats with oreos, Frankenstein by dying the frosting green, spiders with donut holes, the ideas are endless!
SCARY BARK
Graham Crackers, Chocolate or Regular (choc pictured below)
2 Sticks of Butter
1 Cup of Brown Sugar
1/2 – 1 tsp salt (depending on how salty you like your sweets)
1-2 Cups Chocolate Chips
Toppings: toffee bits, butterscotch chips, candy bones, candy eyeballs, candy corn, red food gel, etc.
Preheat the oven to 350. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat. Completely cover the baking sheet with graham crackers. Doesn’t need to look pretty, just needs to cover as much of the base as you can. Melt the butter and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium/high heat. You want this insanely delicious concoction to thicken a bit so let it bubble, stirring constantly, for about 4-5 minutes.
Pour the “caramel” over the graham crackers. Bake for 5-7 minutes until bubbling. Remove from oven and top with chocolate chips, covering most of the graham cracker base. Bake for another 2 minutes until chips are glossy. Remove from the oven and spread the chocolate around. Sprinkle all of your topping on the melted chocolate, then refrigerate for 2 hours. You can also let set at room temp, though it will take a bit longer. Devour. It’s so good.
WITCH HAT ICE CREAM CONES
Waffle Cones
Paper Towels, Wet
Melted Chocolate – a bowl full + a piping bag full with a semi large hole cut in the tip
Wrap the tip of the cupcake (about 2″) in a wet paper towel. Microwave for 1-2 minutes (our sweet spot was 1 min, 30 sec) to make the tip of the cone malleable. Using a mitt or a dry paper towel (the wet one is SUPER hot), gently bend the tip to create the top of the hat and hold in place for about a minute. Set aside to dry completely.
Once the cone is dry, roll it around in your bowl of melted chocolate then place on a piece of parchment paper.
Use your piping bag to add the hat rim. Let dry completely then fill with your favorite ice cream!
GRAVEYARD CUPCAKES
Store Bought or Homemade Cupcakes
Store Bought or Homemade Frosting
Melted Milk/Dark/White Chocolate (whatever you prefer), placed in piping bag and left to cool for 5 minutes or so. Once cooled, cut a tiny hole in the tip of the bag.
Toppings: crushed oreos, candy pumpkins, gummy worms, etc.
There really isn’t a recipe for these little cuties. Just bake up some cupcakes – we used a boxed mix – and frost them with whatever favorite mix or recipe you want. Here’s how we transformed ours from every day, to Halloween themed:
Cobwebs + Skeleton Hands: Draw your design on a piece of parchment paper, then flip it over so that you can see thru the paper but the pencil/marker doesn’t touch the chocolate.
Using the drawing as a guide, pipe the chocolate on to the parchment and let cool completely. Use an offset spatula to GENTLY remove the chocolate and place onto cupcake. Be careful, these are delicate! You can freeze them to make them a little bit more sturdy and speed up the process.
Mummies: Place white frosting in a piping bag fitted with a basket weave tip (flat on one side and ridged on the other), #46. Place two candy eyeballs at the top, then criss cross the white frosting so it covers the rest of the exposed cupcake. You can also add a little red blood gel to make them extra spooky!
GHOST RICE KRISPIE TREATS
6 Cups Rice Krispie Treats
1 Bag Mini Marshmallows
3 Tbs Butter
1-2 Cups White Baking Melts or Chocolate Chips
Handful of Dark Chocolate Chips
We used the rice krispie recipe from the back of the box. If you don’t have those instructions, here you go! In a very large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the marshmallows and stir until they are totally melted into the butter. Remove from heat and add the rice krispies, stirring completely. Place in a parchment lined 9 x 12 baking pan and let set completely.
Melt the white chocolate. For the record, white chocolate is a tricky little minx. If there is even a drop of water in your bowl, your chocolate will seize. Make sure to dry your bowl completely before melting. You can use a microwave with 30 second intervals – stirring between each – or a double boiler. If you really want to protect your finicky chocolate, add a tsp of vegetable oil to the chocolate prior to melting.
Using either a ghost cookie cutter – or just freehanding it – cut out ghosts. Imperfections are totally fine because, well, ghosts aren’t exactly perfect:) You can sort of mold any loose bits together after you get them cut. Use a spoon to coat the top of the ghosts with white chocolate, smoothing out as you go. We find the spoon is way better than a dunk. Add two dark chocolate eyeballs.
HAUNTED HOUSES
Tall Heavy Cream Carton (optional)
Graham Crackers
Store bought or homemade chocolate frosting)
Toppings: whatever you can find that is spooooooooky including candy bones, candy pumpkins, milano cookies, oreos,
On a small tray, build your house using graham crackers and chocolate frosting. You can use a carton as a base to make it easy for the kids to construct the house. If you want to wing it, just hold the graham crackers together for a bit before adding the next portion. This just allows the frosting to dry and become more sturdy. Cover the surrounding area with a decent layer of chocolate frosting. GO. TO. TOWN. Let the kids play and have fun and get dirty. And if you dare to ask them to help clean up afterwards…set a timer. My kids will do basically anything if I tell them I’m timing them and use the magic words “on your mark, get set, GO!” Still unclear as to why.
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