Not only are these a blast to make, but they will be the hit of any Halloween celebration.
Halloween Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Your Halloween party can really take shape around this creatively configured edible centerpiece.
A green ice cream cone makes for a spot-on stem.
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Candy Corn Poke Cake
This festive Halloween cake couldnt be easier to make.
Top with whipped cream and a classic Halloween combo: Candy corn and peanuts.
To make, do these things:
1.
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Use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to cut pumpkins from rolled sugar cookie dough prepared according to your favorite recipe.
Spread a layer of orange icing on the main portion of the pumpkin.
These Halloween desserts are sweet treats that also make a pretty centerpiece.
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Place orange-colored and yellow-colored candy coating disks in separate microwave-safe bowls.
Microwave separately on high until melted and smooth, stopping to stir every 30 seconds.
Insert orange straws into bases of large marshmallows.
If desired, sprinkle with orange and black nonpareils.
For two-layer candy corn marshmallows, omit the nonpareils.
Let the marshmallows stand on waxed paper or florist foam until the coating is firm.
In a mixing bowl, stir together 1/2 cup peanut butter and 3 tablespoons softened butter.
Gradually add 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar, stirring until combined.
Shape into 1-inch balls; place on waxed paper.
Let stand until dry (about 20 minutes).
Chop 8 ounces of vanilla-flavor white candy coating.
Place in a heavy saucepan; cook and stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
Dip the balls, one at a time, into the coating.
Let the excess coating drip off.
Place them on waxed paper and let them stand until the coating is firm.
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Use a clean, small paintbrush and red food coloring to paint veins on the eyeballs.
Pipe small dots of black icing for the pupils.
Crumbled chocolate cookies create a foundation of dirt at the bottom of the platter.
Finish with the dipped strawberries and frosting vine decorations.
As one BHG home cook shared, I make these cookies every fall.
I learned of this recipe from a bakery I used to work at.
These were the most requested cookies in the fall!
Bake pumpkin cookies using canned pumpkin.
The recipe makes 60 cookies if youre measuring by heaping teaspoons or giant cookies using 1/4 cup dough portions.
Spread frosting over the cookies and add a dash of cinnamon, if desired.
With swirly eyes and spooky teeth, theyre ghoulishly good.
Pipe frosting high onto prepared cupcakes.
Carefully slice chocolate swirl snack cakes into 1/4-inch pieces for the swirly zombie eyes.
Press the eyes onto the frosting faces atop the cupcakes.
Cut round gummy candies in half and press them into the sides of the frostinglike ears.
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Cut black licorice into small pieces and attach them as the zombies noses.
Finally, press gum or mints into the frosting to create teeth.
Ghost Sandwich
Transform plain peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into ghostly Halloween snacks.
Make a regular peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then use a ghost-shaped cookie cutter to cut the sandwich.
Next, press two raisins into breaduse peanut butter if necessary to make them stickfor the ghosts eyes.
Halloween Oreo Ball Ghosts
There are lots of ways kids can help make this Halloween dessert.
Customize the ghosts with colorful sprinkles and candies.
This is a great Halloween recipe to use up your leftover candy from trick-or-treating.
Mummy Hot Dog
If you need a quickHalloween dinner idea, whip up these mummy dogs.
Ghost Cupcakes
Supernatural forces can’t chain these ghosts to yourfestive Halloween tablescape.
They’ll vanish as soon as your guests glimpse the billowing forms of these Halloween cupcakes.
Next, stack a donut hole on the cake, and layer a piece of white fondant over top.
Finish by adding two eyes and a mouth to your ghost with small rock candies.
