Halloween Muddy Buddies
Yield: 12
Prep time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min
Muddy Buddies aka Puppy Chow are a classic party food loved by all! This is such a yummy Halloween Recipe!
Ingredients
- 6 cups rice chex cereal
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup halloween candy
Instructions
- Place chex cereal into a large bowl and set aside.
- Place powdered sugar in a different large bowl with a lid.or a large ziplock bag. Set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter. Once melted, pour this mixture over the chex cereal. Stir well to coat.
- Pour the cereal into the bowl of powered sugar. Place the lid on the bowl and shake well until the cereal is coated.
- Toss the muddy buddies with the Halloween candy.
Graveyard Dirt Cake
Yield: 12
Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 5 MinTotal time: 35 Min
This is a fun Halloween Spin on dirt cake... Graveyard Dirt Cake! Super easy to put together and who doesn't love dirt cake. It's for sure a favorite among kids and adults!
Ingredients
- 2 packs of Oreos
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 package butterscotch pudding
- 2 cups milk or 3 cans evaporated milk
- 1 block of cream cheese, softened
- 1 jar of marshmallow fluff
- 8 oz Cool Whip
- 1 package Milano cookies
- Black icing or a food pen
Instructions
- Mix the pudding according to package directions, using the milk or evaporated milk.
- Crush all of the Oreos and divide in half.
- Melt the butter and stir in half of the Oreos. Press into the bottom of a casserole dish.
- Mix together the softened cream cheese and marshmallow fluff. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the Oreos pressed into the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Spread the pudding over the cream cheese layer.
- Sprinkle the remaining half of the Oreos over the pudding layer.
- Using black icing or a food pen, write "R.I.P" on each Milano cookie and place into the dirt cake to resemble graves.
Halloween Monkey Bread
Yield: 12
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 15 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
This has to be my favorite Halloween recipe so far! (have I said that already? haha). This Halloween Monkey Bread recipe is super easy and SO PRETTY and tastes even better than it looks! It is great as a special breakfast treat or to take to a party as a dessert! Definitely a crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- 3 cans of biscuits
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- Orange food coloring
- Black cookie icing
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and grease a bundt pan.
- Cut each biscuit into 4ths.
- Place the cinnamon and sugar into a bowl and dip the biscuit pieces into the mixture then place the covered biscuit pieces into the bundt pan.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the brown sugar and the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Pour the butter mixture over the biscuit pieces in the bundt pan.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool slightly then turn it out onto a large plate.
- Melt the chocolate chips and color with orange food coloring. Drizzle the orange chocolate and the black cookie icing over the monkey bread then serve.
Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats
Yield: 16
Prep time: 30 MinTotal time: 30 Min
Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats! It may be up for debate whether candy corn is garbage or not, but these Rice Krispie treats are a treasure!
Ingredients
Outer yellow ring:
- 4 1/2 cups rice krispie cereal
- 5 cups mini marshmallows
- 3 tbsp butter
- Yellow food coloring
Middle orange ring:
- 2 3/4 cups rice krispie cereal
- 3 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 tbsp butter
- Orange food coloring
White center:
- 1 1/2 cups rice krispie cereal
- 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Coat two 8x8 round cake pans with nonstick spray.
- To make the outer yellow ring, combine 5 cups of mini marshmallows and 3 tbsp of butter in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave at 1 minute interval, stirring between each interval, until melted and smooth. Stir 4 drops of yellow food coloring into the melted mixture. Place the 4 1/2 cups of cereal in a large bowl and pour the yellow marshmallow mixture over it and stir until all the cereal is coated. Quickly divide the mixture evenly between the two cake pans and form two rings on the outer edges of each pan.
- To make the orange ring, wash the bowls and repeat the process with the ingredients for the orange ring.
- To make the white center, wash the bowls and repeat the process with the ingredients for the rings but just form a white circle in the middle of the pans.
- Allow the rounds to set for at least an hour then flip each pan onto a cutting board and tap to release the round. Use a large knife to cut the round into triangular sections.
- Serve or store in an airtight container.
Skeleton Pops
Prep time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min
My kids *died* when they saw these skeleton pops and they are SO easy and fun to make. Definitely a kid favorite and such a great Halloween treat to share with friends!
Ingredients
- Large marshmallows
- Black cookie icing
- Popsicle sticks
- White chocolate covered pretzels
- Mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Using the cookie icing, make a skeleton face on each large marshmallow and let the icing dry.
- Place each skeleton face on the top of a popsicle stick.
- Thread 4 white chocolate covered pretzels onto each popsicle stick under the skeleton head.
- Push a mini marshmallow under the pretzels to secure them.
Ghost Smores
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 15 Min
Classic campfire smores, with a Halloween twist AND made easy in your oven. Cannot do better than that, unless of course you're making them over a campfire! Ghost Smores!
Ingredients
- Graham Crackers
- Ghost shaped marshmallows
- Chocolate bars or chocolate of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Half the graham crackers and lay them out.
- Place chocolate squares on the graham cracker halves.
- Top each chocolate square with a ghost marshmallow.
- Top each marshmallow with another graham cracker square.
- Bake in the oven for 5-10 minutes.
Monster Cookie Dough Dip
Yield: 10
Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min
This Monster Cookie Dough Dip is super easy to make and extremely addicting! This is another good recipe for the kids to help with!
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup M&Ms
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Graham crackers, animal crackers, or pretzels; for serving
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter.
- Add in the brown sugar, powdered sugar, and salt. Beat on high until light and fluffy.
- Stir in M&Ms and chocolate chips.
- Pour into a serving bowl and serve with graham crackers, animal crackers, or pretzels.
Beet Blood Deviled Eggs
Yield: 12
These are some creepy deviled eggs! Beet blood deviled eggs! They are easy to make and super healthy. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- Black food coloring gel
- 2 beets
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Place the eggs in a pot of water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let sit for 7 minutes.
- Place some cool water in a large bowl. After the eggs have sat in the hot water for 7 minutes, add them to the cool water until they are cool enough to handle.
- Gently tap each egg on your counter then gently roll them to crack the shells, but don’t remove them yet.
- Add black food coloring gel to the bowl of cool water and stir. After you get all the eggs cracked, place them in the bowl with black water.
- Refrigerate the bowl for 7 hours or overnight.
- When you are almost ready to remove the eggs from the refrigerator, peel and dice the beets. Toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork. Remove them from the oven and let them cool slightly.
- Transfer the beets to a food processor.
- Remove the shells from the eggs and cut each egg in half lengthwise.
- Remove the yolks from the eggs and add them to the food processor with the beets.
- Pulse together the beets and egg yolks until smooth.
- Place the filling on the egg halves and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Spider Stuffed Mushrooms
Yield: 24
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 40 Min
Spider stuffed mushrooms are another great Halloween party food! They are even better on the grill. You could also make tiny little spiders by cutting up black olives! These are yummy and full of flavor!
Ingredients
- 24 whole baby bella mushrooms, washed and stems removed
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 oz cooked ground sausage
- Garlic powder, salt, and pepper; to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven or grill to 375 degrees F.
- Place mushroom caps, stem side down on a rimmed baking sheet (or on a grill pan) and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven or grill and set aside.
- Mix together the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, sausage, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Turn mushrooms stem side up and divide the sausage mixture evenly between the mushrooms.
- Cut 12 olives in half lengthwise. Place 1 half of an olive in the center of each mushroom. Cut the remaining olives into spider legs. Arrange 8 spider legs around each olive half to resemble a spider.
- Cook or grill for an additional 8 minutes until the filling is hot.
Mummy Stuffed Jalapenos
Yield: 12
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 30 Min
Mummy stuffed jalapeños are a great Halloween party food! Super yummy and full of flavor for all of those who love some spice!
Ingredients
- 6 large jalapeno peppers
- 2 oz feta cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 4 oz shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- Garlic powder, salt, and pepper; to taste
- 6 strips of bacon
- 24 candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven or grill to 425 degrees F.
- Cut the peppers in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds.
- Stir together the feta, cream cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, parsley, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Stuff the peppers with the mixture.
- Slice the bacon in half lengthwise
- Wrap the bacon around the peppers, leaving a small space at the top of each pepper to add the eyes at the end of cooking.
- Place on a baking sheet and cook for 15 – 20 minutes or until the bacon is cooked.
- Remove from the oven and let the peppers cool for a few minutes then add the candy eyes.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Yield: 9
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 20 Min
This is another Halloween twist on an easy breakfast treat. Pumpkin cinnamon rolls! All you have to do is use refrigerated cinnamon rolls and use food dye to color the icing! This is a huge hit for kids and adults!
Ingredients
- 1 roll of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- Green and orange food coloring
Instructions
- Place the cinnamon rolls on a greased baking sheet two inches apart. Pink the top of each cinnamon roll to make it look like a stem.
- Bake according to package directions.
- While the cinnamon rolls are baking, put 1/4 of the icing that came with the rolls in a small bowl and the rest of it in another bowl. Add a little bit of cream cheese to each bowl and stir together well. Add green food coloring to the bowl with the least icing. Add orange food coloring to the bowl with the most icing. Stir together until evenly colored.
- Once the cinnamon rolls are finished cooking, remove them from the oven and let them cool for 2 minutes then ice the round part with orange icing and ice the stem part with green icing.
- Serve and enjoy!
Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies
Yield: 12
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 25 MinTotal time: 45 Min
Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies! These brownies are easy to make and so chewy and delicious. Definitely a go-to recipe for your next Halloween party!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tbsp instant espresso powder
- Black cookie icing
- Large candy eyes
- Piping bag
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
- Mix in the cocoa powder, flour, and espresso powder.
- Spread into a baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove and let cool completely.
- Cut into bars.
- Decorate by placing the black cookie icing into a piping bag with a #2 tip or a small round tip.
- Pipe a small amount of icing onto the back of a large candy eye and place it in the middle of the brownie on the right side. Pipe icing onto the rest of the brownie to look like the Hocus Pocus Spell Book.
Monster Spaghetti
Yield: 10
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 40 Min
This Monster Spaghetti is a fun and easy Halloween spin on traditional spaghetti! Serve kt with the snake breadsticks from yesterday’s video and you’re sure to have a hit!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- 1 onion, diced
- 15 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 28 oz can of pasta sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 lb spaghetti pasta
- Black gel food coloring
- Green olives
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, brown the Italian sausage and drain off any fat. Cook the diced onion with the Italian sausage.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, pasta sauce, and seasonings to the saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes.
- While the sauce is simmering, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt. Add pasta and cook to al dente according to package directions. Save 1/2 cup pasta water.
- Drain the pasta then add it to a large bowl. Add several dots of food coloring and about 1/4 cup of pasta water. Stir until pasta is evenly colored black.
- Serve sauce over black pasta.
- Add olives as monster eyes.
Snake Breadsticks
Yield: 12
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 20 Min
Snake breadsticks are easy and fun to make and look super cool. They are a great side for a soup or Monster Spaghetti.
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated pie crust
- Sesame seed mix
- Nonstick spray
- Wooden chopsticks
- Cherry tomatoes or red bell pepper
- Black olives
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Open the pie crust and lay out on a flat surface.
- Slice into 12 long strips.
- Spray each chopstick with nonstick spray then wrap each pie crust strip around each chopstick.
- Flatten out one end of each breadstick to resemble a snake's head and taper the other end to resemble a tail.
- Sprinkle with sesame seed mix.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden.
- Cut cherry tomatoes or red bell peppers to resemble snake tongues and cut black olives to resemble snake eyes and place on the snake heads.
Spider Peanut Butter Cookies
Yield: 24
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 12 MinInactive time: 20 MinTotal time: 47 Min
These peanut butter cookies are so soft and yummy and the spider on top makes it extra delicious and fun! Cannot wait for you to try these!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar for rolling
- 24 mini Reese’s cups, frozen
- 48 small candy eyes
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- Piping bag
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter peanut butter egg, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and milk.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until blended.
- Form into one-inch balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden.
- Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, press an upside-down frozen peanut butter cup in the center of each cookie then move to a cooling rack.
- Once you have moved the cookies to the cooling rack, place the candy eyes on the front of each Reese’s cup.
- Refrigerate for 10 minutes to allow the cookies to become firm.
- Add chocolate chips to a piping bag and melt in the microwave.
- Clip a tiny piece of the corner of the bag off and draw eight legs for each spider.
- Refrigerate for 10 minutes then serve or store!
Ghost Powdered Sugar Donuts
Yield: 10
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 20 Min
A spooky Halloween spin on one of our favorite breakfast treats, powdered sugar donuts!
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated biscuits
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Soda top or something similar
Instructions
- Unroll the biscuits from the package and place them on a sheet of wax or parchment paper
- Roll each biscuit into a long oval using a rolling pin or a glass cup.
- Use a soda top and cut out ghost eyes and mouth.
- Pour oil into a large skillet over medium heat.
- When oil is hot, place each ghost in the skillet. Work in batches to not overcrowd the skillet. Cook until each side is golden brown.
- Remove the ghosts to a plate with paper towels.
- Place the powdered sugar in a large ziplock bag.
- Place the ghosts in the ziplock bag and shake until the ghosts are covered.
- Remove from sugar and serve.
Dark Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Yield: 24
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 30 Min
No tricks here! These Dark Chocolate Halloween Cookies make a yummy and spooky Halloween treat! The bright yellow and orange candies are a perfect addition to these dark chocolate cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 1/4 cups orange and yellow M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream together butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients
- Stir in the chocolate chips and half of the M&Ms.
- Scoop onto greased or lined baking sheets with a 2 tbsp ice cream scoop.
- Gently press the rest of the M&Ms onto the tops of the cookies.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Bloody Finger Hotdogs
Yield: 6
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 5 MinTotal time: 10 Min
These creepy hotdogs are perfect for a Halloween party!
Ingredients
Bloody Finger Hot Dogs
- 6 hot dogs
- 6 hot dog buns
- Ketchup
Instructions
- Add water to a medium sized pot and bring to a boil.
- Slice the hot dogs to look like fingers.
- Boil the hotdogs for 5 minutes.
- Place each “finger” into a hotdog bun loaded with ketchup, add more ketchup to the bottom of each “finger”.
Mummy Dogs
Yield: 6
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min
These fun and tasty Mummy Dogs are sure to be a kid-favorite. Such a fun spin on pigs in a blanket!
Ingredients
- 6 hot dogs
- 1 package crescent roll dough
- 12 candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
- Open the crescent roll package and roll out the dough. Press on the perforations to seal the dough together into one large rectangle.
- Cut the dough into 1/4 inch strips using a pizza cutter.
- Wrap the pieces of dough around each hotdog to look like mummy bandages. Leave gaps at the top for the eyes.
- Place each wrapped hotdog on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the dough is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes. Add a small dot of ketchup or mustard on the back of each candy eye and place on the mummy dogs.
