With Halloween just a few weeks away, coming up with fun treats to serve is likely top of mind. It's easy enough to buy a big bag of candy to cater to trick-or-treaters, but what if you're having a party or just want to have something that stands out, especially for your own kids? Perhaps you are even looking for a healthy alternative to a Halloween classic.
Some people just aren't as creative as others when it comes to trying to think of ideas for Halloween treats and then there are those who simply don't have a lot of spare time to whip up something. But the truth is that not everything needs to be complicated or time-consuming. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best!
Here are 15 simple recipes and ideas for Halloween treats, whether it be to feed your own family, or all of the kids in the neighborhood.
So, let's get started!
1. Spooky Spider Cookies
Ingredients:
- Any kind of cookies, homemade or from cookie dough
- Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
- Candy eyes
- Chocolate chips
2. Bat Bites
Ingredients:
- Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
- Thin Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Pre-made or homemade cream cheese frosting
- Candy eyes
3. Healthy Tangerine Pumpkins
Ingredients:
- Tangerines, mandarin oranges or clementines (seedless)
- Celery stalks and leaves
4. Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 ounces marshmallows
- 6 cups rice krispie cereal
- 10 drops yellow food coloring
- 10 drops blue food coloring
- Melted Chocolate/Candy Coating
- Candy Eyes
5. Gums and Teeth
Ingredients:
- 1 apple
- Jar of peanut butter or other substitute
- Mini marshmallows
6. Witch's Broomsticks
Ingredients:
- Mini Reese’s cups
- Pretzel Rods
- Pull apart Twizzlers
7. Oreo Eyeball Cookies
Ingredients:
- OREO cookies
- Blue and Green gel decorating gel
- Red food coloring
- Black/brown M&Ms or Reeses pieces
8. Healthy Apple Mummies
Ingredients:
- Apples
- Mini chocolate chips or dried blueberries
9. Orange Jack-o-Lantern Fruit Bowls
Ingredients:
- 3 Medium Navel Oranges
- 1 cup Mixed Fruit
10. Spider Deviled Eggs
Ingredients:
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, halved
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- whole black olives
11. Ghostbusters' Slimed Popcorn
Ingredients:
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 heaping cups miniature marshmallows (or 12 large)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 drops each green and yellow food coloring
- 8 cups popped popcorn
12. Worms in Dirt
Ingredients:
- 1 3.4 ounce package instant chocolate pudding
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 8 ounce tub Cool Whip
- 1 16 ounce package chocolate sandwich cookies
- Gummy Worms
13. Bowl of Worms
Ingredients:
- 2 packs Raspberry jello
- 1 package unflavored gelatin
- ¾ cup whipping cream
- 3 cups boiling water
- 15 drops green food coloring
- 100 flexible straws
- Tall container
Directions:
- Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and 15 drops green food coloring.
- Gather your straws (don’t forget to flex them out) and put them in the container. It’s important that the straws have a tight fit so the jello stays in the straws. For this reason, a 1 liter carton may be better; you will probably get longer worms since there is a tighter fit. If you have a bigger container, a rubber band around the straws is helpful. Or you could just add more straws to fill the container.
- Add the gelatin mixture to the straw-filled container and let it set until firm.
- There are multiple ways you can remove the worms from the straws. You can roll a rolling pin over the straws and squeeze them out or you can hold the straws over warm water. The worms will slip right out.
14. Witch's Finger Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 roll sugar cookie dough or your own sugar cookie recipe
- 1-2 cups flour
- sliced or whole peeled almonds
- Cocoa powder
15. Witch's Hats
Ingredients:
- Fudge covered cookies (i.e. Grasshoppers, Fudge Stripes)
- Hershey Kisses
- Frosting in Halloween colors
