5 easy DIY Halloween treats
You don’t have to go trick-or-treating to enjoy sweet treats anymore. Get crafty with these five easy DIY Halloween-themed treats.
Cheese & Pretzel Broomsticks
These fast and easy pretzel broomsticks are quick
to prepare and a healthier option for those without
a sweet tooth this year.
Ingredients:
- Pretzel sticks
- String cheese
- Chives (super thin)
- Preparation
- Cut the string cheese into thirds
- Spread apart the cheese into thin strands to represent the end of a broomstick
- Poke the pretzel into the end of the cheese string
- Tie chives neatly around the cheese to secure
- Serve
Recipe details: Onelittleproject
Pumpkin Krispie Treats
Combine krispie cereal with a pumpkin theme and you’ve created the perfect, delicious Halloween party appetizer.
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp. butter
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Red, yellow, and orange food coloring
- 5-½ cups mini marshmallows
- -6 cups crispy rice cereal
- Mini Tootsie Rolls
- Candy for decorations (M&M’s, candy corn, etc.)
Preparation:
- Use a large saucepan to melt butter on medium heat until slightly brown
- Add vanilla extract and marshmallows
- Stir until the marshmallows are completely melted
- Turn off heat
- Add food coloring until your preferred orange color is attained
- Add cereal and mix well
- Spray your hands with cooking spray and mold cereal mix into circles
- Unwrap Tootsie Rolls and press into pumpkin top
- Decorate with candy & enjoy
- Recipe details: Yummyhealthyeasy
“Poison” Candy Apples
Put a terrifying twist on the traditional candy apple with this sweet Halloween treat.
Ingredients:
- 12 baby Granny Smith apples
- 12 wooden candy apple sticks
- 1 ½ cups of sugar
- 1 tsp. black gel paste food coloring
Preparation:
- Thoroughly wash & dry apples
- Place apples on a baking sheet and poke firmly with wooden sticks
- Line a second baking sheet with buttered parchment paper, set aside
- Place a candy thermometer in a medium sized saucepan and add sugar, ¾ cups of water, and corn syrup
- Place over medium heat and whisk until sugar is dissolved
- Let the temperature rise until it reaches the hard-crack mark at 310° F
- Remove pan from heat
- Carefully remove thermometer and add food coloring
- Swirl pan to completely mix in the food coloring
- Twirl apples through the candy, remove excess
- Place on buttered baking sheet
- Repeat steps 10-11 with remaining apples
Recipe details: Countryliving.com
Meringue Ghost Tartlets
No Halloween party is complete without the presence of ghosts. These ghostly treats won’t leave an evil presence — they’re sweet!
Ingredients:
Graham cracker crust:
- 8 large graham cracker planks
- ½ cup of sugar
- 6 tbsp. melted butter
Chocolate ganache
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
Meringue ghosts
- 1 ½ cups of sugar
- 6 large egg whites
- 1 tsp. cocoa powder
Preparation:
- Heat oven to 350° F
To make graham cracker crust
- Crush graham crackers into pieces
- Transfer to a bowl of a food processor; add sugar
- Process until crackers form a very fine crumb
- Add butter
- Pack graham cracker mixture into 8 (2 ½ inch) mini tart pans; transfer to a baking sheet
- Bake 20 minutes or until the edges of the crust darken slightly, let cool
To make chocolate ganache
- Heat cream in a small saucepan over low heat until barely simmering
- Remove from heat
- Add chocolate and whisk until very smooth
- Spoon into graham crusts
To make meringue ghosts
- Heat 3 inches of water in a saucepan over medium-high heat
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low
- Place sugar and egg whites in a heatproof bowl
- Place bowl over the water and whisk to combine the sugar and egg whites
- Stir constantly until sugar is dissolved and mixture is hot
- Rub a bit between fingers; if it feels gritty that sugar has not dissolved and needs to be stirred more
- Remove bowl from the stove and beat egg white mixture with the whisk attachment of an electric mixture until shiny stiff peaks form
- Transfer meringue to a plastic pastry bag, snip the end to about 1 1/2 inches wide, and pipe 4-inch-tall ghost shapes onto the ganache
- Use a small paint brush dipped in cocoa to form the eyes and mouth. Serve immediately.
Recipe details: Countryliving.com
Grave Intentions
There’s nothing spooky about this graveyard. Find out how to turn a typically chilling graveyard into a tasty treat for all to enjoy.
Ingredients:
- 8 oz. unsalted butter
- 4 c. cake flour
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ tsp. ground cloves
- 2 ½ c. packed light-brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 1 ½ c. canned solid-pack pumpkin
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Butter a 9 by 12 inch cake pan
- Line with parchment paper; butter lining
- Dust with flour, tap out excess
- Set pan aside
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves in a large bowl; set aside
- Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat on a medium high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
- Reduce speed to low; alternate between adding flour and mixture and buttermilk
- Add pumpkin and beat until completely combined
- Pour batter into the prepared pan
- Bake until golden and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes
- Let cool in a pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes
- Unmold; peel off parchment
- Let cool completely
- Set cake and rack on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Pour warm chocolate glaze over cake
- Using a small offset spatula, smooth glaze over top of cake, allow it to drip down sides
- Let stand at room temperature, or refrigerate until set
- Arrange 6 headstones on top; serve
Recipe details: delish.com
