Let's be real, baking takes a lot of time and energy. I'm all for fun homemade desserts but sometimes I really don't feel like putting in the effort--LOL. If you relate to that, I have some homemade Halloween treat recipes that require little time and minimal baking skills. Don't let the instructions scare you, I promise its all treats & no tricks here!
Witches Fingers
What you need:
Pretzel rods
Melting chocolates
Green food coloring
Slivered almonds
How to do it:
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and place to the side
Microwave 1 1/2 cup of white melting chocolates
Mix in 3 drops of green food coloring (or until desired color)
Dip pretzel rods in chocolate & coat to your liking
Add almond sliver finger nail before cooling
Place on covered baking sheet and let set for 5 mins
Spider Cookies
What you need:
Chocolate chip cookie dough
Mini Reese cups
Frosting
Red + Yellow + Blue = Black food coloring
How to do it:
Place cookie dough on baking sheet
Follow baking instructions on cookie dough package
Once baked, top your cookies with a reese cup before completely cooled
Let cool for 10 mins
Mix food coloring with frosting or use black frosting
Fill piping bag with frosting
Decorate your spiders & enjoy!
Autumn Spice Cake Balls
What you need:
Betty Crocker spice cake mix
Butter cream frosting
Melting chocolates
Red + Yellow = Orange food coloring
How to do it:
Follow instructions on cake mix packaging
Once baked, refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight
Fill a large bowl with 1/2 container of buttercream frosting
After cooled, crumble cake into the frosting and mix until a smooth consistency
Scoop out cake mixture and shape into balls
Refrigerate cake balls for at least 1 hour or overnight
After cooled, removed cake balls and gently press a tooth pick or straw along the outside of the ball—replicating divets in a pumpkin!
Microwave 1 1/2 cups of white melting chocolate
Add red + yellow food coloring to melted chocolate
Fill piping bag with chocolate
Decorate your cake balls & let sit for 5min
Cobweb Krispies
What you need:
Rice Krispie cereal
Mini marshmallows
Salted butter
Vanilla extract
Melting chocolates
How to do it:
Line a square baking tin with parchment paper and set aside
Melt 6 tbs of salted butter in a large sauce pan
Once melted, add in 5 cups of mini marshmallows and stir occasionally
After your marshmallows melt, remove pan from heat
Add in 1 tsp vanilla extract
Add in 6 cups of Rice Krispies
Add in 1 cup of mini marshmallows
Stir until krispies are completely coated
Pour mixture into parchment lined pan and press gently to mold
Refrigerate for 1 hour
After cooling, cut your Krispies into squares
Microwave 1 1/2 cup of white melting chocolates
Fill piping bag with chocolate and decorate!
I hope you try out these recipes! They're perfect to bring to a party or share with friends and family :)
Comment Q: What're you dressing up as this year?
Comments