1. Mummy Pumpkin Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 box of pumpkin spice cake mix or your favorite cookie dough
- 1 cup of white chocolate chips or melting wafers
- Candy eyes or small black icing for eyes
Instructions:
- Prepare the Dough: Mix the cake mix according to package instructions or prepare your cookie dough.
- Bake: Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and bake at 350°F (175°C) until just golden around the edges, about 8-12 minutes.
- Decorate: Melt the white chocolate. Once the cookies are cool, drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies to mimic mummy bandages. Before the chocolate sets, place two candy eyes on each cookie.
2. Spider Web Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- Your favorite cupcake recipe or mix (chocolate or vanilla works great)
- Buttercream icing
- Black or dark chocolate icing for the web
- Plastic spiders or spider rings for decoration (optional)
Instructions:
- Bake Cupcakes: Follow your recipe or box mix instructions.
- Frosting: Once cupcakes are cooled, frost them with white or orange buttercream.
- Web Design: With a piping bag or a small ziplock with the corner cut off, draw concentric circles on the cupcake with black or dark chocolate icing. Use a toothpick to drag lines from the center outwards, creating a web effect.
- Decorate: Place a plastic spider on top or to the side of the web.
3. Graveyard Brownies
Ingredients:
- Brownie mix or your homemade brownie recipe
- Milano cookies or similar rectangular cookies for tombstones
- Green icing for grass
- Skeleton candies or ghost-shaped marshmallows
Instructions:
- Bake Brownies: Prepare and bake brownies according to instructions.
- Decorate: Once cooled, cut into squares. Write ‘RIP’ or other spooky words on the Milano cookies with icing.
- Assembly: Push the cookies into the brownies to stand up like tombstones. Use green icing to make little tufts of grass. Place skeleton candies or ghost marshmallows around.
4. Witch Hat Cookies
Ingredients:
- Refrigerated cookie dough (sugar or chocolate)
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Orange or green icing for the hat band
Instructions:
- Shape Hats: Bake cookies in flat circles. While still warm, press a Hershey’s Kiss onto the center of each cookie, letting the warmth of the cookie help it adhere.
- Decorate: Once cool, use icing to create a band around the base of the Kiss to complete the witch hat look.
5. Ghost Meringues
Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- Chocolate chips or black icing for eyes
Instructions:
- Beat Egg Whites: Beat egg whites until foamy, add cream of tartar, then gradually add sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Shape Ghosts: Pipe the meringue onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper in ghost shapes.
- Bake: Bake at 200°F (95°C) for about 1.5 hours or until they are dry and crisp. Turn off the oven and let them cool inside to prevent cracking.
- Eyes: Use small bits of chocolate chips or dots of black icing for eyes.
These recipes should give your Halloween a deliciously eerie touch. Enjoy baking and have a spooky celebration!
