Spooky Halloween Desserts By: Haylee Shaffer
The spooky season is here, and everybody wants to make a cool Halloween themed dessert. Most Halloween desserts are easy to make, such as cupcakes, fruit dip, and many other desserts. These yummy Halloween desserts are also an open door to creativity. Make some spooky shaped cookies and let the kids decorate with sprinkles, candy corn, frosting, gumdrops, and any sweet candy.
Some people get creative with the ingredients in their house. Peanut Butter pumpkins are tasty and easy to make. The ingredients needed are butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, red and yellow food coloring, and a chocolate chip for a little stem. Melt the butter then add the red and yellow food coloring to make it orange. Combine the powdered sugar and peanut butter to make a dough and form balls. Make the balls look like pumpkins by pressing a toothpick around them. Add your stem, refrigerate, and serve.
Here is a spooky dirt dessert with only four ingredients, and any choice of candy topping. Ingredients needed will be instant chocolate pudding mix, milk, and crushed ores. Make the pudding and let it sit in the refrigerator for two hours. Then put cool whip on top and add any desired topping. This desert grabs the eyes of adults and kids.
Ever wanted to try a piece of Frankenstein? Well, here’s a fun and easy Frankenstein dessert. Items that are needed will be marshmallows, melted white chocolate, green food coloring, black frosting, and sticks to put the marshmallows on. First, melt the chocolate so the marshmallows are able to be dipped into it. Then dip the marshmallows and put them onto the sticks. Let the chocolate set and after it sets then add a face with the black frosting.
These spooky Halloween treats are loved by everyone. Many stores have different varieties, and most can be made at home. Have an awesome October. Here is a spooky dirt dessert with only three ingredients, and any choice of candy topping. Some students from Lenape Tech have been asked “Does your family make a specific dessert during Halloween?” Here are their replies, “We make dirt dessert. Every year my grandma makes it. I can’t wait for her to make it so I can eat it. She adds gummy worms.”-Tristin Krecota
“I don’t make any special snacks for Halloween but I do remember this little old lady who would make homemade popcorn balls for Halloween and during college I would put on a random costume and go to her house and get a popcorn ball.” Mr. Ingram
