{"id":2397,"date":"2025-10-06T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:45:50","slug":"spooky-halloween-desserts-by-haylee-shaffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Halloween Desserts   By: Haylee Shaffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The spooky\u00a0season is\u00a0here,\u00a0and everybody wants to make a cool Halloween themed dessert.\u00a0Most Halloween desserts are easy to make, such as cupcakes, fruit dip, and many other desserts.\u00a0These\u00a0yummy\u00a0Halloween desserts are also an open door to creativity. Make some\u00a0spooky shaped cookies and let the kids decorate with sprinkles, candy corn, frosting, gumdrops,\u00a0and\u00a0any sweet candy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some people get creative with the ingredients in their house. Peanut Butter pumpkins are tasty and easy to make.\u00a0The\u00a0ingredients needed are\u00a0butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, red\u00a0and yellow food coloring, and\u00a0a chocolate chip\u00a0for a little stem.\u00a0Melt the butter then add\u00a0the\u00a0red and yellow food coloring to make\u00a0it\u00a0orange. Combine the powdered sugar and peanut butter to make a dough and form balls. Make the balls look like pumpkins\u00a0by\u00a0pressing a toothpick around\u00a0them.\u00a0Add your stem,\u00a0refrigerate,\u00a0and serve.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2377\" src=\"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dessert3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"267\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here is\u00a0a spooky dirt dessert with only\u00a0four\u00a0ingredients, and any choice of candy topping.\u00a0Ingredients needed will be instant chocolate pudding mix, milk, and crushed ores. Make the pudding and let it\u00a0sit\u00a0in the refrigerator for two hours. Then\u00a0put cool whip on top and add any desired topping.\u00a0This desert grabs the eyes of adults and kids.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2376\" src=\"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dessert2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"250\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ever wanted to try a piece of Frankenstein?\u00a0Well,\u00a0here\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0fun and easy\u00a0Frankenstein\u00a0dessert. Items that are needed will be marshmallows, melted white chocolate, green food coloring, black frosting, and sticks to put the marshmallows on.\u00a0First,\u00a0melt the chocolate\u00a0so the marshmallows are able to be dipped into it.\u00a0Then dip the marshmallows and\u00a0put\u00a0them onto the sticks. Let the chocolate set and after it sets then add a face with the black frosting.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These spooky Halloween treats are loved by everyone. Many stores have different\u00a0varieties,\u00a0and most\u00a0can\u00a0be made at home. Have an awesome\u00a0October.\u00a0Here is\u00a0a spooky dirt dessert with only three ingredients, and any choice of candy topping.\u00a0Some students from Lenape Tech have been asked \u201cDoes your family make a specific dessert during Halloween?\u201d Here are their replies, \u201cWe make dirt dessert. Every year my grandma makes it. I\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0wait for her to make it\u00a0so I can eat it. She adds\u00a0gummy\u00a0worms.\u201d-Tristin\u00a0Krecota<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI don\u2019t make any\u00a0special snacks for\u00a0Halloween\u00a0but 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.\u201d Mr. Ingram<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spooky\u00a0season is\u00a0here,\u00a0and everybody wants to make a cool Halloween themed dessert.\u00a0Most Halloween desserts are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions\/2398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}