Halloween Recipes
What’s better than trick-or-treating during the Halloween season? Whipping up some Halloween-themed frightening foods! Keep reading for the world wide (spider) web’s best Halloween recipes.
Halloween Chocolate Bark
Recipe from Tip Buzz
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 3 cups chocolate chips
- 2 Kit Kat bars
- 2 ounces mini peanut butter cups
- 1/4 cups M&Ms
- 1/4 cup candy corn
- 1 tablespoon candy eyeballs
Instructions
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a non-stick baking mat.
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Add chocolate chips to a bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals until smooth.
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Using a spatula, spread the chocolate on the baking sheet using a spatula to about 1/4 inch thick.
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Press the candy onto the melted chocolate. Chill for at least 30 minutes to harden.
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Remove bark to a cutting board and cut into pieces with a sharp knife. Serve and enjoy!
Mini Spider Pizzas
Recipe Tip Buzz.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated pizza dough
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup black olives
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a nonstick baking mat and set aside.
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Open the pizza dough and spread out a work surface.
- Use a 4-5” circular cookie cutter or mug to cut out 6-8 circles of dough, place on prepare baking sheet.
- Brush each circle with marinara sauce and sprinkle cheese on top.
- Slice 6-8 olive lengthwise into halves to make the spider bodies.
- On another 3-4 olives slice off the tips for the heads.
- Slice several more olives into slivers for the legs.
- Arrange the spiders on top of the pizzas.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese in bubbly. Serve and enjoy!
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Recipe from All Recipes
Prep Time N/A
Cook Time 30-40 Minutes
Total Time Over hour
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
- 2 teaspoons butter, melted
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
- Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter and salt. Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown; stir occasionally.
Iced Pumpkin Cookies
Recipe from All Recipes
Prep Time 20 Minutes
Cook Time 20 Minutes
Total Time 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ surgar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.
- To Make Glaze: Combine confectioners’ sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.
Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate
This recipe is from and made by House of Aqua
Prep Time 10 Minutes
Cook Time 5 Minutes
Total Time 15 Minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup whipped cream
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg (optional)
Instructions
- Whisk milk, cream, chocolate chips, and cocoa powder together in a saucepan over medium heat until chocolate chips are melted and hot chocolate is smooth, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice until fully incorporated.
- Pour hot chocolate into 2 mugs.
- Top with whipped cream; sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over whipped cream.