4 Easy Halloween Treats
Check out these fun and easy Halloween Treats: Graveyard Dirt Cups, Mummy Jalapeño Poppers, Witch Broom Cheese Sticks and Vampire Coffin Toaster Pastries.
Things you'll need: Graveyard Dirt Cups
Ingredients- 3.9 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups milk, cold
- 1/2 container (4oz) whipped topping
- 30-35 chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos)
- 12 biscuit cookie sandwiches (Milano)
- Black writing gel or edible marker
- 12 candy pumpkins
- 12 (5oz) clear cups
- Whisk
- Sandwich bag
Let's get started!
- In a large bowl, whisk together pudding mix and milk until mixture begins to thicken, roughly two minutes.
- Fold in thawed whipped topping using a spatula or a whisk until well-combined.
- Scrape the filling off each sandwich cookie into a separate bowl and place cookies in a large plastic bag. Using a rolling pin, roll over the cookies to create crumbs and set aside.
- Begin assembling dirt cups by measuring out 1-1/2 tablespoons of cookie crumbs into the bottoms of 12 plastic cups, alternate adding a layer of pudding and repeat.
- Decorate the biscuit sandwich cookie (Milano) and black writing gel and stick them in the cups as tombstones.
- Add the gummy worms and candy pumpkins and serve immediately or store in fridge until ready to serve.
Things you'll need: Mummy Jalapeño Poppers
Ingredients- 6-7 jalapeño peppers
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup (8 ounces) shredded jack cheese
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 package refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 egg, beaten
- All-purpose flour for dusting
- Candy eyeballs
Let's get started!
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- In a bowl, mix together cream cheese, shredded cheese, chopped green onion and salt with a spatula until evenly blended.
- Cut the jalapeños into halves and remove seeds and ribs from each using a spoon.
- Roll out crescent roll dough onto a floured surface lengthwise. Using your finger pinch the seams to reinforce them together.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut 24-26 thin vertical strips of dough.
- Fill each jalapeño half with cheese mixture and wrap each stuffed jalapeño with dough strips, leaving room for the eyes and place on baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bake until the dough is golden brown, about 10-15 minutes. Once removed from the oven, immediately press eyes into the melted cheese mixture to stick.
Things you'll need: Witch Broom Cheese Snacks
Ingredients- 6 string cheese sticks
- 18 pretzel sticks
- Fresh chives
Let's get started!
- Cut each string cheese stick into 3 equal pieces, roughly 1-1/2 inches.
- Make lengthwise cuts halfway up the cheese, all the way around.
- On the uncut end of the cheese, softly insert a pretzel stick about halfway in and tie with a piece of chive.
Things you'll need: Vampire Coffin Pop Tarts
Ingredients- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- Raspberry jam/preserve
- Vanilla icing
- 1 egg
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 4" coffin cookie cutter
- Piping or sandwich bag
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
Let's get started!
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out pie crust.
- Using a coffin cookie cutter, cut 10-12 coffins and place half on the baking sheet.
- Spread a small amount of jam into the center of the half on the baking sheet.
- Using a pastry brush, wet the sides of the coffins with the beaten egg. Top with other half of the coffins. Use a fork to seal the edges by lightly pressing down.
- Poke holes on the top of the tarts so air can escape during baking and look like vampire bites.
- Bake until slightly brown, about 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
- In a medium bow, mix together the powdered sugar and milk until icing is smooth. Transfer to a piping bag.
- Pipe a spiderweb and a hanging spider.
Written By Rosanna Pansino
