Wizard Hats
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We've rounded up our best Halloween treats for kids so you can spend more time working on that costume and less time scrolling through Pinterest. These Halloween treats for kids are a great idea if you're hosting a pre-trick-or-treating party or just pulling together a fun fall gathering this month. Cake pops, cat-shaped cakes, and dipped apples headline this classic collection. Don't miss the meringue ghosts! The great news about these treats? Adults will love them, too!
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Frankenstein Cookies
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Frankenstein Cookies Recipe
Starting with refrigerated, store-bought cookie dough, these cooky Frankenstein cookies are an easy Halloween baking project to whip up this year. That said, packaged cookie dough is made to spread, so if you’d rather your Frankenstein cookies have rectangular or otherwise shaped faces (as opposed to these round-faced cuties), you can use a classic cut-out cookie dough that will better hold its shape. Follow the same method for coloring the dough, and then simply cut it into the shapes you want (freehand or using rectangular cookie cutters). In the recipe below, we provided a suggested path for decorating your Frankenstein cookies, but definitely feel free to go about designing and decorating these tasty little monsters however you please. If you’d rather, you can bake the green cookies plain and decorate as you please using only icing pens once they have cooled. Keep in mind—it’s OK if they’re a little messy, they are monsters after all.
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Ghost Cookies
Ghost Cookies
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Ghost Cookies Recipe
Prepare for a sweet scare when these adorable Halloween ghost cookies are alliced, decorated, and ready to party. Super easy and kid-friendly to make, these butter cut-out cookies coated with royal icing are the perfect dessert for your Halloween spread. Candy eyeballs add a playful, whimsical touch to these spooky treats, but you could also use black icing to draw eyes on your ghost cookies.Using a classiccut-out butter cookie doughkeeps the edges of your ghost cookiesshape neat and clean—no worries about the cookies expanding when they bake. Whip up a batch with the kids and let them go to town with the decorating for a fun Halloween kitchen activity.
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Witch's Hat Cake
Witch's Hat Cake image
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Witch's Hat Cake Recipe
For a spooky spin on your Halloween-inspired sheet cake, look no further than this festive witch's hat cake. We opted for boxed cake mix for simplicity, but if there's a homemade recipe you prefer, that works too. As long as you're ready to get a little crafty and extra witchy, this easy, Halloween dessert will come together in a flash.
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Little Monster Cupcakes
Little Monster Cupcakes
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Little Monster Cupcakes Recipe
Decorate cupcakes for Halloween by creating not-too-scary monster faces on top of the cupcakes using colored frostings and an assortment of candies.
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Mummy Buckeyes
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Mummy Buckeyes Recipe
Our two-bite treats are scary-simple to make and a ghoulishly good addition to your spread of haunted sweets. When it comes time to wrap the mummies in chocolate, let the kids help out for a fun holiday craft.
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Halloween Spider Cookies
Halloween Spider Cookies
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Halloween Spider Cookies Recipe
Landing somewhere between adorable and slightly spooky, these Halloween spider cookies are sure to fulfill all your creepy-crawly sweetneeds for your upcoming Halloween festivities. Using a classic cut-out butter cookie dough keeps the edges of your spider cookiesshape neat and clean—no worries about the cookies expanding when they bake. Decorate these Halloween cut-out cookieswith black gel icing, royal icing, candy eyes, orangle and black sprinkles, or whatever fun decorations you have on hand. These cookies make for a playful, spooky food craft thatgrown-ups and kidsalike can enjoy.
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Candy Corn Cookies
Halloween Cookie Bites
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Candy Corn Cookies Recipe
Those fancy Halloween slice-and-bake cookies are a breeze to make at home thanks to a little food coloring. And trust us, these candy corn cookies are infinitely more delicious than the Halloween candy they’re inspired by (no offense if you like candy corn). Easy to make and absolutely adorable, these autumn-inspired treats are as perfect to send for the kids’ school Halloween party as they are to bring to your own fall festivities. You can even prep the dough a few days in advance and refrigerate, so that baking off the candy corn cookies is a breeze on the day you plan to eat them. Just follow the recipe through step 3, and be sure to wrap the loaf pan tightly with a few layers of plastic wrap.
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Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies
Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies
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Jack-o'-Lantern Sugar Cookies Recipe
Tina Butler, 47, Royse City, Texas, mommyskitchen.net
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Halloween Kitty Cake
Halloween Kitty Cake
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Halloween Kitty Cake Recipe
What a sweet kitty this is! The cake is baked, cut into shapes and then put together to make a purr-fect cake for any Halloween party.
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Lookie-Lookie Cookie Pops
Lookie-Lookie Cookie Pops
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Lookie-Lookie Cookie Pops Recipe
These fun, kid-friendly, and super yummy cookie pops are the perfect treat for Halloween! Your friends and family will not be able to resist one–or two, or three.
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White Chocolate 'Butterfinger' Bars
White Chocolate 'Butterfinger' Bars
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White Chocolate 'Butterfinger' Bars Recipe
Jessica Segarra, 25, Tampa, Fla., thenovicechefblog.com
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Wormy Popcorn Balls
Wormy Popcorn Balls
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Wormy Popcorn Balls Recipe
Add a gummy worm to this little treat for some Halloween fun.
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Tangled Web Rice Pops
Tangled Web Rice Pops
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Tangled Web Rice Pops Recipe
For a guaranteed hit, garnish these yummy treats with bug candies or sprinkles in Halloween shapes and colors.
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Candy-Coated Caramel Apples
Candy-Coated Caramel Apples
Candy-Coated Caramel Apples Recipe
Dress up traditional caramel apples with your favorite candies for an eye-catching Halloween treat.
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Meringue Ghosts
Chocolate Cupcakes with Meringue Ghosts
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Meringue Ghosts Recipe
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Wizard Hats
Wizard Hats
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Wizard Hats Recipe
Make this fun Halloween treat for the kids to take to school.