4 Frighteningly Fun Halloween Treats That Are Easy to Make!
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to plan for the big parties.
There’s nothing more fun than a haunted cake. If it’s a graveyard you want, try putting the names of your guests on these Fig Newton tombstones. Or, if you want a show stopper try the Flaming Ghost Cake.
Graveyard Cake: A Spooky Cemetery Delight!
Make a haunting treat.
• 1 sheet cake (flavor of your choice)
• Chocolate frosting
• Halloween candies (gummy worms, candy pumpkins, etc.)
• Fig Newtons or flat square cookies (for tombstones)
• White & green frosting (for decorating tombstones and grass)
• Pastry bag with decorator tip
Frost the sheet cake with chocolate frosting. For each grave, lay two cookies flat on the cake. At the head of each cookie grave, set another cookie at a 45-degree angle to form the headstone, propping it up with a bit of frosting and Halloween candy. Decorate or write on each headstone with white frosting, and make blades of grass around each grave with the green frosting.
Spook Sticks: Ghostly White Chocolate Pops
Wrap white chocolate Spook Sticks in plastic and tie with a ribbon for party favors.
• 3 pounds white chocolate
• Aluminum foil
• Oil or vegetable spray
• 15-20 wooden ice cream sticks
• 40 miniature chocolate chips (for eyes)
Melt chocolate over a double-boiler, taking care not to boil the chocolate or get water in it. Stir until smooth. Cover a baking sheet with foil and grease lightly. Dip the sticks into the melted chocolate until 2” to 3” are coated and place them on a baking sheet, about 4” apart. (Vigorously stir melted chocolate each time you use it.) Pour the outline of the ghost with a small stream of melted chocolate and then fill it in. Before the ghost hardens, put two chocolate chips in place for the eyes. Refrigerate on baking sheets until chocolate is firm. Makes 15 to 20 ghosts.
Flaming Ghost Cake: A Show-Stopping Halloween Treat!
No trick to make, but a real treat to eat!
• Chocolate pie
• Whipped topping
• 2 chocolate candies
Pipe whipped topping in a pressurized can or regular whipping cream in a pastry bag into the shape of a ghost on top of the pie. Fill in the outline with more whipped topping. Add 2 chocolate candies for the eyes.
Flaming Ghost Cake
Light up your party with this playful cake!
• 1 sheet cake (any flavor)
• 1-2 cups chocolate frosting
• 1 cup white frosting
• Black string licorice (for ghost outline)
• 2 empty eggshell halves, rinsed & clean
• 2 sugar cubes
• Lemon extract (for lighting effect)
Bake a sheet cake and frost with chocolate frosting. Make a ghost shape on the cake with white frosting. Outline the ghost shape with black string licorice. Place the clean empty eggshell halves, like small cups, where the eyes should be. Place a sugar cube that has been soaked in lemon extract into each shell. When ready to serve, light the sugar cubes and turn off the lights.
