It happens to all of us. We have great intentions, but time gets away from us, and we find ourselves in a pinch to make something fun, and it needs to be quick.
As Halloween approaches, this has happened to me. As much as I enjoy making stuff from scratch, I just don’t have the time. I put on my witch’s thinking cap, gathered what I had available, then headed to the store to buy what additional items I needed. Below are the results for my quick Halloween treats I’ve created for some Halloween fun in a hurry.
These quick Halloween treats were a kick to make. They will indeed make for fun Halloween treats for any guests who happen to be around to help with my trick-or-treaters. I know when I hand anyone a plate of these with a small glass of my coffee liqueur; I’ll have some happy Halloween guests indeed.
Quick Halloween Treats In A Hurry
Aren’t these cute? Can you guess what part would to first to be eaten?
Quick Halloween Treats #1
Halloween Mummy Cookies
- Peanut shaped sandwich cookies
- White melting chocolate
- Black candy pearls
Tools:
- Small Ziploc bag
- Scissors
- Fork for lifting
Directions:
Line a sheet pan with parchment. Using a makeshift double boiler, melt the white chocolate. Coat the peanut shaped cookies and shake off the excess. Gently transfer the coated cookie to the sheet pan. Once you’ve covered the number of cookies you desire, place two black candy pearls at the top of each cookie for eyes. Fill a Ziploc bag with a small portion of warmed white chocolate. Snip off the corner of the Ziploc bag creating a small hole. Squeeze the white chocolate through the hole running a stream of white chocolate back and forth a few times over the prepared cookies. Place the sheet pan of mummies in the fridge to set the white chocolate coating.
Reserve any leftover chocolate for another use.
These Witch’s Caldron quick Halloween treats will go over very well with both big and little kids alike.
Quick Halloween Treats #2
Witch’s Caldron Brownie Bites
- Brownie bites
- White melting chocolate
- Licorice string
- Green food coloring
- Various Halloween sprinkles and decorations
Tools:
Directions:
Line a sheet pan with parchment. In a small makeshift double boiler, melt the white chocolate and add a few drops of green food coloring. Stir until the food coloring is well blended. Add more food coloring to reach the color you like. Using a spreader, carefully spread a small amount on the top of the brownie bite staying away from the edges. With a toothpick poke a hole on opposite sides of the brownie bite. Cut a 4-inch length of the licorice string. Insert the ends of the licorice into the two holes making a handle. Sprinkle a variety of decorations over the green colored chocolate. Place your witch’s caldron on the prepared sheet pan. Repeat for as long as your supplies last. Place the sheet pan of Witch’s Caldron Brownie Bites in the fridge to set the chocolate.
Reserve any leftover chocolate for another use.
I had a ton of melted white chocolate left over, so I figured out a way to use some of it up until I ran out of cookies. Quick Halloween Treats like these are easy and fun to make and will disappear in a flash. I promise. 😊
Quick Halloween Treats #3
One Eyed Monster Cookies
- Leftover white and green colored chocolate
- Yellow and red food coloring
- Any kind of round sandwich cookies of your choice
- Large candy eyeballs of choice
- Green sprinkles
Tools:
Directions:
Line a sheet pan with parchment. Using the same makeshift double boiler, re-melt the white and green colored chocolate. I also colored the white chocolate using red and yellow food coloring to a light orange color. Coat the cookies in the green or orange chocolate, and then shake off the excess. Transfer the coated cookies to the sheet pan. Once you’ve coated the number of cookies you desire, sprinkle the top of the cookies with green sprinkles and place a large eyeball on the center of the coated cookie. Repeat until your supplies run out. Place the sheet pan of monster cookies in the fridge to set the chocolate. Note: I played around a bit with the orange monster cookies by adding a small piece of leftover licorice string for a mouth.
Reserve any leftover chocolate for another use.
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How about some Frankenstein Cookies. I thought these were adorable. What do you think?
Quick Halloween Treats #4
Frankenstein Cookies
- Leftover green colored chocolate
- Black food coloring
- Any kind of square sandwich cookies of your choice
- Small candy eyeballs cut in half
- Black decorating icing
Tools:
Directions:
Line a sheet pan with parchment. Using the same makeshift double boiler, re-melt the green colored chocolate. Add a drop or two of black food coloring and blend well. Coat the cookies in the gray-green chocolate, and then shake off the excess. Transfer the coated cookies to the sheet pan. Once you’ve covered the number of cookies you desire, using a small hole tip on the black icing tube, pipe a zigzag of icing on the top of the cookie for hair. Place 2 eyeballs below black icing and gently press into the green-gray icing. Pipe a little line of black icing below the eyes. Use a toothpick to adjust the eyes and icing as needed. Repeat until your supplies run out. Place the sheet pan of Frankenstein Cookies in the fridge to set the chocolate.
If there is any, reserve any leftover melted chocolate for yet another use.
Well, I had more melted chocolate leftover than I had expected, not to mention the sprinkles, so out came the pretzel wands giving me a chance to use it all up; this gave me yet another quick Halloween treat. How cool is that?
Quick Halloween Treats #5
Halloween Pretzel Wands
- Pretzel Wands
- Leftover melted white, orange and green chocolate
- Sprinkles of choice
- Food coloring
Directions:
Line a sheet pan with parchment. Refresh or recolor the melted chocolate to the desired color. Coat one end of each the pretzel wand with whatever chocolate you want, shake off a bit of the excess and sprinkle on whatever color sprinkles you desire. Place the decorated pretzel rod on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat until your supplies run out. Place the sheet pan of Halloween pretzel wands in the fridge to set the chocolate.
Notes: The makeshift double boiler is a glass bowl over a small amount or water in a saucepan. Make sure the hot water doesn’t touch the bowl, or it’ll scorch your chocolate. It really helps to use a good quality melting chocolate. It will make your project go so much more smoothly. Start easy with the food coloring by adding a little at a time. You can always add more food coloring, but you can’t subtract it. The kind of sprinkles or decorations you may want to use are up to you, what I used are only suggestions and were what I had on hand.
My quick Halloween treats are so easy your kids or grandkids could join in on the fun. Heck, let them use their own creativity especially with the Monster cookies.
You know how I like gifts from the kitchen. 🙂 What’s fun is packaging these up in a cellophane bag or a fun Halloween treat box with a bit of ribbon to fit the holiday and hand them out to your friends, neighbors and kids you have around. So there you have my quick Halloween treats when you’re in a hurry and need something fun and cute to serve any kid no matter what their size. So put on that creative witch’s hat and have a bit of fun. It’s the time of year for that, so go for it.
Time to eat…
If you enjoyed my “Quick Halloween Treats,” check out my Marshmallow Halloween Spider, Halloween Candy Corn Bark Candy, Marshmallow Ghosts and Homemade Halloween Cookies. Enjoy.
P.S. Take a moment to check out some of the tools I used for this “Quick Halloween Treats” below. 🙂