7 Easy Halloween Treats Kids Will Actually Be Excited About
Updated: Oct 17
Halloween treats are one of those things that can look ridiculously cute without actually being difficult. I am much more interested in recipes the kids can help with than spending an entire afternoon trying to make bakery-perfect ghosts out of fondant.
These seven Halloween treats are easy, colorful, and fun enough for a family night, Halloween party, classroom table, or just because the kids asked to make something spooky.
1. Mummy Brownies
These are probably the easiest way to make a regular pan of brownies look Halloween-ready.
Ingredients
1 pan brownies, baked and cooled
1 cup white frosting or melted white candy coating
Candy eyes
Directions
Cut the cooled brownies into squares or rectangles.
Warm the frosting slightly or melt the candy coating until it is easy to drizzle.
Drizzle thin lines back and forth across each brownie to look like mummy wrapping.
Press two candy eyes onto each brownie before the drizzle sets.
2. Halloween Dirt Pudding Cups
Chocolate pudding and crushed Oreos already look like dirt, so half the Halloween work is done for you.
Ingredients
2 boxes instant chocolate pudding
Milk, according to pudding package directions
20 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
Gummy worms
Oval or rectangular cookies for tombstones
Black decorating gel, optional
Directions
Prepare the chocolate pudding according to the package directions.
Spoon pudding into clear cups.
Top each cup with crushed chocolate cookies.
Add gummy worms and tuck a cookie into the top like a tombstone.
Use black decorating gel to write RIP on the tombstone cookies if you want.
3. Monster Rice Krispie Treats
These are especially good for kids because there is really no wrong way to make a monster face.
Ingredients
8 prepared Rice Krispie treats
1 bag colored candy melts
Candy eyes in different sizes
Halloween sprinkles
Directions
Melt the candy melts according to the package directions.
Dip one end of each Rice Krispie treat into the melted coating.
Add one, two, or way too many candy eyes.
Finish with Halloween sprinkles and let the coating set.
4. Spider Oreos
This one is barely a recipe, which is exactly why I like it.
Ingredients
Chocolate sandwich cookies
Thin pretzel sticks
Candy eyes
A little frosting or melted chocolate for attaching the eyes
Directions
Break pretzel sticks into shorter pieces for spider legs.
Gently push four pretzel pieces into each side of the cookie filling.
Use a tiny dab of frosting or melted chocolate to attach candy eyes to the top.
5. Halloween Chocolate Bark
Chocolate bark is basically made for using up whatever Halloween candy and sprinkles happen to be in the cabinet.
Ingredients
12 ounces milk, dark, or semi-sweet chocolate
4 ounces orange or white candy melts, optional
Mini pretzels
Candy eyes
Halloween sprinkles
Small pieces of Halloween candy
Directions
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate and spread it into an even layer on the parchment.
Drizzle with melted orange or white candy coating if using.
Scatter pretzels, candy eyes, sprinkles, and candy pieces over the top before the chocolate sets.
Chill until firm, then break into pieces.
6. Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
These look like you did much more work than you actually did, which is always a win.
Ingredients
12 chocolate cupcakes, baked and cooled
1 tub chocolate frosting
8 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
Candy pumpkins
Green decorating icing
Directions
Frost each cupcake with chocolate frosting.
Dip or sprinkle the tops with crushed chocolate cookies to make dirt.
Place one or two candy pumpkins on each cupcake.
Pipe little green vines around the pumpkins with decorating icing.
7. Ghost Pretzels
Salty pretzels and sweet white chocolate are an easy combination, and the ghost shape pretty much makes itself.
Ingredients
Pretzel twists
10 ounces white melting chocolate or white candy melts
Mini chocolate chips or black decorating gel
Directions
Melt the white chocolate according to the package directions.
Dip each pretzel twist completely in the melted coating and place it on parchment paper.
Use mini chocolate chips or dots of black decorating gel to make eyes and a mouth.
Let the pretzels set completely before serving.
Make It a Halloween Treat Night
You definitely do not need to make all seven of these at once. Pick one or two, let the kids help decorate them, and turn it into part of your Halloween family night.
The best Halloween recipes for us are the ones that are easy enough that making them is actually fun. If the kitchen looks a little ridiculous afterward and half the candy eyes end up on the wrong thing, that is pretty much the point.
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