Halloween is just a week away, so I’m working on my grocery list for all the festive treats to make. The boys may be getting older, but they still love Halloween and it’s fun to make it special by decorating or baking something fun. Over the years I have loved to help out and bring a yummy treat to their classrooms for their Halloween parties.
Sharing how to make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies, Rice Krispie Treat Mummies, Vampire Donuts, Pumpkin Clementines, and Banana Ghosts below. Your kids will love it! I brought the cute pumpkin oranges to Zander’s class last year and they were a hit even though they aren’t a sugary treat. It’s nice for the kids to enjoy something different. These are so easy to make at home too this week before Halloween next Tuesday 🙂
Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 10-12 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sugar (for rolling)
- 48 miniature Reese's cups
- 96 candy eyes
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
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- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large bowl, beat together shortening, peanut butter, egg, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and milk.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add dry mixture to wet mixture and beat until blended.
- Form into 1" balls.
- Roll in sugar and place a couple of inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
- Immediately, gently press an upside down frozen peanut butter cup on top of each cookie and move to wire rack to cool.
- After placing and moving all of the cookies on the wire rack. put in place the candy eyes while chocolate is still slightly soft.
- Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow cookies to firm.
- Place chocolate chips in corner of zippered sandwich bag.
- Microwave for 20 seconds, knead and repeat until chocolate is melted.
- Clip very small piece off of corner of bag to allow for piping and draw 8 legs on each spider cookie.
- Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow legs to set.
Tip: If from-scratch cookies aren't your thing, I highly recommend buying a boxed peanut butter cookie mix or refrigerated cookie dough, which would make this recipe even easier!
Recipe credit to: cincy shopper
How to Make Rice Krispie Halloween Treats
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- Unwrap rice krispie treats and set aside. Place white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on half power for 2 minutes.
- Stir and return to microwave for 20 seconds at a time (still on half power) stirring after each until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
- Dip rice krispie treats in the chocolate being sure to coat the front and sides (the back side can remain uncovered).
- Place uncovered-side-down on a foil-lined plate or small baking sheet.
- Repeat process with remaining rice krispie treats.
- Transfer plate/baking sheet to fridge or freezer to cool for 2-3 minutes.
- While treats are cooling, spoon melted white chocolate into a small zip lock bag.
- Remove treats from fridge/freezer.
- Use scissors to snip off a tiny bit of one bottom corner of the chocolate-filled bag, then drizzle chocolate in a random pattern over the treats to create the look of mummy wrapping.
- Return treats to fridge or freezer for 1-2 minutes.
- Pipe two dots onto each rice krispie treat to create mummy eyes. Serve or store in airtight container up to 1 week.
Easy DIY Krispy Kreme Halloween Donuts
Well these donuts were just super easy because I bought them at Krispy Kreme and simply added the mini chocolate morsels for the eyes and vampire fangs. That’s literally it!
Tip: Krispy Kreme donuts work the best for this because they are smaller and do not fall apart when inserting the fangs. I recommend only using the plain ones because the fangs and eyes “pop” so much better.
DIY Pumpkin Clementines and Banana Ghost Treats
Finally, the cutest pumpkin clementines and banana ghosts! I think my favorite treat is these pumpkins, and that’s probably because we all know I’m obsessed with them 🙂 The stem is just celery sticking out! The banana ghosts are adorable here, but they get soggy super fast. If you are able to serve them right away, it is a super cute idea! The eyes on the bananas are just mini chocolate chips. How cute, right?!
I am not much of a baker, but if you are new to the blog, I do post all different types of recipes! For easy browsing, you can go to the top menu and it’s broken down by category or you can see all of the recipes – here.
Do you guys have any fun plans this Halloween or any yearly traditions? I would love to hear!
xo, Jaime
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