This is a four image collage with the photos outlined with black frames. This is a description of the top left photo In the background of this photo are various pumpkins of different sizes and shapes and vases full of flowers of white, orange, and salmon colors. These items are in a soft focus and are slightly blurry. In the foreground of the photo is a white plate that's topped with several hand pies. The cream colored crusts have been glazed with a thin white frosting. At the seams of the hand pies small amounts of the golden maple, pumpkin filling is oozing out. To the right of that is a photo of A pan of twisted dough that resembles intestines. There is red frosting drizzled over the top of the "intestines" to give the appearance of blood. Black plastic spiders have been placed in random spots in the pan. Below that is a picture of donuts. A purple cloth is the backdrop to this photo. A white cutting board sits on the cloth and is topped with three donuts two orange frosted donuts are on the outside and are topped with different colored sprinkles. In the center is a purple frosted donut with black and green sprinkles on top. There are three other bluish purple frosted donuts sitting above the cutting board on the purple cloth. Each of them is covered in a different combination of sprinkles--yellow and black dots, yellow, black, and purple dogs with purple and black sprinkles, and one completely covered in assorted colors of sprinkles. To the right of that is a white mound with a sheet of fondant draping over it with two candy eyes stuck on it to create the appearance of a ghost.

Halloween Breakfast Treats

Halloween is only a couple days from now, and I don’t know about you, but my children love to participate in fun activities all day long. Since they love to be fully immersed in the holiday, why not begin the day with a Halloween breakfast? We love to have Halloween themed breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. What follows is five different Halloween breakfast treats that you […]

A two photo collage. One photo is of cherry hand pies that look like mummies, The other phot is of apple hand pies that look like mummies.

Halloween Hand Pies

These apple and cherry filled Halloween hand pies are an adorable idea for a great Halloween dessert to serve after your Halloween dinner. When I saw these, I knew that I had to share them here with you. They’re the perfect Halloween treat. Mummy Cherry Hand Pies recipe Mummy Cherry Hand Pies are a fun and easy spooky Halloween treat! This Halloween dessert idea uses […]

An 8 photo collage assembled so the photos are in a square. There is a photo of frankenstein rice kirspie treats, two different types of mummy rice kirspie treats, ghost rice krispie treats, spider rice kirspie treats, pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats, and a plate of frosted rice krispie treats that have streaks of orange, black and white on the surface. The final photo is of balls of rice krispie treats with candy eyes stuck on them to look like monster rice krispie treats.

Halloween Rice Krispie Treats

Halloween rice krispie treats really are perfect. They’re so very versatile. As we mentioned before, crispy rice treats can be formed in all sorts of shapes and sizes, so that makes them the perfect treat for any holiday. Here are eight different ways to dress up your Rice Krispie Treats for Halloween. I’m sure you’ll find the perfect Halloween rice krispie treat for your family. […]

This is a 12 picture collage with the photos separated by white bars. In the top left corner is a picture of white chocolate bark embedded with candy corn. To the right is a chocolate bark that has candy corn and halloween sprinkles embedded in it. The next photo to the right is of a candy bark that's swirled with purple orange and black and contains sweet tart candies embedded in it. The final photo in the top row is of some white fudge with candy corn embedded in it. The second row begins with a stack of homemade twix bars with a cookie layer under a careamel and chocolate top. The next photo is a pan of white fudge with a choclate spider web drawn on it. Round choclate candies and piped legs create spiders on the web. The next photo is a stack of homemade snickers bars which are stacked in a pyramid and cut in half to expose the peanut, nougat, and caramel centers. The final photo in the second row is a choclate and toffee candy made on crackers. It's been broken into pieces exposing the cracker underneath. It's topped with orange, yellow, and purple Halloween sprinkles. The bottom row, from left to right is a photo of some candy corn encrusted fudge on a cutting board, a photo of pumpkins made of chocolate, a basket of some orange, black and white candy, and a tray of black and white candy bark.

Homemade Halloween Candy

I realize that you can’t handout homemade Halloween candy to trick or treaters, but you can share it with friends and family. This collection of homemade Halloween candies contains simple and more complicated recipes. There’s lots of fun ideas that can be made with the kids, too. Check out this collection of recipes for homemade Halloween Candy and let us know what you think by […]

a six photo collage that contains photos of monstere eyes that are yellowish orange with white corneas and brown pupils on them, chocolate caldrons on top of sticks decorated with eyeballs and greenish frosting, chocolate truffles made to look like bats, orange, black, and white truffles on sticks decorated with candy eyes, and round truffles decorated to look like mummies--one with a bite missing revealing a pumpkin cheesecake filling. The final picture is of popsicle shaped cake pops decorated in orange and green and lined with frosting. These aren't popsicles, but cakesicles filled with the same filling as cake pops.

Halloween Truffles, Cake Pops, and Cakesicles

I don’t know about you, but I love truffles, and cake pops. They’re rich, decadent, and delicious. I had never heard of cakesicles until recently, but I love the idea of a popsicle sized cake pop. Where desserts are concerned, I believe that more is definitely better. Since we love these so much, we have collected several recipes for amazing Halloween themed truffles, cake pops, […]

A collage containing six pictures of cookies and bars. The pictures on the top are three across. The left hand picture is green witches finger cookies with red nails. The center is plated black bats with red eye, the right sided picture is green Frankenstein cookies with large candy eyes. The bottom row has a cemetery made out of a pan of brownies with milano cookies decorated with RIP arranged in them. The center photo is bars decorated with candy corn and candy eyes. The bottom right photo is white cookies decorated to look like mummies.

Halloween Bars and Cookies

Bars and Cookies are one of my favorite things to make for any holiday. Halloween is no exception. If I’m preparing for guests, I will definitely have a large tray loaded with Halloween bars and cookies. It’s fun to have more than one type of cookie or bar for people to try, and some of these recipes look more complicated than they are, so they’re […]

A collage of halloween themed cupcakes. There are cupcakes that look like frankenstein, cupcakes that look like ghosts, a cupcake with a bloody eyeball, and a cupcake drizzled with blood. Another cupcake has a witches hat on top and another has a delicat spider web made from white chocolate.

21 Halloween Themed Cupcakes

Halloween themed cupcakes are a great party food. Their portable, and they’re pretty simple to decorate. If you’re throwing a Halloween party, don’t stop setting the stage with just the decorations and music/sounds. Halloween themed foods are a great way to add another layer of excitement to your party, and spooky themed foods are a great way to make your party even better. Cupcakes are […]

Chocolate Pretzel and Pumpkin Candies

I love to make variations on simple recipes. I am in love with the candies that are made by melting either hugs or kisses on top of pretzels and smashing them down with either a candy or a nut. I have already publishes three variations on this recipe, but I had to do just one more. You can find the versions with candy corn, marshmallow […]

Caterpillars and Cheese

This is another one of my non-recipes. It’s just a cooking technique that effectively changes a very kid friendly dish, macaroni and cheese, into something a bit more ghoulish for Halloween. The entire process is very simple. All you need is a box of macaroni and cheese plus all of the ingredients needed to prepare it along with some green food coloring.

Brain Matter

I have always thought that cauliflower florets looked like brain tissue with the undulating shape of the florets on the dense surface. As a result, I have attempted to transform them into something ghoulish and frightening for Halloween. This is a very simple process, but I have to confess that I made a mistake with the first batch that I cooked. This is another non […]