13 Easy Halloween Recipes | Halloween Treats | DIY Snacks

welcome back I'm Jill with the Carefree  kitchen.com and today I'm going to be sharing   with you 13 of my very favorite Halloween recipes  now these recipes are everything you need for your   Halloween party we have main coures some really  spooky appetizers some really fun Halloween drink   ideas everything from root beer in a cauldron to  our spooky witch punch and then of course we have   our Halloween treats these are everything you need  for your Halloween party and bonus wait till the   end I will share with you five bonus recipes  let's get going follow along at I will show   you step by step how to make these cute little  Halloween [Music] recipes the first one on the   list are some spooky mummy hot dots to get started  I'm going to unwrap my Pillsbury crescent rolls   if you don't have these on hand just a homemade  pizza crust will do great so I'm going to unwrap   my crescent rolls here and then I'm going to use  a pizza cutter and this is the quickest way to do   it and I just like to cut like little a third of  an inch um maybe half inch Matt little strips and   they don't have to be even in fact they look even  better if they're like a little bit rugged and Jagged then you get like those little knots and  like end pieces that make it look even more rustic   to prepare my hot dogs I like to put them on some  paper towels or some napkins that works great and   then just Pat them dry the dough tends to stick  on the hot dogs a little bit better if it's dry   so uh this does help and then I'm just going to  take the end and I like to go one way and then   turn it around and go the other way so it's kind  of like a little crisscross pattern on your hot   dogs and then once you have all of your hot dogs  ready you are going to place them on a parchment   sheet lined baking pan so they are ready to go  we're going to add the eyeballs after we are done   cooking them um we're going to put them into the  oven at about 375 you want to preheat your oven   to 375 degrees and then we're going to bake them  for about 12 to 15 minutes and what we're looking   for here when we bake them is we want them to be  golden brown on top and then golden brown on the   bottom and if you really want to jazzi these up a  great way to do that is to sprinkle a little bit   of garlic salt on the top or you could sprinkle a  little bit of Parmesan cheese or both that would   be a great way uh to just jazzi these up uh when  they are out of the oven let them cool for about   5 minutes you don't want to like burn your hands  but then as soon as you can touch them a little   bit you can add a little eyeball and it's fun  to add just like one eyeball so it's like this   little Cyclops or the two eyeballs is just so  adorable I mean they all come out different   every single time and I think that's what makes  it really really fun uh this is just one of our   kids favorite Halloween recipes it's super fun to  eat on Halloween night or if you're just having a   party with friends okay second on our list is  our homemade root beer and this homemade root   beer uses just four ingredients and can be made in  about 15 minutes you can serve it in a large punch   bowl or a big cauldron with some extra dry ice or  an extra spooky Halloween treat you're going to   add four cups of water to your cauldron or your  bowl and then you're going to add about two to   three cups of sugar and then I'm going to add 1  to 2 lounds of dry ice and to that you're going   to add 3 tablespoons of rub beer extract and  I like to stir this until all of the sugar is   nice and dissolved uh be sure you don't have have  any there left in the bottom of the bowl if you   just stir it for a couple minutes that should be  plenty of time I'm going to break that into like   3 to 4 in chunks um and if you want to Bubble  it longer then you keep the dry ice in bigger pieces and for our third recipe we're going  to be making some Halloween caramel corn and   I just found these cute little cups at my party  supply store super simple and easy to make first   thing I'm going to do is add two cubes of  butter and just let that melt and then to   that I'm going to add 1 cup of caro syrup 1  can of sweet and condensed milk 1 cup brown   sugar and 1 cup white sugar and then I'm also  going to add in a pretty generous pinch of salt   and now we're going to cook that on medium heat  and you want to continuously stir this while it   comes up to a boil and if you go one way on the  pan and then go the other way so you're sure to   scrape the whole bottom of the pan okay here is  my caramel and I've been stirring this for about   3 minutes so far and this is going to go from  a really light color to kind of a more deep   caramel color okay and then also this is my candy  thermometer and I want this to reach 240° that's   soft ball stage stir this and then keep an eye on  how warm your caramel gets and you don't want it   to go above that 240 mark or it's going to be too  hard on your teeth when you eat it so between 235   and 240 for caramel popcorn and there we go okay  now I'm just going to take it off the heat here   to prepare my pan I'm just going to use a large  baking sheet and spray it with I have coconut oil   here but you can use any kind of nonstick cooking  spray been off the heat for just a about a minute   and I'm going to add my caramel I just want to  add a little bit at a time and then Stir It Up   we just want all of the popcorn covered and kind  of lightly here all right this is about right here   I'm going to add it onto my baking sheet here and  this is just my greased baking sheet and I want   to do it pretty evenly so it all kind of cools at  the same time here is my soft and chewy homemade   caramel corn super simple to make and perfect for  your Halloween parties Halloween recipe number   four is our purple witch punch and this is super  spooky and so fun to make all you need is just a   few ingredients the first thing you're going to  need is one 60 oz can of pineapple juice or you   can use lemonade that works great too and to that  I'm going to add one packet of grape Kool-Aid and   be sure it's a purple grape Kool-Aid and then to  that we're going to add 2 L of sprite or squirt   or ginger ale any of those will work great and  then about a half a pound of dry ice and this is   optional but this is what's going to give it that  really spooky bubbly flavor and of course be very   careful if you are working with dry ice but check  out my purple witch punch this is such a fun and   easy and really just makes your party so much  fun and so festive this quick and easy purple   Halloween punch is perfect for your Halloween  party and is extra spooky with the dry ice and   that and that foggy Halloween touch add just  a little dry ice and serve in decorative cups   what an adorable recipe recipe number five is our  graveyard dirt cups and it's made with layers of   pudding Oreo crumb and it has these spooky little  graveyard themed Halloween treats to get started   I'm going to make my pudding now this is chocolate  pudding I'm just using the 4 oz Jello-O noic ones   and putting it into a bowl and whisking it and  you're going to whisk it for about 30 seconds   the next thing we're going to do is crush up our  Oreos and I have about 20 Oreos or so here um it   doesn't have to be exact but um I just put them in  a ziplock bag and this makes it super easy to make   our crushed dirt and um the little flexs of like  the frosting are perfect and make it it really   look like dirt um I'm just going to put that into  my gallon Ziploc bag and then I will hit it with   my rolling pin and then like roll it out and it  doesn't have to be really fine you can still have   some chunks in there so just feel it a little bit  and see if you have any big pieces and if so you   can just break those up okay and the next thing  we're going to do is add in our Cool Whip and I   like to add in about two cups of Cool Whip you  could also use some prepared whipped cream um   that would be delicious especially if you're using  H pudding that is great combination the next thing   we're going to do is make our little tombstones  and I like to buy the black frosting so I don't   have to worry about coloring it that dark and you  just need a little bit of it so I like to put that   right into an icing bag with just a little tiny  a round tip one that you can easily write with a   secret to this is to get your frosting a little  bit warm so you can just hold it in your hand   for about a minute and that will get it warm  enough that you can write easily on those tomb   St so today I'm just going to put rest in peace  rip about 8 to 10 of the Milano cookies to give it   that little bit of spooky Vibe and these are going  to be perfect for our little dirt cups and I'm   just going to continue to do this until I get all  of my cookies done and then you can even make this   beforehand so if you want to assemble them kind  of last minute so the next thing I'm going to do   is I'm going to add my pudding into my 8 oz eight  or 9 oz little cups and I like to use an ice cream   scoop because then it won't get like on the sides  too much so just you know probably about 2/3 of a   cup of the pudding mixture into the cup and then  next I'm going to add just a couple Scoops enough   to cover my pudding uh with the Oreo crumbs  to make the dirt on top of my Oreo crumbs and   then the next thing we're going to do is We'll add  individually every one of those little tombstones   right on top uh to make our little graveyard and  and then here you can add basically whatever you   want I ended up just um splitting the gummy worms  in two and then putting two in there and I like   to actually make like different colored ones or  you can like swap out like a green and yellow   and then a red and green one whatever you want to  do it just it's so cute to have like all the fun   little variations and then those little broths  pumpkins are so cute to put on there um I have   found some little cats to put on there or you can  add some like orange and purple sprinkles to this   too there's a lot of different sprinkle mixes  so just have fun they are so cute they are so   adorable and kids love them they're literally  one of the first things gone at any party so   anyways I hope you guys love them as much as we  do these are my graveyard spooky graveyard dirt   cups um an easy no bake Halloween dessert recipe  recipe number six is our mummy poppers now the   these Spooky Little mummy poppers are an easy  Halloween appetizer that is almost too cute to   eat you're going to preheat your oven to 400°  and then you're going to carefully slice your   Jalapenos in half lengthwise just use a spoon to  scoop out the seeds and uh if you can wear gloves   on this that is really going to save your hands uh  sometimes the juices burn your hands now you can   use a spoon to fill each of the jalapeno peppers  with soft room temperature cream cheese and then   we're going to get a strip of bacon and I like to  use really thin bacon and now we're going to wrap   our little jalapeno poppers place the jalapeno  peppers on a parchment sheet line baking sheet   and bake for about 20 minutes or until the bacon  is golden brown and crispy and then add one or   two little candy eyes to each morning next on our  list is our little mini bean dip cups uh with the   cute little spiders on top one of the things that  I love about this recipe is that it's just so easy   to make and you can make it ahead of time so if  you're going to a party and you don't have time   to prepare it right before you can obviously just  like make it ahead okay so to get started I have   my refried beans and I love these jalapeno beans  they have just like the right amount of spice and   as far as canned beans go these are these are  my favorite um I'm just going to add them into   a bowl and then to that I'm going to add in  some salsa and the salsa just makes it like   a little bit lighter so that it's easier to scoop  on your chip and then of course I have my spice is   just a little bit of taco seasoning and I'm just  going to use a spoon and mash this up together   as this sits for a little bit all of those spices  from the taco seasoning rehydrates and gives it   just a ton of flavor I really think you're going  to like it these are just some 8 oz cups 8 or 9   oz cups and I like to use a cookie scoop a cookie  dough scoop and I would just put a scoop in there   and that way I can keep from getting stuff like  on the sides of the cup one of the things that's   really good about this recipe is the layers and  you can see the layers of the Yumm in there and   then of course you can just take a paper towel or  a napkin and if you get some on the side just like   off there okay these are my piping bags if you  have followed me for very long you know how much I   love these I use these all the time in my kitchen  and this is a perfect application I'm just going   to add my sour cream to a Piping Bag and cut off  with a little tips so I can evenly spread it out   onto my beans and I'm just going to pipe it out  and then use the back of a spoon and just level   it out so then I get like stacked layers there uh  it just makes it really so pretty so now I have my   sour cream in there and I'm going to do the same  for my guacamole and this guacamole is a little   bit chunky so you can cut off a little bigger part  of the tip and add your guacamole on top and then   again I just Ed the back of the spoon to even that  out and by using the Piping Bag it really keeps it   from like getting up on the sides of the cup so  you can get that nice pretty layering after the   guacamole I like to add some shredded cheese and I  like the brightness of a pure shredded cheese not   like a mixed blend but that would work too and I'd  like to put it right around the edges of the cup   because I want to see a little bit of that  guacamole on top in contrast to the black olive   just like you know makes it like a little bit  more squeaky um so my cheese is going to go on the   edges and then you can add whatever toppings you  like here I'm going to add a little bit of diced   tomato and then I like to thinly slice some green  onions and add those on top too it makes just like   a nice little crisp bite on your your bean dip but  you know whatever your family likes or if you're   making this your kids maybe you want to leave the  green onions off and then for my olives I like to   turn it like lengthways and then cut off about  half of it and half of it I'm going to cut into   legs and you will need more than one Olive for the  legs I like to lay out like six legs like eight   just seems like a little bit too much it's hard  to fit it in there but you can do six legs three   on each side and then put the half of olive right  on top and this just looks like such a fun cute   little detail that is perfect for these spooky  little uh mini dips and again I'm just adding   another olive here and this makes just such a fun  little treat all right here are my spooky little   bean dips I think you're really going to love  them they're perfect for taking to any party or   gathering uh to finish it off I'm going to squeeze  on just a little bit of lime before I serve them   and then I also like to put on just a little bit  of freshly chopped cilantro I mean just let like   combination of the spicy beans and the cool sour  cream and then the little bit of lime with the   chips I mean it is just such a fun snack so I hope  you love it as much as you did recipe number eight   is our black licorice caramel I like to think of  this as maybe some witches tar or some witches   candy it's made with a very simple caramel recipe  we're going to put some butter and sugar and brown   sugar into a pan and stir that until smooth and  then add in our corn syrup some salt and cook   that on medium heat until it reaches about 240°  next you're going to add some black food coloring   and some black licorice extract and then stir  until smooth we're going to pour that into a pan   cut into squares and serve our witches tar to all  of our favorite little ghosts and goblins recipe   number nine is our spooky mummy pretzels okay  so for these pretzels to get started I'm going   to add about 2/3 of my little chocolate wafers  into a bowl and then I'm going to put it into   the microwave these Chocolate Wafers are not as as  temperamental as like chocolate chips even so you   can put them in the microwave for about 45 seconds  and then you're going to stir it and if it's like   pretty warm I would just continue to stir it until  all of the chocolate is melted and if it is just   like not quite warm enough if it's not warmer than  maybe like the temperature of your hand then you   probably want to put it back in the microwave  and you can put it back in for 20 to 30 seconds   and then stir it again and you can just repeat  that until all of your chocolate is melted now   I'm going to dip my little pretzels and I like to  just drop it into the chocolate and then I like to   use a fork and Tamp it down a little bit and then  lift the pretzel up with the fork and then just   shake it a little bit and I also like to scrape  it on the edge of the bowl as I'm like taking the   pretzel off of the chocolate and then I'm going to  put it on a parchment lined baking sheet now you   can put it on the baking sheet and then just don't  move it and wait for it to harden and I'm going to   do this with all of my pretzels and I'm going to  do a third of my chocolate if I accidentally get   it like a little bit too hot you can put in the  rest of that chocolate to cool it down and then   the heat from the chocolate will continue to melt  the rest of those Wafers I like to do about 2/3   or maybe 3/4 of the chocolate first and then  add in the rest to cool it down just a little   bit okay so now I'm going to continue to do this  with the remaining pretzels until I have I want   to leave just a little bit of chocolate left so  that I can put it in a Piping Bag and then make   like the mummy designs on it we're just going  to continue this process until we have about   a third of a cup of the melted chocolate left  that should be enough to do like the toppings   on your like little mummy pretzels you're going  to just let those cool it only takes about 10   or 15 minutes for the chocolate on these pretzels  to harden that should be plenty of time you could   even pop them in the fridge if you want or a cold  garage works great to speed up that timing okay so   after the chocolate has had a chance to uh set up  on the pretzels you're going to add the chocolate   to a Piping Bag and um of course I always talk  about these piping bags they are my favorite to   have on hand it's just so nice to have something  that's disposable it's so hard to wash out those   reusable piping bags so these work great you can  even put a little tip in them if you want but for   this I just need like a little circle so I'll  just cut the tip off of that like pretty little   and then I am going to like squeeze my bag to the  end twist it and then I can easily drizzle all of   the chocolate onto my pretzels and I like to do  kind of a crisscross pattern a little bit random   so that it looks more like a mummy that's wrapped  I mean these are just so cute and so festive this   is on like double time speed so you don't have  to watch me do it all so slowly but one thing   you do want to make note of though is you don't  want this chocolate to set up completely until   you put a little eyeball on it if by chance it  does set up completely then you might need to   add another little dot of chocolate to the back  side of your eyeball to make it stick do the mummy   wrapping for maybe 15 or 20 of the pretzels and  then go and put the eyeballs on before chocolate   hardens so uh these just make such a fun fun and  cute treat okay here are my cute little mummy   pretzels I mean would be so adorable wouldn't  these be so cute like put on like a little shakery   board like a spooky one for maybe a movie night  in or to take to a class party they these are so   adorable and kids just love them the little eyes  are edible uh as an adult I don't usually eat them   but my kids do love them they're kind of like the  texture of maybe like a hard smarty or something   so they are edible but these just make such a fun  and cute little spooky Halloween dessert recipe   number 10 is our skull or our skeleton Pizza  Pockets these are a really fun recipe to make   for your Halloween party you can buy the molds of  the skeleton heads at your local craft store and   I like to just lay a sheet of either crescent  roll dough or you can use homemade pizza dough   onto the molds and then use the back of your hand  to kind of Pat that down next you're going to add   your favorite pizza toppings and then cut that in  squares and just pinch in those edges of the pizza   crust next we're going to bake them in the oven  and when you turn them out onto a platter check   out these Amazing Pizza head skulls recipe number  11 is our green witch punch now this is one of   my very favorite Halloween recipes and it's super  simple to make it's a perfect non-alcoholic punch   recipe for your Halloween party I'm going to add  some pineapple juice into a bowl or you could use   lemonade too and then a packet of lime or green  or lime or green Kool-Aid lime or green Kool-Aid   next we're going to add some green sherbet and  this is usually lime and to that we're going to   add some dry ice and then finish it off with some  squirt fresa or ginger ale any of those varieties   will work great but this is such a fun and spooky  Halloween punch recipe you can also serve it in   adorable little cups I found these at my local  party supply store they have these cute little   spiders on them and they make the perfect addition  for this very spooky punch recipe number 12 is   our caramel apple punch and this recipe also is  really simple to make it's made with some of our   very favorite fall ingredients we have some apple  cider some pumpkin pie spice you can use caramel   sauce or caramel syrup and then some ice and then  just to add a little bit of a Decorative Touch I   like to add some sliced apples some cranberries  and then a pour some ice this is our caramel   apple punch recipe number 13 is our caramel apples  and if you have never made caramel apples before   this is the time to do it it's super easy to  make you can get all the details on my website   but we're going to make some homemade caramel and  then dip our apples you can dip Granny Apple or   any of your favorite apples we're going to prepare  the apples by washing them and then put a stick in   and to make the caramel we're going to use butter  sugar brown sugar sweet and condensed milk Caro   syrup a little bit of salt and again cook that  until it reaches 235 to 240° F and then you're   going to let it cool just a little bit and dip  your apples you can place it on a greased baking   sheet and then repeat all of the steps until you  have all of your apples dipped and then to finish   them off I like to add a little bit of white  chocolate and then some crushed butter fingers but   you let your imagination run wild this is such a  fun and easy caramel apple recipe and really it's   no fail it works every single time and I hope  you love it okay now it's time for those bonus   recipes I told you about these are super simple to  make the first one is our Cyclops meatballs and I   just bought prepared meatball BS from the store  from the freezer section and then wrapped it in   thinly sliced bacon and you're going to bake that  in the OV until the bacon is nice and crispy and   golden brown and then add a big eyeball to it and  this makes such a spooky and fun Halloween recipe   and our next bonus recipe is a rice crispy brain  I found this mold also at the craft store and I   made rice krispy treats with some chunks of red  gummy candy and I tell you what this is so spooky   and fun to eat I finished it off with just a glaze  of some strawberry sauce so it looks like spooky   and bloody H such a fun Halloween recipe the next  recipe I have for you is my graveyard cupcakes and   these are very similar to my graveyard dirt cups  but we're going to make cupcakes just like you   would normally and then I'm adding some chocolate  frosting to them and then rolling them in some   crushed Oreos and then topping them off with some  Brocks pumpkin candies these are Milano cookies   and I just wrote r on there these are such a cute  and easy Halloween recipe the next recipe is our   candy corn Jack l cookies and these are made with  a very simpl to make sugar cookie recipe and it's   a drop sugar cookie recipe and then I finished it  off with some orange frosting and then made the   ice nose and mouth out of some candy corns and  our next Halloween recipe is a cyclops cupcake   and this is super easy to make and I just made a  classic cupcake recipe they're chocolate cupcakes   and then I made frosting buttercream and I just  split it into three different bowls and then   made three different kinds of frosting the dark  one is chocolate so I added some cocoa powder   to it but the purple and orange I just used some  gel food coloring these are such a cute and easy   Halloween recipe thank you so much for watching my  13 favorite Halloween recipes I hope you enjoyed   them and of course be sure to like subscribe  and follow me for more fun and easy recipes I   have some fun holiday ones coming up so thank you  so much for watching and we'll see you next time