Trade witch's cauldron for kitchen oven with these spooktacular snacks
The Halloween costumes and scary movie marathons are great, but there's one thing that everyone can agree on: food and candy are the highlights.
Whether you're hosting a party or want to get into the spooky spirit by making some Halloween treats, here are some recipes to try.
Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
If you love peanut butter, these adorable spider cookies are a must. Here's a super easy recipe that you and your guests will love.
Here's what you’ll need:
Store-bought or homemade peanut butter cookies
Mini Reese's peanut butter cups
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Mini candy eyeballs
Once you've baked your peanut butter cookies, melted your chocolate chips, transferred your liquid chocolate to a plastic bag, snip a small hole in the tip of the bag and place a small amount of the chocolate in the center of the cookie.
Then, press the mini Reese's cup onto the chocolate in the center of the cookie. Repeat this process with the candy eyeballs, pressing them onto the side of the Reese's cup.
The last step is to draw four "spider legs" along each side of the cookie. Allow the chocolate to dry. Then, your cute spider cookies are ready to go!
Halloween Charcuterie Board
A charcuterie board is always a hit and a perfect combination of sweet and savory snacks. The best part about charcuterie boards is that you have a lot of room to customize. Here are some ideas to help inspire your Halloween board!
Here's what you'll need:
Two or three sweets of your choice (candy corn, mini pumpkin cookies)
Two or three different cheeses of your choice (mozzarella, cheddar, brie)
Two or three different meats of your choice (salami, prosciutto)
Two or three different types of crackers (water crackers, rye crackers, butter crackers)
Two or three fruits of your choice (grapes, apples, blackberries)
Two or three types of nuts (pecans, chocolate-covered almonds)
Jam of your choice (raspberry, maple)
The options listed above are some general examples of food you can use to create your charcuterie board, but feel free to use anything you'd like for your own fun meal.
Once you've collected your snacks, add extra touches to make your board spookier. You can add candy eyeballs to your mozzarella, drizzle the jam around the board to look like blood or add some props, such as fake spiders or plastic vampire teeth. The best part about charcuterie boards is combining the ingredients and crafting an aesthetic!
The Easiest Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies
These adorable Halloween chocolate chip cookie cookies blew up on TikTok last year, mainly because they are quick, simple and delicious! You can make chocolate chip cookies from scratch or buy premade ones for this recipe.
Here is what you'll need:
Chocolate chip cookies (Nestle is a great option)
Pillsbury Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Start off by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Once preheated, place your chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet on your pan and put them into the oven for approximately 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, take your chocolate chip cookies out, place a Pillsbury pumpkin cookie right into the middle and press the cookie approximately halfway down into the chocolate chip cookie.
Then, place the pan back into the oven for 8 to 10 minutes. This time can vary, depending on how you like your cookies baked. After baking, let the cookies off for a few minutes, grab a glass of milk if you'd like and dig in!
Hopefully, these recipe ideas inspired you to make a Halloween treat for you and some friends this year. Feel free to get creative and tweak these recipes to make them your own!
