SPOOKY TREATS
We all need a treat (or a couple) for spooky season. Drinks, cookies, cakes, and candies make perfect spooky treats! We also should not confuse Fall treats with spooky treats they are different!
Drinks
You can make potions! Well, it is all imaginary, or is it? Just pick a light-colored drink that is colored easily! You want to go for colors they match the theme of spooky season, so green, orange, purple etc. Just add a cute garnish and some straws finish.
Candy
You can make some delicious candy bark too! This one is super easy to and does not even require using the oven. Just get some melting chocolate and melt it in a microwave safe dish. Do not forget the toppings (I recommend candy corn, skittles, m&ms). Once the chocolate is melting pour it into a square or round dish so it can harden, add the toppings to the top so they can be seen. After it has hardened all, you need to do it break it into smaller pieces!
Doughnuts
You can make small or big ones and easily decorate them. They can be pumpkins, monsters, or eyes, really anything you can think of! I really like the idea of them being monsters since the hole in the middle can be the mouth.
Rice crispy Treats
These are one of the most versatile treats you can make. They are extremely easy to shape into anything and are 3D! You can model them into ghost and put white icing on top to seal the deal. They can also be a haunted mansion, zombies, pumpkins etc. Just need to shape them and add decorative toppings!
Cookies
Cookies are also very versatile. They have many different flavors to choose from and they are easily shaped (get a couple cookie cutters). Cookies will be one of your easiest options because they can be baked and cut into shapes with a shaped cookie cutter. If you want to go, he extra step you can decorate the cut outs with icing, but it is not necessary.
Brownies
Brownies are super easy and quick to make! Just mix the ingredients and bake them. When they have cooled down, you just add edible toppings to make them look spooky! You can make the brownies look like a graveyard or use icing to draw spooky faces!
CupCakes
These are a little more difficult to work with then rice crispy treats. Even though they may be a tiny bit harder to handle, they have unlimited potential. You can make cupcakes any flavor and you can mix and match the cake and icing flavor! To decorate these guys, you need to place the cupcakes on a flat surface and give them a nice top layer of white frosting, making sure they are placed in the shape you want (if you want a ghost place them in a way the icing will give the appearance of one). Finally, you want to decorate the top layer in the way you want!
To see designs of the kinds of treats you can make click here!
David Ward
Student Writer - Fall 2022
Hello, Working on my BA in digital media. I am 25 and enjoy spending time with friends and family.