Halloween Treats

Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays. You get to put up all sorts of spooky decorations, wear amazing costumes, and collect tons of treats! But what is better than collecting treats? Making your own. So, today, here are some spook-tacular treats perfect for a frightful Halloween night.

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First, we are going to be creating a cake based off of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, a funny, spooky, and overall enjoyable film created by Tim Burton. This cake is the face of the main character, Jack Skellington, who stumbles upon a door leading to the Christmas realm and decides to bring Christmas and Halloween together.

I found this cake online, created by Sarah Westover McKenna.

http://www.bombshellbling.com/jack-skellington-cake/

For this cake, you are going to need:

• Circular pans (3)

• Vanilla cake mix (2)

• White icing (2)

• Orange food coloring dye

• Black food coloring dye

• Black decorative icing

And there you have it: a fabulous, and delicious, Jack Skellington cake!

Next, we are going to create some adorable monster cupcakes. These cupcakes are super fun to make and they are great with anyone starting out with decorative cupcakes.

I found these cupcakes online, created by Jodie and Jen.

http://eighteen25.com/2015/09/monster-cupcakes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Eighteen25+%28eighteen25%29

For these cupcakes, you will need:

• Cupcake pan

• Chocolate cake mix (1)

• Icing (2)

• Purple food coloring

• Green food coloring

• Orange food coloring

• Black cupcake liners (24)

• Small candy eyeballs

• Decorative icing tips

And there you go: twenty-four adorable monster cupcakes to share with your friends and family!

Finally, we will be creating bat cupcakes. These cupcakes are very fun to make, especially with all of the various decorations.

I found these cupcakes online, created by Jenn Lifford.

http://www.cleanandscentsible.com/2012/10/halloween-bat-cupcakes.html

For these cupcakes, you will need:

• Cupcake pan

• Chocolate cake mix (1)

• Chocolate icing (1)

• Brown cupcake liners (24)

• Mini Oreo cookies

• Full-size Oreo cookies

• White chocolate chips

• Milk chocolate chips

And there you are: twenty-four bat cupcakes that look just as good as they taste!

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And those are our Halloween treats for this year! They are super quick to make, beyond fun to decorate, and really easy if you would like to swap out certain mixes, icings, or treats for your own.

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