We all may want to bring the cutest Halloween treats to the party, but when you live in a dorm without a kitchen, that can become a challenge. Here are five treats I personally tried to recreate (with pictures of what I made, instead of the perfect pictures that always accompany recipes and seem impossible to recreate) and some insight on how difficult they were to accomplish. All of these can be made using only a microwave, some bowls and a baking sheet. Good luck and happy Halloween!
1. Reese’s Bats
Ingredients:
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Reese’s
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Oreos
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Icing
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Candy eyes
Open the cookie and remove the icing. Cut each of the cookie pieces in half. Use icing to attach one half cookie on each side of the Reese’s cup, to look to like bat wings. Then use two dots of icing to attach to candy eyes above the cookie wings. That’s it! Four simple steps and you have adorable bat snacks!
The hardest part of this recipe is cutting the cookie in half without completely crumbling the cookie, but overall these were very simple to make!
2. Rice Krispies Monsters
Ingredients:
- Rice Krispies Treats
- Colored candy melts
- Sprinkles
- Candy eyes
Start by melting your colored candy melts. I chose to make more than one color, but you can use as many or as few as you would like. Start by microwaving them for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue this process until the candies have melted to a smooth consistency. Once the candies have melted, do not overheat them, or they will become chunky.
After you melt your candy melts, dip your Rice Krispies Treats ¾ of the way into the melted candy to coat them. Lay the dipped Rice Krispies Treats on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Before the candy sets fully, add sprinkles to the top of the treats to look like hair. As a final touch, add some candy eyes and you are done! These mini monsters will not last long with your hungry friends!
While these treats are a little bit more complex, they were still easy to make and the cuteness of the final product makes the little bit of extra work 100% worth it!
3. Oreo Jack Skellingtons
Ingredients:
- Oreos
- White candy melts
- Black icing
Start by melting your white candy melts. Start by microwaving them for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue this process until the candies have melted to a smooth consistency. Once the candies have melted, do not overheat them, or they will become chunky.
Dip your Oreos in the melted candy and lay them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet to set. Once the candy coating has fully hardened, use your black icing to pipe Jack Skellington’s facial features onto each of your cookies. These party treats will have all your friends singing “This is Halloween.”
This snack is admittedly the most difficult. If you don’t have a steady hand the detailing on the face can be hard, but with some patience, anyone can conquer these!
4. Nutter Butter Ghosts
Ingredients:
- Nutter Butters
- White candy melts
- Black icing
Start by melting your white candy melts. Start by microwaving them for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue this process until the candies have melted to a smooth consistency. Once the candies have melted, do not overheat them, or they will become chunky.
Dip your Nutter Butters ¾ of the way into your melted candy and lay them on a a parchment paper lined baking sheet to set. Once the candy coating has completely hardened, use black icing to pipe ghostly features onto the upper half of the cookie. These treats may be spooky, but they won’t scare your friends away from the snack table!
Making these is essentially the same process as making the Jack Skellington Oreos, but ghost faces are MUCH easier to make than Jack Skellington’s face. Even if you mess up a little, it will barely be noticeable with these!
5. Pretzel Rod Witches’ Fingers
Ingredients:
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Pretzel rods
- Green candy melts
- Candy Corn
Start by melting your green candy melts by microwaving them for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue this process until the candies have melted to a smooth consistency. Once the candies have melted, do not overheat them, or they will become chunky.
If the pretzel rods you got are particularly long, break them in half so that there are closer to finger length. Dip your pretzels ¾ of the way into your green melted candy (I recommend dipping the broken end first, so that it will be covered). Lay the dipped pretzel rods on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Before they set up, stick a candy corn on the end, with the pointy end pointing away from the finger, like a finger nail. All your friends will want to get their fingers on these witches’ fingers!
While many of these treats use the same techniques, they all make totally unique looking desserts, meaning you can use many of the supplies for more than one snack! Best of all, all these treats can easily be made using only a microwave, and will be a big hit at any Halloween themed event. Happy Halloween!
All Photos by author Garnette Ransone