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Quick and Easy Halloween Treats for Busy Mums

October 18, 2012 By jbmumofone 16 Comments

With Halloween just around the corner I have been on the hunt for some quick and simple Halloween treats for when the neighbours and their children pop by.

 

As a busy working Mum I really don’t have much time for baking or anything too fiddly so below are some of the simplest Halloween treats I could come up with.

 

 

 

White Chocolate Ghouls

These spooky treats come from the wonderful A Mummy Too, simply with the addition of two milk chocolate drops for eyes.

  • Simply melt 100g of white chocolate drops in a bowl.
  • Cut half a loaf of Soreen into small cubes. They will squish up a bit as you cut them.
  • Place a cocktail stick in each one and roll in the white chocolate until covered.
  • Stick on two milk or dark chocolate drops for eyes.
  • Allow to set on a sheet or greaseproof paper.

 

Creepy Cupcakes

I confess I bought these ready-made and ready-iced cupcakes from the supermarket. If you have time to make your own then you could choose different colour icing etc but if, as it is for me, convenience is key they make a quick and simple treat.

  • Glue milk chocolate drops to white chocolate buttons with an icing pen for eyes.
  • Cut some sugary-laces in half and stick into the icing to make spidery legs.

Quick, simple and delicious.

Spooky Savoury Chips and Dips

This is a very quick and easy idea for Halloween snacks that I found over at Good Food.

  • Draw out your shapes on to a piece of card and cut out to use as templates.  My shapes can be downloaded in this PDF Halloween Templates.
  • Lay out soft flour tortillas on a chopping board and with a sharp knife use your templates to cut out shapes.
  • Cover a flat plate with poppy seeds.
  • Lightly brush one side of the bat shapes and witches hats with oil and dip this side onto the poppy seeds.
  • Place seed-side up on a baking sheet.
  • For the ghosts dot two spots of oil onto one side for eyes and dip in poppy seeds.  Then brush the rest of the shape lightly with oil and place on the baking sheet.
  • Heat in a pre-heated oven (200°C) for 8-10 minutes until golden.
  • Allow to cool and then serve with salsa blood-and-guts and guacamole zombie-bogies.

 

Boo-Cups

These make a quick and simple Halloween pud that the kids will love.

 

  • Make up a packet of Angel Delight according to the packet instructions.
  • Pour into childrens coloured beakers
  • With an icing pen draw two black eyes onto ready-made, mini meringue nests.
  • Place on top of the mousse.

So, there you have it.  Some quick and simple Halloween treats that can be made in minutes by even the busiest of Mums and Dads.

Happy Halloween!

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Comments

  1. Emily (@amummytoo) says

    October 18, 2012 at 10:20

    These are genius!!! And thanks for the mention x

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      October 18, 2012 at 10:23

      You are very welcome and they are scrummy so thank you!

      Reply
  2. Cathie Johnson says

    October 18, 2012 at 17:19

    Thanks for the simple and doable ideas. Can’t wait to try them.

    Come visit me at toddlersthroughpreschool.com and then hop over to my Etsy shop at
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    Thanks!
    Cathie

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      October 22, 2012 at 19:40

      Will do!

      Reply
  3. Steph (imcountingufoz / Love All Blogs) says

    October 20, 2012 at 17:50

    Those look great!

    Reply
  4. Coombe Mill (Fiona) (@coombemill) says

    October 7, 2013 at 10:47

    This look amazing, just popped over from the parenting pin it party and pinned these to fun food for kids

    Reply
  5. Cat (Yellow Days) says

    October 7, 2013 at 10:50

    Lots of fab ideas there, thanks for linking up!

    Reply
  6. Erica at ButeauFull Chaos says

    October 7, 2013 at 12:17

    Stopping by from the Monday Parenting Pint It Party! These are awesome and look so easy to make!

    Reply
  7. Notmyyearoff says

    October 8, 2013 at 08:24

    I love the cakes, they are so cool. I think I would eat the legs first…although that sounds so mean doesn’t it 🙂

    Reply
  8. Pinkoddy says

    October 13, 2013 at 22:23

    What fantastic ideas – of course my favourite is the spiders!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      October 14, 2013 at 19:33

      Of course 😉 Hope you don’t mind me linking up an oldie x

      Reply
      • Pinkoddy says

        October 15, 2013 at 11:32

        No of course not – thank you for linking up 🙂

  9. workingsupermum says

    October 19, 2013 at 07:19

    Awesome! These are super easy but super spooky! Thanks. Will be adding ingredients to shopping list this week.

    Reply
  10. Sandy@EverydaySouthwest says

    October 28, 2013 at 06:17

    I LOVE these cute ideas for Halloween! I am all about “quick and easy!”

    Reply
  11. thereadingresidence says

    October 28, 2013 at 20:14

    I’ll be making some of those white chocolate ghouls! They look so effective, and yet sound so easy to make. And delicious 😉 Popping by via the Pin-It Party

    Reply

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