Halloween Treats:

Here are some yummy, cute recpies for Halloween.

Mummy

Cupcakes:

Total Time: 1 hr. 10 mins.

Servings: 24 Servings



Ingredients:

~ 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix.

~ 14 oreo cookies, coarsely chopped.

~ 1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Jell-o Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding.

~ 1 cup milk.

~ 1/4 cup powdered sugar.

~ 2 cups thawed cool whip Whipped Topping.

~ 48 semi-sweet chocolate chips, for eyes.

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package; Stir in cookies. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 25 mins. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Cool cupcakes in pans 10 mins; remove to wire racks and cool completely.
• Beat pudding mix, milk, and sugar in a large bowl with whisk 2 mins.
• Stir in cool whip. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with basket-weave tip.
• Pipe pudding mixture onto tops of cupcakes.
• Add chocolate chips for the eyes, Keep refrigerated.

If Don't Have a Piping Bag:

Fill a resealable plastic food storage bag with pudding mixture; seal bag. Cut corner off bottom of bag, then squeeze pudding mixture from bag onto cupcakes.

Spider

Cupcakes:



Total Time: 1 hr. 10 mins.

Servings: 24 servings

Ingredients:

~ 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix.

~ 1 pkg. (3.9oz.) Jell-O chocolate instant pudding.

~ 1/3 cup Kool-Aid Orange flavor sugar-sweetened soft drink mix.

~ 2 Tbsp. hot water

~ 1 can (16oz.) ready-to-spread white frosting.

~ 24 Oreo cookies.

~ 12 pieces black string licorice (32 inches each).

~ 48 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces.

Directions:

• Prepare cake batter as directed on package; blend in dry pudding mix.
• Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool completely.
• Dissolve drink mix in hot water.
• Stir into frosting in bowl until well blended.
• Use to frost cupcakes, reserving some of the frosting for attaching the decorations.
• Cut each licorice piece into 16 (2-inch) lengths, set aside. Place 1 cookie on top of each cupcake.
• Insert 4 licorice pieces into frosting on each side of cookie for the spider legs.
• Use reserved frosting to attach chocolate pieces to tops of cookies for the spider's eyes.

My Thoughts:

Both of these look super easy to do and yummy. Also they would be great Halloween fun to cook with your kids, or have at a Halloween party!

Both recipies come from Kraft.