Wicked Good Halloween Treats

Our delicious Halloween desserts look so pro you'd think they came from a bakery -- but they're a cinch to make at home.

By Jackie Plant, Amanda Kingloff, Suzonne Stirling and Fraya Berg from Parents Magazine

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Paula Hible
Witch Cupcakes

Chocolate-flavored ice cream cones make perfect pointy hats.
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12 cupcakes

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Heather Weston

Franken Faces

Mini monster cakes start with store-bought pound cake.

Makes:

10 cakes

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How to Make Mummy Juice Boxes
Lifestyle Editor Taryn Mohrman turns regular juiceboxes into spooky mummies for Halloween.
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Miki Duisterhof
Frosted Pumpkin Cupcakes

Create your own edible pumpkin patch with these easy and decorative cupcakes.

Recipe by Karen Tack; originally published in the November 29, 2008 issue of Family Circle magazine.
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30 cupcakes

Prep

15 mins

Bake

26 mins at 350°F

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Monster Mash-Mallows

Whip up these marshmallow monsters for a scarily easy Halloween treat.
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24 marshmallows

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Hocus Pocus Hats

These chocolate cone hats hide a cool ice-cream surprise for the ultimate trick and treat.

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12 treats

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Cat's Meow Cookies

Let older kids help decorate these purr-fectly spooky black cat cookies.

Makes:

16 cookies

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10 mins at 350°F

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Batty Cake

Chocolate bats flit across a full-moon cake in this scary Halloween scene.

Bake

20 mins at 350°F

Cool

10 mins

Chill

30 mins

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Heather Weston
Slime Punch

This kiddie cocktail will be the hit of the party.
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Heather Weston

Creepy Finger Food

Turn cinnamon-bread sticks into eerie hands.

Makes:

48 fingers

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8 mins to 10 mins at 375°F

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Heather Weston
Place Your Bats

Enlarge a creepy photograph to give these cookies a spot to perch.
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3 dozen cookies

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8 mins to 10 mins at 350°F

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Paula Hible
Gummy Mummies

Scale down on the sweets with mini mummies.
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36 mini cupcakes

Prep

10 mins

Bake

20 mins at 350°F

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Kritsada
Quick Spooky Snack

In just 5 minutes you've got a festive snack mix the kids will love.
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Paula Hible
Creepy Creature Cake

This monstrosity will be a massive hit at your Halloween party.
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15 mins

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at 350°Faccording to package directions

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Paula Hible
Tricks on Sticks

Kids can really get their hands around these petite cookie lollipops.

Makes: 22 cookie lollipops

Makes:

22 cookie lollipops

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Paula Hible
Green-Goblin Punch

Kids will love how gross it looks -- and how good it tastes.
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Paula Hible
Jack-o'-Lanterns

So easy! These pumpkins are made from store-bought doughnuts.

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Rita Maas
M&M's Pumpkin Cake

Guests will shriek over this impressive Jack-o-lantern cake
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Prep

25 mins

Bake

1 hr 5 mins at 350°F

Decorate

1 hr

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Kate Mathis
Spiderweb Cookies

Beware! Little ghosts and goblins are sure to get tangled in these tasty webs.
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Vanilla Halloween Cookies

These sweet treats are perfect for your little one's classroom Halloween party.

Makes:

about 48 cookies

Prep

15 mins

Chill

overnight

Bake

11 mins to 13 mins at 350°F

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Mark Thomas
Jack O' Muffins with Cobweb Icing

Forget the cupcakes! Ice these delectable pumpkin muffins instead.

Originally published in the October 2008, October 2007 and October 2003 issues of Parents magazine. Copyright © 2012 Meredith Corporation.

Makes:

24 cupcakes

Prep

50 mins

Bake

30 mins to 35 mins at 350°F

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