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Those little candy corn hugging candy ghost are so spooky that they’re cute! I do love a super cute little ghost when it comes Halloween desserts.

These Candy Corn Cupcakes are another fun dessert that my friend Jenni made for #HalloweenTreatsWeek last year that I hosted over on my other blog, BigBearsWife.com.

That orange, yellow, and white sprinkle mix is perfect for Halloween too! Aren’t easy cupcakes like this perfect for when you’ve already got about 100 “Halloween Must Dos” on your Halloween to-do list?!

CANDY CORN CUPCAKES

Jenni says

These candy corn cupcakes are kissed with honey powder, topped with smooth, creamy ermine frosting, and are super cute and tasty for a kids’ Halloween party!

 

 

 

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• Halloween Black and White Style Cookies
• Devilish Halloween Deviled Eggs

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Have you seen the Pet Ghost in a Jar DIY crafts online before? I’ve seen a few over the years online and in magazines but I decided to take that ideas a little further into the food world and created these Pet Ghost in a Jar Pudding Cups for #HalloweenTreatsWeek this year!

This ghostly ghoul is ready to hang out at Halloween parties and party on the dessert table!

What you need to make Pet Ghost in a Jar Pudding Cups:

• Chocolate Pudding (recipe below)
• Gummy Ghost
• Whipped Cream (Homemade or Spray Can)
• Halloween Sprinkles
• Jar
• Twine
• Pet Ghost Tag (Free Printable Below)

These gummy ghost and these fun Halloween sprinkles are from Wilton and I just love them! They gave me some great inspiration for this project!

If you want to make your own pet ghost dessert cups and want to use the same little ghost tag that I made, you can click HERE to get the file. Just right click and save it.

Then you can add it to a word document or how ever you want to size it and print it.

I found these little jars at the Dollar Tree in the Fall section and they worked perfectly for these desserts. I bet these would also be cute in little plastic shot glasses if you wanted to make a bunch for a party.

Oh and let me give you a little tip for making these ghost in a jar pudding cups.

While you can totally fill these treat cups with anything you’d like, if you are going to use something like pudding you need to make the ghost gummy sit as flat against the jar as possible. I laid the ghost on my kitchen counter and rolled over them with a rolling pin to flatten them a bit before adding them to the jar. Then when I did add them in, I kept the jar laying sideways until I filled it about half way with pudding and then sat it up to fill it the rest of the way so that the ghost would stay put.

Those ghost, I tell ya, they’re some sneaky little creatures…always trying to disappear into the pudding haha.

Pet Ghost in a Jar Pudding Cups

Ghost tag Printable File Here

Pet Ghost in a Jar Pudding Cups

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

ChillTime: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

You better eat this dessert up fast before your pet ghost vanishes! These Pet Ghost in a Jar Pudding Cups have a friendly gummy ghost hiding in delicious chocolate pudding that makes the perfect Halloween treat!

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Ingredients

• 1 cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
• 8 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 eggs
• 6 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons chocolate extract (or vanilla)
• 4 gummy ghost
• Whipped Cream
• Sprinkles
• 4 small jars or glasses

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl combine 1 cup sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and salt.
2. Mix together.
3. Take 6 eggs, separate yolks from whites. Save whites for another recipe.
4. Add remaining whole eggs to egg yolks. Add egg yolks to sugar mixture and mix well.
5. Stir in 1 cup milk.
6. Heat 5 cups of milk in a saucepan; when milk is warm whisk in sugar and egg mixture.
7. Cook on medium heat uncovered, until thick, about 10 minutes. Whisking occasionally.
8. Remove from heat, add in chocolate or vanilla extract. Stir well.
9. Let pudding cool slightly and pour into a bowl. Place a piece of plastic wrap over pudding, pressing it onto top of pudding to prevent a skin from forming as it cools Place into fridge for 1 hour or until chilled.
10. Lay gummy ghosts on a flat surface and use the palm of your hand or a rolling pin to flatten them a bit.
11. Lay glass or jar on its side and press each ghost onto the inside of a glass or jar.
12. Stir the chilled pudding and spoon into glasses. Once glass/jar is half way full sit it up and fill until full.
13. Top with whipped cream and sprinkles.

Notes

Ghost tag Printable File Here

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I think that trail mix and snack mix are the easiest things to make for a party. This Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix is perfect for any Halloween party that’s happening this year!

It’s easy to toss together and it’s great for snacking before the party, during the party and it’s great to bag up to send home with friends and family after the party!

For this fun Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix I used these ghost sugar candy decorations from Wilton to create some of the ghost pretzels for this snack mix.

I also used some of Wilton‘s little candy eye calls to make the other little ghost pretzels for this mix. Both turned out some super cute ghosts pretzels for this snack. 

Oh my gosh, and take a look at these sprinkles from Sweets and Treats Shop. It’s their Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash and I’m in LOVE with this sprinkle mix

I used the sprinkle mix to decorate candy-coated cereal pieces and I think it gave it just the right amount of Halloween color pop! I love orange, purple and green together when it comes to Halloween.

Then to pack the Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix up to send off to my family I used these fun Trick or Treat boxes that  Wilton sent over. 

Aren’t they the cutest!?! I love the little window so you can see the Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix inside.

Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix

Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix

Yield: 10 cups

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Cool Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Treat your friends and family with this spooktacular Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix at your next Halloween Party! Leave the recipe as is or change it up to add whatever you like! 

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Ingredients

• 16 ounces vanilla candy coating
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 2 cups mallow candy pumpkins
• 5 cups mini pretzels + 1 cup for pretzel ghost
• Small Candy Eyes
• Candy Ghost Decorations
• Sprinkles - I used Sweets and Treats Shops Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash
• 1 cup chex cereal pieces
• 2 cups mini marshmallows

Instructions

Melt vanilla candy coating accordning to package directons.

Lay 1 cup mini pretzels out onto a piece of parchment paper or a slipmat.

Spoon a bit of melted vanilla candy coating into the center of each mini pretzel.

Press a candy ghost into the melted vanilla candy coating on some of the pretzels and add candy eyes to the melted vanilla candy coating on the rest to create ghost pretzels.

Dip 1 cup of chex pieces (individually or in clumps) into the melted vanilla candy coating. Lay them on a piece of parchment paper and sprinkle with Halloween Sprinkles.

Let Pretzels and chex pieces sit for 15 - 20 minutes or until vanilla candy coating hardens.

In a large bowl, combine plain mini pretzels, candy pumpkins, peanuts and white chcooalte chips. Stir to combine.

Stir in ghosts.

Stir in mini marshmallows right before serving or packaging to keep them from going stale if you're making this ahead of tim

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We did an entire week dedicated to Halloween recipe on BigBearsWife.com last year and 29 other awesome blogs participated on their blogs as well! When you’re done getting the recipe for this Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate scroll down to see everyone else’s Halloween recipes!

I’ve hosted quite a few online events like this ( #SummerDessertWeek & #EasterSweetsWeek ) but I think #HalloweenTreatsWeek is the BEST because….well…because it’s Halloween themed! Y’all know how much I love Halloween. I even started a Halloween blog just for Halloween recipes!

Not only am I crazy for Halloween but I also love Hot Chocolate.  In the past, I’ve combined these two loves to create my famous Melting Witch Hot Chocolate and the creepy tasty Vampire Hot Chocolate recipe.

Now for #HalloweenTreatsWeek I’ve got a new Halloween Hot Chocolate recipe for y’all.

Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate! This Halloween hot chocolate is a just a simple homemade white chocolate hot chocolate with mini marshmallow ghosts!

When I was first working on my ideas for this Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate I thought of using storebought marshmallow ghosts or maybe chocolate ghosts.

Then I thought that simple marshmallow ghost would be best because I wanted this to be a delicious but easy to toss together Halloween drink. So homemade white hot chocolate and easy mini ghost marshmallows made the cut!

After I made this Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate and photographed it, I did something that no blogger should do. I searched for “Ghost Marshmallows” to see what other people have used for ghost marshmallows in Halloween desserts so that I could make some suggestions in my post on what else y’all could use for ghost in this Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate.

That’s when I saw it. Halloween hot chocolate from Family Fresh Meals….her hot chocolate was just regular hot chocolate but it has the same little marshmallow ghost and my heart cried a little.  So even though I hadn’t seen hers before I made mine, my blogger heart wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t link to her since she did make those cute little mini marshmallow ghosts years ago.

I’ve got a recipe below for the homemade whipped cream that I use for my hot chocolate recipes.

These little mini ghosts are great just floating around in the homemade white hot chocolate or on top of homemade whipped cream.

Also, if you wanted to change it up you can make the faces on big marshmallows with an edible marker too!  I think I like the mini marshmallow ghosts the best but the big ones are pretty neat too.

SPONSORED ITEMS USED IN THIS RECIPE:

• Dixie Crystals – Powdered Sugar
• Adam’s Extract – Clear Vanilla

Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate (Homemade White Hot Chocolate)

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Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

• Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate from Big Bear’s Wife
• Day of the Dead Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes from Pook’s Pantry
• Devilish Halloween Deviled Eggs from Pastry Chef Online
• Candy Corn Layer Cake from ReciPEAs
• Cauldron Cupcakes from Mrs. Happy Homemaker
• Black Magic Skull Cakes from Sugar Dish Me
• Frankenstein’s Monster Pudding Cups from I am a Honey Bee
• Halloween Sprinkle Cookie Cake from Love and Confections
• Chocolate Dipped Brownie Pops for Halloween from Southern From Scratch
• Creepy Crawly Dirt Cup Pudding Parfaits from 4 Sons R Us
• “Guts” Cinnamon Rolls from A Blender Mom
• Creepy Eyeball Donuts from Daily Dish Recipes
• Mummy Bites from Eat Move Make
• Monkey Brain Bread from Pint Sized Baker
• Halloween Cookie Pizza from Grumpy’s Honeybunch
• Boo Berry Pie from Kudos Kitchen
• Monster Donuts from The Baking Fairy
• Boogeyman Brew from Who Needs A Cape?
• Purple People Eater Thumbprints from The Spiffy Cookie
• Hocus Pocus Halloween Decorated Pretzels from Lady Behind The Curtain
• Black and Orange Cookies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Skeleton Popsicles from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Monster Mash Cake from Mildly Meandering
• Graveyard Skillet Brownies from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
• Blood-Red Pomegranate Margarita from The Redhead Baker
• Halloween Snoballs from The Beard and The Baker
• Halloween Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies from House of Nash Eats
• Halloween Dunkaroo Dip from Savory Experiments
• Bloody Eyeball Cherry Cheesecake Cupcakes from Katie’s Cucina
• Eye Scream Sundae from For the Love of Food

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Chocolate and Bananas are a perfect flavor combination.

Not only do chocolate and bananas go well together but chocolate and Halloween totally go together, so these Ghostly Banana Pops are perfect for the spooky season!

These might be the easiest ghost desserts ever! The candy eyes are perfect. – Angie, Southern Halloween Queen

I also love that you can make these White Chocolate BOO-Nana Ghost Pops ahead of time! These would be fun serve at Halloween party too! You could make them that morning or the night before and just pop them into the fridge until it’s party time!

It’s till hot around here in the south when Halloween rolls around so I know a lot of people would love these treats if they were straight from the fridge or freezer!!

White Chocolate BOO-Nana Ghost Pops

Julia says,

These ghostly banana ghost popsicles  are so cute for Halloween and delicious. The entire family will love them. You can make these an everyday treat by simply leaving off the funny little candy eyes. The natural shape of the bananas make them perfect for ghost treats. BOO-Nana pops can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer for an extra cool treat or in the refrigerator, for up to a week (if they last that long).

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If you’re looking for a cocktail for dinner or for a Halloween party, look no further! Shanna has the one you need with this fun Liquid Ghost Halloween Cocktail!

I’m not going to lie though, haha even though it’s an adult drink I would totally put little ghost faces on these glasses.

Melted ghosts and cocktails make for a ghastly Halloween party! – Angie, Southern Halloween Queen

I mean that would make them look even more like Liquid Ghosts! haha

Liquid Ghost Halloween Cocktail

Shanna says,

 love Halloween and all things about it from the scary to the gory to the cute. Of course with having two young kiddos I can’t have my decorations around the house be too gory or overly scary, so we tend to be on the more cute halloween side of decor. Ghosts fall into this category so we will be decorating with lots of ghosts this year, and I will be sipping a few of these liquid ghost Halloween cocktails this month.

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Shanna blogs at PineappleandCoconut.com – Shanna is a self-taught baker and cook. She believes in only using the freshest most natural ingredients available, sticking to locally sourced as much as possible and sticking to organic always. She loves Hawaii and her recipes are heavily influenced by Hawaiian and Polynesian cuisines!

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• Liquid Ghost Halloween Cocktail
• Creepy Eyeball Martini ( Lychee Matcha and Blood Orange Martini)

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If you’re looking for some fun and healthy Halloween snacks for yourself or your little ones, Jenn has some great ideas for you!

Jenn has picked out some fun Spooky and Healthy Halloween Snacks and she’s showing you how to make them!

Batty cheese and ghostly apple slices are perfect for All Hallows Eve. – Angie, Southern Halloween Queen

Just jump over to her blog and check them all out!!

You’re going to love them and they might even inspire you to create some of your own Spooky and Healthy Halloween Snacks!

Spooky and Healthy Halloween Snacks

Jenn says,

They’re REALLY easy!!! As in zero Pinterest skills required! Pinky promise. I love Pinterest, I do, but what I’m not in love with is spending hours on an OMGSOFRUSTERATING project just to have it look like something out of a horror movie. Halloween is probably one of the more forgiving holidays for cutesy foods and crafts because even the most henious of Pinterest fails can easily look like it was done on purpose.

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Jenn blogs at PeasandCrayons.com – Jenn is your guide to all things veggie! It’ll be fun, painless, and pretty darn delicious as she teaches you to plan your meals around fresh, seasonal produce with a little help from healthy freezer and pantry staples.

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• Spooky and Healthy Halloween Snacks
• Spooky Halloween Monster Mash Soup

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This recipe was created for Dixie Crystals by BigBear’sWife, post and words written are 100% mine as always.

Chocolate and Strawberries go together perfectly, just like Spooky Cupcakes and Halloween! Oh my goodness and I just love chocolate covered strawberries, so I’m super excited to share these Strawberry Ghost Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with y’all!

Easy Halloween desserts are just perfect for busy moms! Actually, these Strawberry Ghost Dark Chocolate Cupcakes are perfect for everyone, not just busy moms! haha.

If you’re looking for a super simple and tasty Halloween cupcake, this is the Halloween cupcake for you!!

I know that I’ve just got ghost cupcakes pictured here but how awesome would it be to have a dozen of these Strawberry Ghost Dark Chocolate Cupcakes on a part platter with a few graveyard tombstone cupcakes or pumpkin patch cupcakes!?!

The “graveyard dirt” for these little ghost cupcakes is simply crushed chocolate Oreo cookies. I put a little but of chocolate icing on top of the dark chocolate cupcakes, stuck the ghost strawberry on top and then sprinkled the tops of the cupcakes with the crushed cookies.

Oh and those strawberry ghosts? Well they couldn’t be simpler!

A little dip in some chocolate and a cute little face and you’re all done!

I used chocolate icing to draw on their little ghost faces. However, you could use melted chocolate or edible markers to draw their faces on. I just figured since i already had chocolate icing made that it would be perfect for the ghost faces!

Strawberry Ghost Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

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Angie runs this blog, “Southern Halloween Queen” where she shares her love of Halloween with her own recipes and fun recipes/projects from other Halloween loving bloggers! She also runs her first blog, BigBearsWife.com that’s packed full of Southern recipes, her love of Disney and fun vacation ideas! 

Find Angie on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter for Big Bear’s Wife

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• Ursula Costume DIY Tutorial
• Werewolf Cupcakes
• Melting Witch Hot Chocolate
• Jack Skellington Macarons
• Spooky Chocolate Caramel Apple EyeBalls
• Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese
• Rattlesnake Bite Hot Dog Appetizers

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I know it’s still September but October is almost here and I’ve been ready to decorate for Halloween and Fall since July! haha Now it’s kinda acceptable right? haha

So since it’s almost October and I’m super ready to get into the Halloween Spirit I thought this might be the perfect time to share these Haunting Halloween Ghost Desserts! They’re perfect for a Halloween party or a night of Halloween dessert making with the kids.

There are all kinds of ghost desserts here for you to choose from.

Ghost brownies, ghost strawberries, a ghost fruit dip spread and ghost cupcakes are just a few of the spooky Halloween ghost desserts that you’ll find below. I just know you’re going to find one that you love. 

Ghost Brownies

Ghost Crackers

Ghastly Ghost Bark

Ghost Pears

Ghost Shortbread Cookies

Ghost Pudding Cups

Mini Ghost Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

Spooky Ghost Chocolate Cookie Cups

Healthy Ghost Fruit Dip

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ghosts

Meringue Ghosts Blondie Bites

Mini Ghost Pumpkin Cakes

Ghost Boo-licious Brownie Treats

15 Haunting Halloween Ghost Desserts

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Angie runs this blog, “Southern Halloween Queen” where she shares her love of Halloween with her own recipes and fun recipes/projects from other Halloween loving bloggers! She also runs her first blog, BigBearsWife.com that’s packed full of Southern recipes, her love of Disney and fun vacation ideas! 

Find Angie on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter for Big Bear’s Wife

and

Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter for Southern Halloween Queen

• Ursula Costume DIY Tutorial
• Werewolf Cupcakes
• Melting Witch Hot Chocolate
• Jack Skellington Macarons
• Spooky Chocolate Caramel Apple EyeBalls
• Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese
• Rattlesnake Bite Hot Dog Appetizers

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