Monster Cookies

Monsters don't have to be scarey!

 

We made these from three different "Comfort Grip" cookie cutters. They are strong, deep and have a cushion on top for easy handling. They also work great for rice krispy treats, brownies and more.

Supplies Needed

• (Top cookie) Comfort grip pumpkin (2310-600)
• (Left cookie) Comfort grip Frankenstein (2310-3634)
• (Right cookie) Comfort grip skull (2310-3620)
• Yellow candy eyeballs (710-0132) 
• Large white eyes (S-5110W)
• Leaf green food color (CH-7330)
• Lemon yellow food color (CH-7390)
• Coal Black food color (CH-7302)
• Disposable decorator bags (AT-460)
• Star decorator tip # 16 (402-16)
• Round decorator tip # 4 (402-4) and #8 (402-8)
• Royal icing mix (CK77-101)
• Favorite roll out cookie recipe. (Roll out recipe is in "Ghost Cookies" section)

1. Make roll out cookie dough.
2. Color dough with green and yellow food color. (The yellow mixed with green will give you that lime color)
3. Roll out dough and cut and bake cookies. The cookie on the top is the pumpkin cutter. We cut the top of the pumpkin off to achieve that shape. (We use parchment paper to line our cookie sheets)
4. Let cookies cool completely.
5. Make royal icing and color some with the green and yellow (to match cookies) and some with the coal black food color.
6. With tip # 16 and black icing, pipe on hair.
7. With tip # 4 and black icing, pipe on mouths, scars and eyes.
8. attach candy eyes with royal icing.
9. With tip # 8 and green icing, pipe on nose, ears and eye lids.
10. Let cookies dry for about 2 to 3 hours.

If you are going to use them as party favors, wrap them in cellophane bags and tie them with ribbon, raffia or twist ties.

Lots of Halloween Lollipops

Chocolate lollipops are fun for any occasion. Here are two displays for Halloween ideas.

Here are some basic instructions for creating any of the lollipops.

Plain Chocolate Lollipops

1. Choose molds  Click for Halloween Candy Mold Section
2. Melt chocolate (slowly and low heat) Click for Chocolate Selection
3. Pour melted chocolate into molds (Squeeze bottles work great)
4. Tap mold on table to remove air bubbles and flatten the back.
5. Place a lollipop stick into space, make sure a good portion of the stick is in the chocolate.
6. Roll the stick around in its spot to cover the stick with chocolate.
7. Place mold in freezer for approx. 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of the mold. 
8. Remove form mold.

If you are using them as favors for a party wrap lollipops in cellophane bags.
 And tie them with colorful ribbon or raffia.

For "painting" Giving your chocolate lollipop life! (Using different color chocolates)

1. Choose mold and decide what colors you want it to be.
2. Melt the color chocolates.
3. With a paint brush daub the color you want in the area you want it to be. Example, it's like painting by # but you are painting by shape with chocolate.
4. Let dry at room temperature.
5. Fill lollipop with chocolate.
6. Place a lollipop stick into space, make sure a good portion of the stick is in the chocolate.
7. Roll the stick around in its spot to cover the stick with chocolate.
8. Place mold in freezer for approx. 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of the mold. 
9. Remove form mold.

Mini Shaped Candy Corn Cakes

How do mini candy corn cakes sound? They are real cute and easy to make. Here is how it's done,
Supplies needed

• Mini candy corn cake pan (2105-0661)
• Sunset orange food color  (CH-7338)
• Golden yellow food color (CH-7326)
• Course white sugar (SUG-whi)
• Course orange sugar (SUG-ora)
• Course yellow sugar (SUG-yel)
• Favorite cake recipe
• Butter-cream icing recipe 

1. Bake mini candy corn cakes
2. Color some icing orange, some golden yellow and leave some white
3. With a spatula ice orange area first then yellow, then white.
4. If putting sugar on, first spread orange icing on, then sprinkle on orange sugar. then repeat with the yellow and white.

Enjoy! 

Halloween Cupcake Baking Tray

How do you like this Halloween cupcake baking tray? You can bake your cupcakes in the tray and there is no pan needed. Just place tray on a cookie sheet and bake. It’s easy to carry in a box and you can either pop out cupcakes in disposable liner or tear cups apart at perforations.

Click here to see all of our fun designs

Coffin Brownie Treats

 

Everyone loves brownies. Here is one for Halloween that's spooky and tasty. Here is how it's done.
Supplies needed: 

• Mini Coffin Pan (2105-0261)
• Headstone Candy Mold (H-119)
• Merckens Brand White Chocolate and Milk Chocolate
• Dusting Powder Orange (23) and Cinnamon (37)
• Spider Icing Decorations (KC-8035)
• Chocolate crunch (CK75-2862)
• Paint Brush (SCB)
• Mold Squeeze Its (CK81-302)
• Buttercream icing (Here are a couple of tasty recipes)
• Gummy worms
• Your favorite Brownie Recipe

1. Bake brownies in cake pan.
2. Make chocolate headstone with merckens white chocolate and do not use lollipop stick. If any chocolate goes into the stick area, cut it off after you take it out of the mold.
3. Melt milk chocolate and put into the mold squeeze it and write RIP on headstone. Let dry.
4. With a paint brush dust orange and brown dusting powder on headstone.
5. To assemble, put some buttercream icing in center of coffin, sprinkle with chocolate crunch.
6. Insert some gummy worms and with some melted chocolate attach headstone to front of brownie.
7. Enjoy!

Decorate a Candy Corn Cupcake

How do like this cupcake? We decorated it to look like candy corn and then topped it off with a candy corn cupcake pick. They are very easy to make. Take a look at all the Halloween cupcake picks.
 

 

Click here for cupcake picks

 

 

Cookies and Isomalt Sticks.. A Great Combination!

Check out these creative Halloween treats. They are a lot easier to make than you think!

Supplies Needed: 

• Halloween Cookie cutters (2308-0236) and (2308-1210)
• Isomalt sticks, yellow (CK76-87005) and green (CK76-87004)
• Silicone mat (AT-697)
• Candy eyes
• Food markers
• Royal Icing

Instructions:

1. Cut out cookies and area where you want isamalt 
2. Bake cookies and let cool
3. Melt a couple of isomalt sticks
4. Place cookie on silicone mat
5. Pour melted isamalt into cut out areas of cookies and let dry

We put the eyes on the pumpkin when isamalt was still wet.  For the spider web, we let isamalt dry and then drew the lines with food markers.  

Always call us with any questions!  We are here to help!

Bat and Goblin Lollipops

Make some Halloween lollipops with the kids! These are easy to make and very cute!

 

Supplies Needed:
Bat lollipop

• Mold (H-21)
• Dark chocolate (MD)
• Petal dust (38) charcoal black
• Lollipop sticks (LSW-4550)
• Medium eyes

Goblin

• Mold (H-15)
• Light green chocolate with a Llttle yellow mixed in (MLG and MY)
• Lollipop sticks (LSW-4550)
• Large eyes

Instructions:

1. Melt chocolate in microwave at 30 second intervals at 50% power
2. Pour into molds using a squeeze bottle (easy for kids to handle!)
3. Tap on table to remove air bubbles
4. Put stick in and roll
5. Put in freezer for approximately 10 minutes
6. Use melted chocolate as glue to put on eyes
7. For bat dust with dusting powder
8. Enjoy!

Halloween Cake Pops

We made these adorable cake pops with our new Halloween cake pop press mold. You can make ghosts, pumpkins, skulls, a mummy and Frankenstein!  It's easy and includes instructions so if you have not made cake pops, this is a great place to start.

 

Click here to order your Halloween cake pop press.

Pumpkin Cupcake Decorating Set

This cupcake was decorated with one of our cupcake decorating sets. It’s a fun project for the whole family. Take a look and get ready for some fun!  Click here to buy a Halloween decorating kit today!

New Halloween Molds

How do you like these? For the green color we mixed light green chocolate and yellow chocolate together and for the gray we mixed a little black chocolate with the white chocolate. To achieve a marbleized look, don't mix the colors completely.  

Click here to buy your Halloween molds today!

Halloween Spider Cupcake Kit

Our Halloween cupcake kits make decorating so easy!  Everything you need is included for 24 cupcakes!  Decorate cute spider cupcakes for your Halloween celebration.  Kit includes 24 picks 3" high, 24 standard cupcake papers and candy eyes.  Makes a great party activity for both kids and adults.    

 

Click here for the spider decorating kit and many more fun Halloween kits!

Halloween Candy Making Kits

Candy making kits are great for first timers or for fun projects. Colorful homemade candy is fun to make, great to eat and you did it yourself. Kit includes 3 fun shaped molds; Spooky spells candy and lollipop mold (3 designs, 5 cavities). Midnight mischief lollipop mold (3 designs, 5 cavities) Graveyard goodies candy mold (3 designs, 5 cavities. 12 oz. Wilton candy melts.3 oz. each of light cocoa, white, orange and green. 20 - 6" lollipop sticks. 4 - disposable decorating bags. 1 - decorating brush. 20 - party bags with ties and instructions.

Click here to get your Halloween kit today!

Halloween Cupcake Wraps

Cupcake wraps are so easy and make cupcakes so much fun to eat!  Perfect for your fall bake sale or Halloween party!

Check out our selection of Halloween cupcake wraps and cups

Halloween Bakeware

Get into the Halloween spirit with Halloween bakeware!  Great for cakes, brownies, gelatin, ice cream or chocolate!  We have everything from pumpkins to coffins to skulls and ghosts.

Click here to check out our Halloween bakeware today!

Sink Your Teeth Into These!

Sink your teeth into these Halloween treats!  A great favor for your Halloween party or just to play with!

Supplies Needed:

• Wilton Mouth mold (2115-2121)
• Merckens chocolate. We used blue, purple, dark green, white, red and black.
• Lollipop sticks (LSW-4550)
• Paint brushes (SCB)

1. Melt chocolate. We suggest melting 1 lb at a time at a time at 50% power for 30 second intervals. stir after each time.
2. With paint brush paint white chocolate for teeth, let dry.
3. With paint brush paint red chocolate over teeth. let dry.
4. Fill mold with either the blue, purple or dark green.
5. Place lollipop stick in space.
6. Freeze for 10 min.

We made these with Wilton mold #2115-2121 and Merkens chocolate.  Click here for the Monster Mouth lollipop mold!