Easy Halloween Recipes For Kids

Halloween is a great time of year to get creative with decorations, snacks, and treats. If you are looking for fun foods and crafts to do with the kids, the following easy halloween recipes for kids should give you some ideas to work with. Have fun!

Easy Halloween Recipes: Pumpkin Cookies

These are found almost anywhere during the month of October, but so very easy to make. No need to buy the store version of this easy halloween recipe when it's so easy to make at home. You will need the following:

- Pumpkin Cookie Cutter
- Sugar Cookie Recipe
- Frosting, or Orange Frosting
- Red and Yellow Food Coloring (if using white frosting)
- Raisins or other decorations (optional)

Easy Halloween Recipes: Pumpkin Logs

I haven't tried this recipe out myself, but found it in my collection. However, since you are carving pumpkins this time of year, it's a great recipe to use for the pumpkin "guts" that are left over. Roll:
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup pumpkin
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup flour

Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 T. margarine

Filling: Mix all filling ingredients together. Set aside Roll: Beat sugar, pumpkin and eggs for 5 minutes. Add salt, baking soda, cinnamon and flour. Mix well. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper after greasing the pan well. Spread batter over pan. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool 5 minutes. Remove waxed paper. Roll in a clean tea towel dusted with powdered sugar and let cool completely. Unroll and spread filling on the cake. Reroll and refrigerate. Slice and serve.

Easy Halloween Recipes: Zombie Food

Spagetti Pasta (brains)
Nuts (flesh or bones)
Grapes (eye balls)
Yogurt, any flavor

Cook pasta and drain. Add nuts, grapes, and yogurt. Enjoy!

Other Easy Halloween Recipes for Kids

Get creative! This is a fun time of year, so don't forget to let your imagination run wild. Turn any kind of everyday food into something "spooky" for new easy holloween recipes!

Need one more recipe? How about this October favorite for a low cost way of making your own face paint that's easy to clean up:

Face Paint
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. water
1/2 tsp. cold cream
2 drops food coloring of your choice

Mix all ingredients in small plastic mixing bowl. Make sure it is mixed well.

Additional Halloween Recipes

Need more ideas? Try these great books on Easy Halloween Recipes for Kids:

Halloween Recipes & Crafts

Ronnie's Rotten Recipes

The following idea was submitted to us by one of our visitors. If you have ideas for easy Halloween recipes, please see our form below. Thank you for the wonderful ideas!

"Don't forget the chocolate! Use Halloween chocolate molds and let your kids melt the chocolate in the microwave and pour into molds! Add a sucker stick, and there you have it, a Halloween owl on a stick! Decorate with ribbon to match and you're done!"
Cheryl Sandberg
www.chocolate-candy-recipe.com

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