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Monster Mash-Mallows
Kids love everything served on a stick, so enlist their help when making these colorful pops.
1/4 cup green melting wafers
1 cup orange melting wafers
1 cup purple melting wafers
Lollipop sticks
24 large marshmallows
Sprinkles, candy corn, and candy icing decorations
1/4 cup chocolate chips, melted
1. Place melting wafers in separate small bowls. Microwave for 15-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted. Insert one end of lollipop sticks into melted green wafers. Push green-colored end of each stick into a marshmallow. Let set 3 minutes.
2. Dunk marshmallows into orange or purple melted wafers, shaking off any excess coating. Place on a sheet of wax paper, and top with assorted sprinkles or decorations.
3. To make faces, place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic bag, and snip off one tiny corner. Pipe face designs onto marshmallows.
Choking Hazard Alert: Remove any decorations or small pieces of candy before giving treats to children 3 years old or younger.
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Monster Mash-Mallows
Kids love everything served on a stick, so enlist their help when making these colorful pops.
1/4 cup green melting wafers
1 cup orange melting wafers
1 cup purple melting wafers
Lollipop sticks
24 large marshmallows
Sprinkles, candy corn, and candy icing decorations
1/4 cup chocolate chips, melted
1. Place melting wafers in separate small bowls. Microwave for 15-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted. Insert one end of lollipop sticks into melted green wafers. Push green-colored end of each stick into a marshmallow. Let set 3 minutes. 2. Dunk marshmallows into orange or purple melted wafers, shaking off any excess coating. Place on a sheet of wax paper, and top with assorted sprinkles or decorations.
3. To make faces, place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic bag, and snip off one tiny corner. Pipe face designs onto marshmallows.
Choking Hazard Alert: Remove any decorations or small pieces of candy before giving treats to children 3 years old or younger.
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Hocus-Pocus Hats
Top off an evening of frightful fun with these ice-cream treats, each of which has a candy prize hidden inside.
12 chocolate cones
1 pint premium ice cream, softened
12 candy icing decorations
1/2 cup chocolate chips
12 chocolate wafers
Sprinkles
1. Using a small spoon, fill cones with softened ice cream. Place an icing decoration in each, facing up. Freeze for 3 hours to set.
2. Microwave chocolate chips for 15-second intervals, stirring in between until melted. Spread 1 teaspoon on each wafer, and top with a filled ice-cream cone. Coat edge with sprinkles. Freeze immediately. Makes 12 treats
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Top off an evening of frightful fun with these ice-cream treats, each of which has a candy prize hidden inside.
12 chocolate cones
1 pint premium ice cream, softened
12 candy icing decorations
1/2 cup chocolate chips
12 chocolate wafers
Sprinkles
1. Using a small spoon, fill cones with softened ice cream. Place an icing decoration in each, facing up. Freeze for 3 hours to set. 2. Microwave chocolate chips for 15-second intervals, stirring in between until melted. Spread 1 teaspoon on each wafer, and top with a filled ice-cream cone. Coat edge with sprinkles. Freeze immediately. Makes 12 treats
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Monster Cupcakes
Your guests will be green with envy when they bite into a frightful Frankenstein cupcake.
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
Green and yellow food coloring
24 baked cupcakes
Chocolate sprinkles
Candy-coated chocolate pieces, such as M&M's
Red tube gel icing
Chocolate tube icing
Black licorice laces
Mini marshmallows
1. Color frosting using several drops of green food coloring and a few drops of yellow. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle a crescent of chocolate sprinkles onto each cupcake for the hair. Place two M&M's sideways into cupcakes for eyes. Using red gel icing, make a squiggly line for each monster's mouth. Pipe scars and two dots for each nose using chocolate icing. Snip licorice laces into 1 1/2" pieces, and use to secure mini marshmallows to each face as "bolts."
Mummy Cupcakes
It's easy to get wrapped up (hee hee) in these.
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
24 baked cupcakes
Blue candy-coated chocolate pieces, such as M&M's
Cocoa powder
1. Place frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a small ribbon tip (#45). Pipe one line across center of cupcakes' tops. Place 2 M&M's on piped line for eyes. Pipe more lines at slight angles to cover tops, leaving the eyes visible. Dust tops lightly with cocoa. Makes 24 cupcakes.
thanks to parents magazine for the recipe ideas
Your guests will be green with envy when they bite into a frightful Frankenstein cupcake.
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
Green and yellow food coloring
24 baked cupcakes
Chocolate sprinkles
Candy-coated chocolate pieces, such as M&M's
Red tube gel icing
Chocolate tube icing
Black licorice laces
Mini marshmallows
1. Color frosting using several drops of green food coloring and a few drops of yellow. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle a crescent of chocolate sprinkles onto each cupcake for the hair. Place two M&M's sideways into cupcakes for eyes. Using red gel icing, make a squiggly line for each monster's mouth. Pipe scars and two dots for each nose using chocolate icing. Snip licorice laces into 1 1/2" pieces, and use to secure mini marshmallows to each face as "bolts." Mummy Cupcakes
It's easy to get wrapped up (hee hee) in these.
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
24 baked cupcakes
Blue candy-coated chocolate pieces, such as M&M's
Cocoa powder
1. Place frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a small ribbon tip (#45). Pipe one line across center of cupcakes' tops. Place 2 M&M's on piped line for eyes. Pipe more lines at slight angles to cover tops, leaving the eyes visible. Dust tops lightly with cocoa. Makes 24 cupcakes.
thanks to parents magazine for the recipe ideas