Terry Pomerantz enjoys celebrating Halloween with his children and grandchildren. This is, for him, the perfect opportunity for creative dessert making.
Here are 10 Halloween dessert recipes that Terry found while searching for yummy, sweet treats.
1. Ghost Bananas
“So easy! You’ll barely have the time to say boooooooooo and it’s done!” (Terry Pomerantz)
Ingredients
- Bananas
- White chocolate
- Black chocolate chips
- Wooden popsicle sticks
Preparation
- Cut each banana in half and then once more lengthwise, for a total of 4 pieces per banana.
- Insert a popsicle stick inside each of these banana pieces.
- Place on a baking sheet covered in wax paper and put it in the freezer.
- Once bananas are frozen, melt the white chocolate in a cup.
- Dip the frozen bananas in the chocolate and place them back on the baking sheet.
- Add black chocolate chips for the eyes.
- Place them back in the freezer and serve once everything is properly frozen.
2. “Tossed” cake for little Halloween monsters.
When Terry Pomerantz found this recipe, he thought to himself: “this is so easy… let’s have fun with it!”
Ingredients
- Store-bought white cake mix
- Store-bought icing
- Food colouring (orange, violet, green)
- Plastic critters and bugs
- Edible glitter
Preparation
- Divide the cake batter in three and colour each one with your favourite Halloween colour.
- Do the same with the icing.
- In a cake pan, randomly pour in the 3 different batters.
- Bake according to the instructions on the cake mix box.
- Remove from the cake pan.
- Pour icing in 3 different pastry bags (1 bag for each colour).
- Ice the cake by relying on your creative inspiration of the moment!
- Place the plastic critters and bugs randomly over the cake.
- “Toss” some edible glitter over the finished cake.
3. Halloween Jelly
You can find both ingredients for this Halloween jelly in most grocery stores.
Ingredients
- 1 6 oz box of lime flavoured Jell-O
- 1 pack of Halloween gummies (whatever you find in store, like skulls, brains, worms, etc.)
Preparation
- Prepare the Jell-O according to the instructions on the box.
- Once it has cooled, incorporate the gummies.
- Place in the fridge to set.
4. Cursed Land
Ingredients
- 1 box of Oreo-style cookies
- Skeleton shaped Halloween candy
Preparation
- On a white plate, crumble the Oreo cookies (don’t use the filling) to imitate soil.
- Place the skeleton shaped candy on top.
- You can add a cherry or strawberry coulis for extra ‒and sweet‒ drama!
5. Bleeding Cake
Ingredients
- Store-bought chocolate cake mix
- Black food colouring
- Cherry jam
Preparation
- Prepare the chocolate cake according to the instructions on the box.
- Add the food colouring to the batter.
- Once the cake is cooked, remove from the cake mould and make a hole at the centre.
- Place the cake in a serving plate.
- Pour the cherry jam into the hole until it overflows to create the “bleeding cake” effect.
6. Vomiting Pumpkin
Ingredients
- 1 large pumpkin
- Store-bought guacamole
- Store-bought tortilla
Preparation
Bold. Terry likes to carve the pumpkin traditionally, meaning with eyes, a nose, a mouth and a few teeth. He then pours a generous quantity of guacamole inside so that it begins to pour out of the mouth. He then likes to add Dorito-style tortilla chips to the leaking guacamole. Delicious… despite appearances!
7. Witch Fingers
Ingredients
- Store-bought sugar cookie mix
- Almonds
- Red food colouring
Preparation
- Prepare the cookies according to the instructions on the box.
- Place the mixture in a pastry pouch.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- With a pastry pouch, give the cookies the shape of crooked fingers.
- Place an almond at each fingertip to make it look like a fingernail.
- Pour red food colouring over each fingernail
8. Bloodshot Eyes
Ingredients
- 1 box of store-bought white cake mix
- 1 16 oz box of white icing
- Candy coating
- 30 to 50 lollipop sticks
- Edible ink pens in green and black for the pupil, red for the veins.
Preparation
- Bake the cake according to the instructions on the box.
- Once the cake has cooked and cooled, crumble the cake in a large bowl.
- Mix the crumbled cake with ½ box of icing.
- Roll the mixture to form a ball (like an eye).
- Place the “eyeballs” on a baking sheet covered in wax paper.
- Melt the candy coating in the microwave according to the instructions on the box.
- Dip the lollipop sticks in the melted candy coating and then insert into the cake “eyeballs”.
- Place in the freezer to harden.
- Once they have hardened, dip in the candy coating while gently turning to make sure the entire surface is covered.
- Place in a bowl to dry and draw the eyes with the edible ink pens.
- Allow them to dry.
9. Jos Louis Spider Web
These are little chocolate cakes stuffed with an orange flavoured icing, covered in a spider web drawn on top with icing sugar. For a little touch of horror, you can place a few plastic spiders on top when it’s ready to serve. This is sure to spook arachnophobes, while also being delicious for your little Halloween devils!
Ingredients — Cake
- 1 box of store-bought chocolate cake
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup of canola oil
- ½ cup of water
Ingredients — Filling
- 1 cup of non-salted butter, softened
- 2 cups of icing sugar
- 200 g of marshmallows
- 4 oz of cream cheese, softened
- 2 tsp of orange extract
- Orange food colouring
Ingredients — Icing for spider web
- 1 cup of icing sugar
- 5 tbsp of milk
Preparation — Cake
- Preheat oven to 400 o
- Cover several baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Beat ingredients in a large bowl for 3 minutes or until batter is smooth.
- Let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Divide into several small mounds, with enough space between them.
- Bake for 11 minutes or until the cake expands. Allow it to cool.
Preparation — Filling
- In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar until you reach a foamy texture.
- Add marshmallows, cream cheese and orange extract.
- Mix until smooth.
- Pour in some orange food colouring.
Assembling the cakes
Spread 2 tbsp of filling on one cake. Place another cake on top and push down gently (like a “sandwich”)
Spider Web Icing
- Mix ingredients in a bowl until you obtain a thick consistency.
- Transfer icing to a pastry pouch.
- With a small tip, draw the spider web on each cake.
- Allow icing to dry.
- Decorate with plastic spiders.
10. Cemetery Bones
These are simple meringues created with a pastry pouch and a ½ inch tip, then shaped like bones.
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 5 cups of sugar
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 120 o
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat egg whites until you get stiff peaks.
- While beating, add sugar in small quantities.
- Add mixture to a pastry pouch.
- On the baking sheet, pour mixture and shape into bones.
- Bake for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove your delicious cemetery bone meringues from the baking sheet.
11. Cookie Monster Cookies
Cookie Monster is blue! To add a touch of Halloween spirit to your cookies, create a few orange tear drops, next to the eyes, on your cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup of margarine
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar
- 2 tsp of vanilla
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- Chocolate chips
- Blue and orange food colouring
- Store-bought icing mix
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350 o
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix brown sugar and margarine.
- Add all other ingredients except for the chocolate chips and food colouring.
- Split the mixture in half. Add the blue colouring to one of the two.
- Shape mixture without the food colouring into balls and then cover it with the blue mixture.
- Bake for around 12 minutes.
- Allow it to cool.
- With the chocolate chips, create eyes and a mouth for each cookie.
- Add the orange food colouring to the store-bought icing.
- With a pastry pouch, place a few drops of orange icing close to the eyes and mouth.
Terry Pomerantz, passionate about good food, shares with you his gastronomic favorites, tips and recipes, turning every meal into a memorable experience. Explore his culinary universe and discover the delights he suggests to tantalize your taste buds.