This article will discuss what is Halloween food ideas and will include ideas on simple treats that can be made at home. Many people want to have some easy Halloween food ideas because they want to help their kids get enough sugar, but the last thing you want to do is fill up on all the sugar.
What you want to do is have some treats that are good, but also healthy for you. Let’s start out with a few Halloween treats that you can make at home.
Spider web cupcakes
Spider web cupcakes look beautiful when baked and are easy to make. They are very simple to make as long as you are careful.
You can get spider web icing from any baking aisle and you can get either red or blue frosting.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of cake mix
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup of blue or red food coloring
- 1/2 cup of icing
How to make:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the cake mix and egg together in a bowl.
Add oil and food coloring to the cake mix and mix well. On a lightly floured surface, place the batter in cupcake liners and bake until cake is golden brown and springs back when you press the center, 18 to 20 minutes.
Cool the cupcakes in the liners for five minutes, remove and cool completely on a wire rack. Spread with the spider web icing.
Halloween cinnamon rolls
Cinnamon rolls are a very easy treat to make at home and also provide your kids with a lot of calories to burn. Cinnamon rolls are baked in a round pan and so that they can be eaten with a knife and fork.
Because they are baked in a round pan they need to be cut into pieces. Some people think that they can’t be cut into pieces, but they can, but you should start by cutting off the big parts of the roll and freeze them.
After they thaw, you can slice them into pieces. It will take about one and a half to two hours to bake a batch of cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients:
- 2 boxes of cinnamon rolls (or enough dough to roll out two dozen)
- 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
How to make:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sweetened condensed milk, butter and vanilla extract.
In a separate bowl, mix the cinnamon rolls dough. Using a roller attachment on your mixer, cream the mixture until it is soft and smooth. Place one roll at a time into the cinnamon mixture, rolling it around to cover it completely.
Cover the cinnamon roll with a plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to let it chill. After 30 minutes, take the rolls out of the fridge, flatten each roll with a rolling pin, then wrap each roll in plastic wrap and place them back in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Take the rolls out and place each roll on a parchment lined baking sheet. Allow them to rest for 10 minutes before placing them in the oven to bake for 25 minutes.
Pumpkin bread
This bread is a simple cake that takes a while to make. It will be a bigger piece of cake, so it is best to make the rounds three or four at a time.
You can also cut the cake in to small squares. It is best to take care of the dough in the fridge so that it has time to chill before using it.
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of honey
- 1/2 cup of oil
How to make:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
Take the dough out of the fridge and let it rest for 30 minutes. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
Using a lightly floured spatula or butter knife, spread the honey over the dough.
On top of the honey, pour the oil, then mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Roll up the dough in the dough to the top and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
When the dough has rested for 30 minutes, take the rolls out of the refrigerator and cut each roll into 12 pieces.
Place the rolls in the middle of a greased baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Serve warm.
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
This is a very easy snack to make at home. All you need to do is cut a small pumpkin into quarters, remove the seeds and set them on the table in a large bowl.
Now all you have to do is roast them. Roast them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to 15 minutes.
Then, take them out and allow them to cool.
Honey mango loaf
This is a simple and easy cake that takes about 30 minutes to make. It is a moist cake that is light and fluffy, so it will be a great breakfast treat.
This cake will be a great treat to bring to work or share with friends at your next get-together.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
How to make:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine sugar and oil in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.
Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Mix everything together.
Then, pour into a greased and floured cake pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake is a deep golden brown.
Let the cake cool completely before removing from the pan.
