Make spooky and delicious Halloween treats that your kids will love with these easy recipes. For Spooky Cupcakes, combine flour, sugar, butter, sour cream, milk, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla extract, salt, eggs, and orange food coloring in a bowl. Bake the cupcakes and let them cool before decorating with black decorating gel. For Witch Finger Cookies, mix softened butter, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, and salt to make a dough. Shape the dough into finger-shaped strips with an almond on top and bake until lightly browned. Decorate with red food coloring to create the illusion of fake blood.

Halloween Treats Your Kids Will Love – Spooky Cupcakes and Witch Finger Cookies

Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to surprise your kids and get into the holiday spirit than by creating some spooky but delicious treats? From cupcakes to cookies, Halloween treats can be fun, easy, and frighteningly beautiful.

Spooky Cupcakes

Cupcakes are always a hit with kids, but for Halloween, we need to take them to the next level. Here’s a simple recipe to create Spooky Cupcakes:

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• Orange food coloring
• Black decorating gel

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
3. In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Add sour cream, milk, vanilla, and orange food coloring to the butter mixture and mix until well combined.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, and mix until the batter is smooth.
6. Pour the batter into lined cupcake molds to three-quarters full.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
8. Let the cupcakes cool completely before decorating.
9. Use black decorating gel to draw spooky Halloween-themed designs on the cupcakes.

Witch Finger Cookies

Want to add some creepy touch to your Halloween treats? Try these Witch Finger Cookies:

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Whole blanched almonds
• Red food coloring gel

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 325°F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together.
5. Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture and mix until a dough forms.
6. Dust your work surface with flour and roll the dough into finger-shaped long strips. Press an almond into the tip of each finger to make it look like a fingernail.
7. Bake on a lined baking sheet for 20-25 minutes or until the cookies are just starting to turn light brown at the tips.
8. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely.
9. Use red food coloring gel to make a small drop or two of fake blood around the almond fingernail.

These spooky Halloween treats are sure to be a hit with kids of all ages. Now that you have the recipe for Spooky Cupcakes and Witch Finger Cookies, get in the kitchen and start baking!