5 Easy No-Bake Halloween Treats
on Oct 03, 2018, Updated Nov 09, 2024
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FIVE Fast, Kid-Friendly, No-Bake Halloween Treats that are so easy to make, your kids could do it on their own.
Who else loves all things October?! Bring on the pumpkins, parties, homemade donuts, and all things fall! These super easy no-bake Halloween treats are my little gift to you to start your month off right. These are so easy, super cute, and perfect to take to a party or to plan for your kids to make after school.
I love little treats like these because they feel like they are almost an edible craft project – fun to make and fun to eat! My no-bake Halloween treats feature store-bought items so that you really don’t have any prep to do ahead of time. You probably don’t need a lot of instructions to make these, but I’ve gone ahead and written it all out for you including tips and tricks on where to find everything you’ll need to make your Halloween treat-making party a success.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- They’re fun and easy to make!
- These treats are low effort. You can be the “fun mom” without much stress or fuss.
- All these treats are no bake!
Ingredients
- Candy Melts
- Almond Bark (white melting candy coating)
- Orange and Green M&M Candies
- Small Pretzel Knots
- Oreos
- Red Packaged Icing
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Nutter Butter Cookies
- Pre-Made Rice Krispies Treat Bars
- Candy Eyes
- Black Icing Gel
- Chocolate Sprinkles
- Marshmallows
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities
How to Make No-Bake Halloween Treats
For the Pumpkin Pretzels:
Dip the pretzels in melted orange candy melts. Place a green M&M at the top for the stem.
For the Nutter Butter Ghosts:
Coat the Nutter Butter cookies in a melted almond bark. Place on waxed paper. Arrange M&M candies at the top to make a face.
For the Marshmallow Monsters:
Stand the marshmallows on some waxed paper. Spoon melted candy melts over the top so that it runs down the side a little. Place candy eyes before it hardens.
For the Oreo Witch Hats:
Place some red icing in the center of an Oreo. Place an unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss on top of the icing so that some squishes out.
For the Rice Crispy Frankensteins:
Coat a Rice Crispy bar in melted green candy melts. Dip one end in chocolate sprinkles. Place on waxed paper and arrange candy eyes before the green candy melts harden. Use black piping gel to draw a mouth.
They are usually in the store near the sprinkles or with the candy melts. If you can’t find them locally, you can even order them on Amazon because the internet is amazing.
It’s pretty easy to make all of these at once. Just melt a bunch of candy melts and get to work. Then use up any leftover colors to make the marshmallow monsters. The variety is fun to have.
Expert Tips
- Our little store only had a few colors of candy melts. I discovered that you can mix them like you would mix paint! I melted 2 parts yellow to 1 part blue to make green and did 2 parts yellow and 1 part red to make orange. Worked great!
- If you want to color the almond bark or white candy melts yourself, make sure to get oil based food coloring. Regular food coloring will make your candy seize up and ruin it.
- Be careful not to overheat the candy melts or almond bark when melting them. A double boiler or in a microwave is the best way to go. If you use the microwave, do 15-30 second bursts and stir. Once it is mostly melted, just give it a good stir until the last bits melt and it’s all smooth. If you put it back in the microwave again, it will harden up and you’ll have to start over.
- We LOVE to “Boo!” our neighbors (door bell ditch a treat). Here’s a Free Halloween Boo Poem Printable so that you can do it too!
More Halloween Recipes to Consider
Pies, Crisps & Tarts
Healthy Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Dessert Recipes
Easy Pumpkin Donut Holes
Halloween Recipes
Halloween Food Ideas for Kids
From Scratch Recipes
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5 Easy No-Bake Halloween Treats
Ingredients
- Candy melts in a variety of colors, such as green, orange, and blue
- Almond Bark – white melting candy coating
- orange and green M&M candies
- small pretzel knots
- Oreos
- red packaged icing
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Nutter Butter cookies
- pre-made Rice Krispies Treat bars
- candy eyes
- black icing gel
- chocolate sprinkles
- marshmallows
Instructions
To make Pumpkin Pretzels:
- Melt 1-2 cups orange candy melts according to package directions.
- Dip pretzels into melted candy melts and use a fork to fish them out again. Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove extra candy.
- Place covered pretzel on a piece of wax paper.
- Place a green M&M candy at the top of the pretzel while the candy melt is still melty – it should look like a pumpkin stem.
- Let the candy harden before removing your pumpkin pretzel from the wax paper.
To make Oreo Witch Hats:
- Place a small amount of red icing in the center of the Oreo cookie.
- Press an unwrapped Hershey Kiss to the cookie where you put the icing. Let the icing squish out from under the kiss a bit so that you can see it. You can add additional icing around the Kiss to look like a bow if you like.
To make Nutter Butter Ghosts:
- Melt the Almond Bark white melting candy coating according to package directions.
- Dip the Nutter Butter cookies into melted Almond Bark and use a fork to fish them out again. Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove extra candy coating.
- Place covered cookie on a piece of wax paper.
- Place orange M&M candies at the top of the cookie to look like eyes and a mouth while the candy melt is still melty. You can use other colors of M&M’s as well and even orange Tic-Tacs.
- Let the candy harden before removing your cookie from the wax paper.
To make Rice Krispies Treat Frankensteins:
- Melt green candy melts according to package directions.
- Pour chocolate sprinkles into a small bowl.
- Unwrap a Rice Krispies Treat and dip the front into the green candy melts, no need to dip the whole thing.
- Press the top into the bowl of sprinkles so that the sprinkles stick to the wet candy melts to make Frankie’s hair.
- Set the Rice Krispies Treat on a piece of wax paper.
- Add two candy eyes while the candy melts are still soft.
- Once the candy melts have set, use black piping gel to make a mouth.
To make Marshmallow Monsters:
- Melt any color of candy melts you want according to package directions (different colors in different bowls).
- Stand marshmallows up on a piece of wax paper.
- Use a spoon to spoon the melted candy over the marshmallows so that the candy drips off the top of the mallow. Repeat with remaining mallows and candy melts.
- Before the candy melts harden, add candy eyes to your monsters and chocolate sprinkles as hair or eyebrows.
- Let the candy melts harden before removing from the wax paper.
Notes
- Our little store only had a few colors of candy melts. I discovered that you can mix them like you would paint! I melted 2 parts yellow to 1 part blue to make green and did 2 parts yellow and 1 part red to make orange. Worked great!
- If you want to color your own almond bark or white candy melts, make sure to get some oil based food coloring. Regular food coloring will make it seize up and ruin the whole batch.
- You can find candy eyes with the sprinkles or with the candy melts. You can even order them on Amazon because the internet is amazing.
- Don’t overheat your candy melts when melting them. Melt them in a double boiler or in the microwave doing short bursts and stirring afterward – once it is mostly melted you can stir until the last bits melt too.
