Halloween Recipes For Pre-Schoolers

13 Halloween Recipes For ages 3-5:

These fun and easy recipes are great for daycare providers, school parties or just something for a parent to do at home with their little ones between the ages of 3 to 5. But watch out because some of these 13 Halloween recipes for pre-schoolers might even get the older brother or sister involved in the spirit of Halloween and want to join in on the fun. 

Listed below are 13 Halloween Recipes that small children can either do themselves or make with   help from mom or dad. Even big brothers and sister can work with them to create some of these scary treats and snack. 

Many of these recipes would make great treats and ideas for that Halloween party at pre-school, kindergarten or just some holiday fun at a day-care. You can either follow the directions or come up with some fun ideas to add to these recipes to make it a unique treat for your family or school.

1. Halloween Bone Snack Mix:

What you will need:

•  1 bag of Caramel corn

•  1 bag of Candy corn

•  1 box of Raisins

•  1 bag of Mini marshmallows

• 1 bag of Pretzel sticks

Directions:

Empty each item into a bowl and mix well. Scoop into black or orange paper cups and serve at your next Halloween Party!

2. Wicked Witches Cauldron: 

Things you’ll need:

•  1 Big bowl or a cauldron

•  1package of red jello

•  1 bag of candy corn

•  1 bag of mini marshmallows

•  1 box  raisins or chocolate chips

•  1 bag of red licorice bits

•  1 bag of gummy worms

Directions:

Make a witches brew:

Make jello (in cauldron) according to box, when half set, add the vampire teeth (candy corn), bones(marshmallows) roaches, ants or bugs (raisins or chips), red eyes, (licorice pieces) and snakes (gummy worms) Mix up and eat, OR mix up and let finish setting completely. Enjoy!

3. Witch Hat Cookies:

What you'll need:

•  Fudge Stripe Cookie

•  Hershey Kiss

•  Orange or black frosting

Directions:

Turn the cookie over on the solid chocolate side. Squeeze a blob of orange frosting onto the middle of the cookie. Squash the kiss into the orange frosting. The frosting will hold the kiss, and then you have a Witch's Hat Cookie! These are great for a party or for school.

Optional: You can use either orange or black frosting!

4. Monster Popcorn Hands:

You are going to need:

•  Clear disposable gloves

•  popped popcorn ( purchase or make fresh with parents help)

•  candy corn

•  twist ties

Directions:

Put 1 - 2 pieces of candy corn in each finger of the glove. Fill the rest of the glove with popped popcorn, twist the top and seal with a twist tie. Hand out as snacks or goodies!

5. Monster Mash Ice Scream Sundas:

Items you will need:

•  1 scoop Boo Goo (vanilla ice cream)

•  1 tbsp. Swamp Mud (chocolate syrup)

•  1 tbsp. beetle bugs (miniature chocolate chips)

•  10 Monster toes (miniature marshmallows)

Directions:

Above ingredients serves 1

Place ingredients in paper cup. Mash them with spoon. Top with slug slime (green food-colored cool whip).

6. Halloween Orange Ooze Cupcakes (with Adult Help):

List of what you'll need:

•  Chocolate cake mix

•  prepared according to package directions

•  8oz. cream cheese

•  softened

•  1/4 cup sugar

•  1 egg

•  1 cup butterscotch chips

•  yellow and red food coloring

•  1/2 cup chopped walnuts

•  1 container cream cheese frosting

•  semi sweet chocolate chips in reseal

Directions:

Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners and divide the prepared cake mix equally between them. Cups should be 3/4 of the way full.

In medium bowl beat cream cheese with sugar and egg until light and fluffy. Stir in 2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring or 3 drops of green. Divide in half. In one half, Stir in the butterscotch chips and the walnuts until well blended. Spoon a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into center of batter in each cup. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes or until tooth pick test done. Let cool completely and ice with the remaining cream cheese icing.

For a spider web design melt chocolate chips in resalable bag in microwave for 30 seconds at a time until melted. Snip off small corner of bag. Pipe 3 circles around cupcake starting at center and working way out. Lightly Drag toothpick through chocolate circles starting at center and pulling towards outer edge.

 7. Cool Scary Spider Treats:

What you'll need:

•  cupcakes

•  1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP whipped topping thawed

•  chocolate sprinkles

•  black or chocolate licorice twists

•  candies

Directions:

Frost upside-down cupcakes with COOL WHIP Whipped Topping. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles. Insert licorice twists into tops of cupcakes to create spider legs. Top with candies for the creepy eyes.

 8. Creepy Cookie Spiders:

Here is what you will need:

•  Oreo cookies

•  1 can of frosting mix

•  red licorice ropes

•  chocolate chips

•  or red hots

Directions:

split the cookies and put three lengths of red rope licorice across the frosting, letting about 2 inches hang out both sides for legs. Add a little canned frosting and put the cookies back together. Put two small dollops of frosting on edge of cookie and add two chips or red hots for eyes.

9. Ghost in the Graveyard:

A list of item to make this treat:

•  3½ Cups Cold Milk

•  (2) Packages Chocolate Pudding

•  (1) 12oz. Tub Cool Whip Thawed

•  1 16oz. Package Chocolate Sandwich Cookies – crushed

Directions:

Pour cold milk into large bowl, add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk two minutes. Stir 3 cups cool whip and half of the cookies. Pour into 13" x9" baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate one hour. Decorate with oval shaped cookies for tombstones and whipped topping dropped by spoonfuls for ghosts, add mini-M&M's for eyes. Keep refrigerated. Optional recipe: Spoon pudding mixture into 12-16 individual cups top with crushed cookies. Decorate by making ghosts on top with cool whip spoonfuls and adding mini-M&M eyes.

10. Mummy Eyeball Potion (with Adult Help):

List of ingredients:

•  1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Frozen Topping

•  Blueberries or raisins

•  1-1/2 cups boiling water

•  1 pkg. (8-serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin Dessert any red flavor

•  1 cup cold water

•  Ice Cubes

Directions:

USING a small ice cream scoop, place 2 scoops whipped topping into each of 10 dessert dishes for "eyeballs". Place a blueberry or raisin in each scoop for the "pupil". Freeze 30 minutes or until firm.

MEANWHILE, stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice cubes to make 2-1/2 cups. Add to gelatin, stirring until slightly thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Pour about 1/2 cup gelatin around each "eyeball", leaving the top of the "eyeball" exposed.

REFRIGERATE 1-1/2 hours or until firm.

 

11. Halloween Rice Krispie Treats (with Adult Help):

Ingredient List:

•  1 Bag of mini marshmallows

•  1/2 cup margarine

•  1 Box rice krispies

•  Orange food coloring

Directions:

Melt butter in pan. Add marshmallows and stir until all have melted. Add orange food coloring to melted marshmallows and stir well. Then add rice krispies. After they are all mixed up, pour into a greased 9 x 12 pan. Wait until cool to cut into squares.

 12. Little Ghost Cookies:

Thing You'll need for this recipe:

•  Nutter Butter cookie

•  marshmallow creme

•  mini chocolate chips

•  spreader (such as a popsicle stick)

Directions:

Place Nutter Butter cookie on mat. Spread marshmallow creme on the top of the cookie. Place two chocolate chips on the cookie for eyes.

Boo! A ghost to eat!

13. Creepy Crawling Ding Dong  Spiders:

The list of things to make this treat:

•  1 Hostess Ding Dong per child

•  8 pieces of string licorice each child

•  frosting or cream cheese (dye it red)

•  2 raisins

Directions:

Hand out the Ding Dongs (Let them unwrap them, it's a great fine motor activity).

Pass out a bag of cut up string licorice (Let them take 8 pieces. A good math skill).

Pass out the frosting or cream cheese and allow them to take a tiny spoonful and place on their plate.

Have them take 2 raisins from the box (another great fine motor activity and math skill.

On the one side of the Ding Dong have them put 4 pieces of licorice into the Ding Dong (Have them do the same on the other side) {Legs)Let them stick their raisins into the frosting and stick them on top of the Ding Dong (Eyes).