Quick Info
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes (mostly melting chocolate)
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: Serves 12 as a dessert platter
- Course: Dessert / Party Treats
- Cuisine: American with a spooky twist
- Skill Level: Easy
- Special Equipment: Microwave-safe bowls, two baking sheets, parchment paper, small piping bag or zip-top bag, toothpicks
Introduction
Some Halloweens, I’ve got time for elaborate layer cakes. Most Halloweens… not so much. Between school parades and costume adjustments, I need Easy Halloween Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes—no oven gymnastics, no complicated frosting. This quick-crowd-pleaser is our family’s secret: four no-fuss sweets that look adorable, taste fantastic, and come together with pantry staples.
On one tray you’ll make: Witch Hat Cookies, Mummy Rice Krispie Wands, Ghostly Chocolate Bark, and Spider Oreo Truffles. While the chocolate sets in the fridge, you can tidy the kitchen and cue the spooky playlist. By the time “Monster Mash” hits the chorus, dessert is ready.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Witch Hat Cookies
- 24 fudge-striped or chocolate-coated round cookies
- 24 chocolate kisses (unwrapped)
- ½ cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips
- 2–3 tbsp orange or purple sprinkles (optional)
- Mummy Rice Krispie Wands
- 12 store-bought Rice Krispie treats (single bars)
- 8 oz white chocolate or vanilla candy melts
- 24 candy eyes
- 12 paper lollipop sticks or wooden skewers (trimmed)
- 1 tsp coconut oil (optional, for smoother drizzle)
- Ghostly Chocolate Bark
- 12 oz white chocolate or vanilla candy melts
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- ¼ cup mini marshmallows (for “ghosts”)
- 2 tbsp Halloween sprinkles or crushed chocolate cookies
- Pinch of flaky salt (optional but great)
- Spider Oreo Truffles
- 24 chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos), plus 12 more for legs (optional)
- 4 oz softened cream cheese
- 8 oz dark chocolate or candy melts
- 24 mini candy eyes
- To Finish
- Parchment paper, two baking sheets, and space in your fridge
- Small zip-top bag or piping bag for drizzles
Optional / Variations
- Use peanut butter cups instead of kisses for witch hats.
- Swap white chocolate with colored candy melts (green “slime,” orange “pumpkin”).
- Make truffles nut-free by checking candy labels; for dairy-free, use vegan cream cheese and dairy-free chips.
- Add peppermint extract (⅛ tsp) to bark for a cool bite or pumpkin spice (¼ tsp) to the Krispie drizzle.
- For gluten-free guests, pick GF sandwich cookies and GF rice cereal bars.
Instructions
Step 1: Line Trays & Set Up a “Dipping Station”
Line two baking sheets with parchment. Place chocolate chips/candy melts in separate microwave-safe bowls: one for dark, one for white. Clear a shelf in the fridge. My kids call this “setting the spellbook open”—once everything’s in place, the magic happens fast.
Step 2: Make Witch Hat Cookies (5 minutes)
Microwave ½ cup chocolate chips in 20–30 second bursts, stirring until smooth. Flip fudge-striped cookies stripe-side down on the tray. Pipe or spoon a small chocolate “button” in the center of each cookie and press a chocolate kiss on top to form a hat. Dot a tiny ring of chocolate around the base and add sprinkles if you like. Slide the tray into the fridge to set while you make the other treats.
Step 3: Whip Up Mummy Rice Krispie Wands (8 minutes)
Melt white chocolate with 1 tsp coconut oil (optional) until smooth. Unwrap 12 Krispie bars and press a stick into one short end of each to make a wand. Dip or brush a thin layer of white chocolate over the front, lay on the tray, and immediately press on two candy eyes. Spoon remaining white chocolate into a zip-top bag, snip a tiny corner, and zigzag over the bars to make bandages. Pop into the fridge to set.
Step 4: Cast Ghostly Chocolate Bark (7 minutes)
On the second parchment-lined tray, pour melted white chocolate (use what’s left or melt fresh) and spread into a rough 10×12-inch rectangle. Warm dark chocolate chips just until fluid, then drizzle lines over the white base. Drag a toothpick through the lines for cobweb swirls. Press mini marshmallows around the bark; dot each with a speck of dark chocolate for eyes to make “ghosts.” Shower with sprinkles or crushed cookies and a pinch of flaky salt. Refrigerate to firm.
Step 5: Shape Spider Oreo Truffles (10 minutes)
Crush 24 sandwich cookies in a food processor or by bashing in a zip-top bag until fine crumbs. Mix with 4 oz cream cheese until it holds together (use a spatula or clean hands). Roll into 12 balls. Melt dark chocolate and dip each ball using a fork, tapping off excess. Set on parchment and attach candy eyes while wet.
Optional spider legs: Split 12 extra cookies, scrape out the filling, and cut the wafers into thin arcs. Press 6 small wafer “legs” into each side of the truffle before the coating sets. Chill 5–10 minutes.
Step 6: Break, Tray, and Serve (0–5 minutes)
Once set, break the bark into shards. Arrange the witch hats, mummy wands, bark pieces, and spider truffles on a platter. If you’re transporting to a party, keep everything chilled until serving so the chocolate stays glossy.
Tips & Variations
- 30-Minute Guarantee: Overlap steps. While one tray sets in the fridge, assemble the next. Using candy melts speeds setting and avoids tempering.
- Color Pop: Tint a tablespoon of white chocolate orange or green (gel food color works for melts) and add accent drizzles to hats and mummies.
- Flavor Boosts: Stir a pinch of sea salt into dark chocolate for truffles; add orange zest (½ tsp) to the white chocolate for bark.
- Make-Ahead: All four keep well, covered and chilled, for 2–3 days. Witch hats are the most durable; truffles are best within 48 hours.
- Allergy-Friendly Tray: Offer a second mini platter using dairy-free chips and vegan cream cheese, plus gluten-free cookies. Label clearly so everyone can indulge worry-free.
- Less Sweet Option: Mix salted pretzel pieces into the white bark base for crunch; drizzle with dark chocolate webs.
- Neat Drizzles: Snip the tiniest possible corner from your bag. If bands look too thick, microwave 5 seconds to reflow and continue.
- Kid Helpers: Little hands are excellent at pressing candy eyes and kisses. I set out a “decorating station” with aprons; the promise of licking the chocolate spoon keeps morale high.
- Pack for Class Parties: Tuck each mummy wand into a cellophane bag with a ribbon. Witch hats stack neatly in a shallow container with parchment between layers.
- Turn It Into a Board: Add bowls of green grapes, clementine “pumpkins” (peeled with a celery stick stem), and caramel dip with apple slices for balance.
Nutrition
(Approximate, per party serving—1 witch hat, 1 mummy wand, 1 spider truffle, and a small piece of bark. Values will vary.)
- Calories: 430
- Protein: 5 g
- Carbs: 55 g
- Fat: 22 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Sugar: 41 g
Final Thoughts
If October sneaks up on you, these Easy Halloween Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes are your shortcut to festive magic. The witch hats deliver nostalgic crunch, the mummy wands make kids giggle, the ghostly bark looks bakery-fancy, and those spider truffles vanish first—every single year. Save this for last-minute Halloween desserts, no-bake Halloween treats, kid-friendly spooky sweets, and quick party food ideas. From our cozy, candy-sticky kitchen to yours—happy haunting and happy nibbling!
