Dollar Tree Halloween Desserts! Cute and Easy!

Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Cookies:

Makes 8 large cookies

1 15 ounce box of vanilla cake mix
1/2 cup of oil
2 eggs
Food coloring
Black gel icing

Mix cake mix with oil & eggs to make a dough (if your cake mix is 13 ounces reduce oil by 1 tablespoon) divide into 3 bowls. Add 15 drops of red coloring to one bowl, 15 drops of yellow to the 2nd bowl, and to the 3rd add 5 drops of blue, 1 drop of green, and 2 drops of yellow. Mix to combine.

Scoop a small amount of each color and roll into a ball. Flatten slightly on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees. for small cookies, bake for 10 to 11 minutes or for large cookies 14 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely then add the black icing to make the stitches between the colors.

Gummy Worm Dirt Cups

Makes 4 cups

Chocolate pudding mix
Milk
Precooked brownies
gummy worms
Tumbler cups (optional)

Mix pudding mix and chill per package instructions. Unwrap and crumble brownies. Into a tumbler add some pudding on the bottom, followed by a layer of brownie crumbles, another layer of pudding, another layer of brownies, and finish with gummy worms on top. Gummy worms can be swapped for pumpkins for pumpkin patch cups.

Candy Corn Pretzel Bites:

Makes 30 bites

Square "Snaps" Pretzels
Hershey's Kisses (milk chocolate and cookies & cream)
Candy corn

Place pretzels on a baking sheet and top each one with an unwrapped hershey's kiss. Bake at 250 degrees for 4 to 5 minutes until chocolate starts to melt. Once removed from the oven immediately press a candy corn in the center of each chocolate. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes until chocolate is set.

Spider Cookies

Makes 6 cookies

1 package of chocolate chip cookie mix
Butter/margarine
Whoppers
Peanut Butter Cups
Black gel icing

Make cookie dough per package instructions and divide into 6 medium sized cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 11 minutes. As soon as they come out of the oven add an upside down peanut butter cup and a whopper to form the spider "body" let cool completely then use the icing to create the spider legs and eyes.

Spellbook Brownies

Makes 12 Brownies

17 ounce box of brownie mix
Oil
Eggs
Large Candy Eyes
Black gel icing

Prepare brownie mix per package instructions and pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake according to 9 x 13 instructions on the box. let cool completely then cut into 2" x 3" recangles. For clean cuts let the brownies cool then use a large sharp knife. I also cut off the rounded edges so that all of my brownies had sharp corners.

Add some black icing in the upper right corner and add a large candy eye. To the left side add a vertical line across the entire brownie and some perpendicular "stitches" this will give the look of a book spine. I added a ring of black icing around the eye to make it look like an eyelid as well.

Enjoy!

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Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Cookies:

Makes 8 large cookies

1 15 ounce box of vanilla cake mix
1/2 cup of oil
2 eggs
Food coloring
Black gel icing

Mix cake mix with oil & eggs to make a dough (if your cake mix is 13 ounces reduce oil by 1 tablespoon) divide into 3 bowls. Add 15 drops of red coloring to one bowl, 15 drops of yellow to the 2nd bowl, and to the 3rd add 5 drops of blue, 1 drop of green, and 2 drops of yellow. Mix to combine.

Scoop a small amount of each color and roll into a ball. Flatten slightly on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees. for small cookies, bake for 10 to 11 minutes or for large cookies 14 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely then add the black icing to make the stitches between the colors.

Gummy Worm Dirt Cups

Makes 4 cups

Chocolate pudding mix
Milk
Precooked brownies
gummy worms
Tumbler cups (optional)

Mix pudding mix and chill per package instructions. Unwrap and crumble brownies. Into a tumbler add some pudding on the bottom, followed by a layer of brownie crumbles, another layer of pudding, another layer of brownies, and finish with gummy worms on top. Gummy worms can be swapped for pumpkins for pumpkin patch cups.

Candy Corn Pretzel Bites:

Makes 30 bites

Square "Snaps" Pretzels
Hershey's Kisses (milk chocolate and cookies & cream)
Candy corn

Place pretzels on a baking sheet and top each one with an unwrapped hershey's kiss. Bake at 250 degrees for 4 to 5 minutes until chocolate starts to melt. Once removed from the oven immediately press a candy corn in the center of each chocolate. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes until chocolate is set.

Spider Cookies

Makes 6 cookies

1 package of chocolate chip cookie mix
Butter/margarine
Whoppers
Peanut Butter Cups
Black gel icing

Make cookie dough per package instructions and divide into 6 medium sized cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 11 minutes. As soon as they come out of the oven add an upside down peanut butter cup and a whopper to form the spider "body" let cool completely then use the icing to create the spider legs and eyes.

Spellbook Brownies

Makes 12 Brownies

17 ounce box of brownie mix
Oil
Eggs
Large Candy Eyes
Black gel icing

Prepare brownie mix per package instructions and pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake according to 9 x 13 instructions on the box. let cool completely then cut into 2" x 3" recangles. For clean cuts let the brownies cool then use a large sharp knife. I also cut off the rounded edges so that all of my brownies had sharp corners.

Add some black icing in the upper right corner and add a large candy eye. To the left side add a vertical line across the entire brownie and some perpendicular "stitches" this will give the look of a book spine. I added a ring of black icing around the eye to make it look like an eyelid as well.

Enjoy!

[jfncho]

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[TheStorms]

The thing I still semi-regularly observe since small childhood is making burgers on the night. Everybody gets to carve their own Jack o lantern face in a slice of cheese and as it melts on the hot burger it transforms to become scarier or hilarious.

[taylornation]

The original 1978 Halloween is my favorite Halloween film for sure. I love those spell books. I have watched hocus pocus every year since I was a tot.

[skelley]

I made ghosts for a party once. Nutter butter cookies dipped in white melting wafers then u use mini chocolate chips for eyes. So cute.

[xolisa]

I just love your holiday budget cooking videos, please keep them coming! You’re so creative and these look delicious and cute

[angelika_munkastrap]

I think the size of the spider cookie was perfect love

[heidiheuser]

Not only are these super creative but smart! I love that you made your channel specific for people like me who are on a super low and limited budget. I love that you show us that we can all eat creative foods from dollar stores! you are the best!

[amelievalente]

I just wanted to say that I'm having a tough time in life right now, but being able to escape and watch your content for a brief moment of respite is really appreciated. Thank you for being such an amazing content creator. ❤

[JKMA]

You have given me so much confidence in my cooking. I have been cooking and I have been trying out some of your recipes.
My daughter loves this movie my grandson is named after the main character.

[naelyneurkopfen]

When my kids were little I'd make either GHOULash, or baked rigorboney (rigatoni) for pre-trick or treat dinner.
I'd make sugar cookies, which I'd painstakingly shape into "lady fingers", complete with creepy fingernails and "arthritic" knuckles.
I miss those days.

[joannlee]

I agree with you about the Albanese gummies. They are definitely the best.
All these recipes look fantastic. I wish I had a reason to make one. Maybe I will make the popcorn mix.
I would usually make pizza on Halloween when my daughter was trick or treating. Sometimes she'd have a friend eat with us and they would go out together.
My favorite scary movie is Jeepers Creepers. I was actually terrified watching that movie for the first time as an adult.

[kathleendonnelly]

Not only do you come up with wonderful ideas you make it fun. I love the spider cookies. So darn cute!

[jokeable]

I make homemade chili every year for Halloween. It's tradition

[Lottie_Girl]

I love seeing you happily in your element and just truly enjoying yourself. I can't imagine the pressure and demands of running a growing (and highly successful ❤❤) YouTube channel and you've said at times you've felt like you were drifting away from your dollar tree days. I love this video for you. You've also said before you wish you had a big family to give your yummy creations too. When you first said that, I imagined all of us, your YouTube family, coming together for a little potluck and how many of us would come to meet you and share your delicious food... thousands of us ❤.

[Magnoliaflwr]

These recipes are sensational! Simple, economical and I'm certain delicious, thank you, as always, for a wonderful video!

[bettybutler]

I love all these treats, but yeah, especially like the Sally cookies. I usually do chili, corn bread and hotdogs/ sausages on buns. We sit by fire. We sadly don't get but one or two trick or treaters. So sometimes we do stores and watch its the great pumpkin Charlie brown.😊

[scook]

Those cookies are really cute. I like the crumbled brownies in the dirt worm cups.

[Marlina]

The spiders are my FAVE! You did a fantastic job. THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

[teresayb.]

We always have turkey and bacon tortilla wraps in the van on Halloween to eat between trick-or-treat stops.
I’ve found cutting brownies with a plastic knife works great! They don’t stick to the plastic and I get cleaner cuts