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Kid-Friendly Halloween Recipes

Published: Aug 09, 2024

Brew up a Halloween baking spree that’s frightfully fun for the whole family! Whether you’re looking for some dreadfully good delights for the kids to enjoy or fun recipes that let them get hands-on in the kitchen, these kid-friendly recipes deliver a dash of deliciousness for everyone.

Halloween Recipes to Make for Your Kids

These recipes have all the flavor and fun kids love, making them the sweetest way to create memorable moments together whether you’re at home or at a thrilling Halloween bash.

tray of cookies decorated to look like mummies

Yummy Mummy Cookies

These Yummy Mummy Cookies are the sweetest way to celebrate Halloween! These cookies are wrapped in creamy, melted HERSHEY’S Premier White Creme Chips to create cute mummies. With the decadent flavor of HERSHEY’S Cocoa in every bite, these cookies are perfectly fun for kids and adults alike.

- Time to Make: 1 hour

- Why Kids Will Love This: Fun, yet sweetly scary

brownies stuffed with hersheys chocolate candies

Chunky Hershey Candy Brownies

This Chunky Hershey Candy Brownies recipe is a Halloween sweet that kids will love to devour! Packed with chunks of their favorite HERSHEY'S Candies, like HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Bars and REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups, these brownies offer a thrilling surprise in every bite. Bonus: This creepy creation is great for using up leftover Halloween candy!

- Time to Make: 50 minutes

- Why Kids Will Love This: Customizable with candy they get from trick or treating

caramel and candy apples decorated with icing spiderwebs

JOLLY RANCHER Candy Apples & HERSHEY’S Spider Web Caramel Apples

The HERSHEY'S Spider Web Caramel Apples and JOLLY RANCHER Candy Apples are Halloween treats that will make your kiddos screech with excitement! These caramel apples, drizzled with sweet HERSHEY’S MINI KISSES Chips to create creepy spider webs, make for a frightfully fun snack. To add even more scary excitement, vibrant JOLLY RANCHER Candy Apples, coated with a crunchy shell made from melted JOLLY RANCHER Original Flavors Hard Candies, add a pop of boo-tiful color to any Halloween festivities. Whether you make them as a dreadfully good dessert or a fun snack, these apples will be a hit with every little goblin and ghoul!

- Time to Make: 30 minutes

- Why Kids Will Love This: Fun & festive treats that only come around once a year!

Halloween Recipes to Make With Your Kids

Enjoy some sweet family time this season with these Halloween recipes that are the perfect way to get kids in the kitchen to help make these super scream-worthy treats.

plated chocolate cupcakes decorated to look like green monsters

Monster Cupcakes

This Monster Cupcakes recipe is a fang-tastic way to get kids involved in the Halloween fun! Little ones will love decorating these cupcakes with fun candy eyes, sprinkles and ghoulishly good toppings. This recipe turns holiday baking into something everyone can have fun with, where you can let little monsters create their own creepy creations! With every bite of these cupcakes, kids will enjoy a scary sweet treat that’s just as fun to make as it is to eat!

- Time to Make: 1 hour and 30 minutes

- Why Kids Will Love This: Kid-favorite treat that they can personalize

cookies on a stick decorated to look like different halloween creatures

Halloween Cookies on a Stick

The kids in your life will have a blast decorating these frighteningly festive cookies with colorful icing and sprinkles to create their own Halloween masterpieces! With each delicious bite of HERSHEY’S Cocoa in sugar cookie dough, ghouls and gals of all ages will enjoy this sweet that's a wickedly delicious addition to Halloween parties or as fun snack activity!

- Time to Make: 45 minutes

- Why Kids Will Love This: Perfectly portable and customizable

chocolate covered strawberries decorated to look like ghosts

Halloween Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

These Halloween Chocolate-Covered Strawberries are a deliciously enchanting activity that’s great to do with the kiddos! They’ll love dipping juicy strawberries into rich melted HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, and then decorating them with sprinkles, fun designs and colorful drizzles. This recipe turns a classic dessert into a Halloween delight, making it a playful and delicious activity that the whole family can enjoy.

- Time to Make: 15 minutes

- Why Kids Will Love This: Very hands-on, enjoyable family activity