Trick or Treat Homemade Halloween Treats

Handmade trick or treat gifts are perfect for tucking in a visiting ghost’s sack or for serving your guests at a Halloween party. Creative Halloween craft ideas can spruce up snacks or create novelty Halloween gifts for handing out.

Paper Mache Presents

Blow a small balloon half full of air, then tie it off. Layer crepe paper and glue heavily over the surface (until it’s no longer transparent), leaving an opening at the top. Pop and remove the balloon, then fill with a few pieces of candy before sealing off the top with a few layers of paper.

Choose paper colors like orange, white, or black for your hollow shells; add details like jack o’ lantern faces, pointed ears and whiskers for black cats, or the ghoulish grin of a skull.

Mini Painted Pumpkins

Mini pumpkins like white Baby Boos or orange Jack Be Littles are great choices for pumpkin painting. Paint a creative face or spooky Halloween scene on the side and hand out to trick or treaters or to guests as a party favor.

Ghoulish Cookies

Use sugar cookie dough and cookie cutters to cut your favorite shapes. Press each cookie onto a small wooden skewer or wooden popsicle stick and bake. Frost each creation and add extra details with squeeze-tube icing, turning them into grinning Jack o’ Lanterns, fiendish ghosts, or scary black cats. Slide a sandwich bag over each finished cookie and tie, then hand out your “Halloween popsicles” to guests who drop by.

Creepy Party Favors

Serve party guests a ghoulish “eye-catching” treat by scooping a ball from melon, removing its center and inserting a grape sliced through the center as the “iris”. Drop one or two apiece in clear plastic serving cups filled with newly-cooked red Jell-o, chill, then serve.

Make your Halloween party a perfect occasion with the right party favors and Halloween treats. Kids won’t be able to resist your cool choices and grown-ups will find themselves looking forward to the surprises yet to come.