Halloween Donuts, an easy and delicious Halloween treat. These Halloween Donuts are perfect for any ghoulish gatherings and parties you have planned for Halloween!
I am all about easy and fun Halloween treats and these donuts are no different!
With a few ingredients and a bunch of donuts (yumm!) you can have a variety of fun Halloween themed donuts!
For more easy Halloween Treats:
Halloween is right around the corner and I love making these fun and easy Halloween Donuts as a quick festive treat!
How to make Monster Donuts:
- Melt your candy melts
- Dip your donuts
- Place your eyes
- Sprinkle with sprinkles
How to make Frankenstein’s Monster Donuts:
- Melt your candy melts
- Dip your donuts
- Place your eyes
- Pipe on the hair
- Pipe on the stitches
How to make Mummy Donuts:
- Melt your candy melts
- Add a little melted candy melt to the back of each eye and place them on the donut
- Pipe on the bandages- I like to start around the eyes and then criss cross the bandages
How to make Dracula Donuts:
- Wash and dry the vampire teeth
- Halfway close the vampire teeth and press them into the center of the glazed donuts.
- Place a little bit of gel on the back of the edible eyes and press them onto the donut.
- Pipe on the hair
- Pipe on a little red edible gel around the teeth.
How to make Spider Web Donuts:
- Melt your candy melts
- Pipe concentric circles with the candy melts onto the donut
- Take a toothpick or skewer and drag it from the center of the circles outward.
Black frosting? From scratch vs store bought.
I've used both. They both work well and taste fine. If you make black frosting from scratch simply make my chocolate frosting and add black food gel to it.
Store bought black frosting can be found in the baking isle or the cake decorating isle and comes in a tube. You will probably need several tubes to decorate these.
You can also use some edible black gel (found in the same place as the black frosting) for the stitches but just remember the edible gel doesn't harden making it have the potential for more mess.
What are the piping tip sizes that I use?
- Size 8 writing tip for the Frankenstein and Dracula Hair
- Size 3 writing tip for the Frankenstein stitches
- Size 104 petal tip for the Mummy wrappings
How to melt candy melts:
Place candy melts in a microwave safe bowl with 1 tablespoons refined coconut oil or shortening. Microwave for 30 seconds at 50% power, stir and repeat until melted.
If it's not smooth enough add in more coconut oil/shortening 1 teaspoon at a time until you get the consistency you want.
There is a point where you've microwaved the melts too much and they burn and become crumbly and are past the point of use, that's why I recommend only microwaving inf 30 second interval.
I've noticed different brands and even different microwaves can melt the candies differently.
Which Halloween Donut is your favorite? Let me know in the comment below!
For more Halloween treats:
- Halloween Party Recipes
- Black Cat Cookies
- Witches Brew Cocktail
- Cauldron Cocktail
- Halloween Popcorn Balls
- Mummy Rice Crispy Treats
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Easy Halloween Donuts
Halloween Donuts, an easy and delicious spooky Halloween treat. These Halloween Donuts are perfect for any ghoulish gatherings and parties you have planned for Halloween!
Ingredients
Monster Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- ½ Dozen Filled Glazed Donuts
- 6 oz Purple Candy melts
- 6 oz Green Candy Melts
- 2-4 tbs refined coconut oil or shortening
- Candy Eyes various sizes
- Sprinkles of choice
Frankenstein Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- 2-4 tbs refined coconut oil or shortening
- 6 oz Green Candy Melts
- 12 Candy Eyes
- 1-2 cups Black Frosting
Mummy Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- 2-6 tbs refined coconut oil or shortening
- 12 oz Bright White Candy Melts
- 12 Candy Eyes
Dracula Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- 1-2 cups Black Frosting
- 12 Candy Eyes
- 6 Plastic Fangs
- Red Decorating Food Gel
Spiderweb Donuts
- ½ Dozen Chocolate Frosted Donuts
- 6 oz Bright White Candy Melts or 1 cup white frosting
- 2-4 tbs refined coconut oil (only needed if using candy melts) or shortening
Additional Items
- Piping Bags
- #104 Piping Tip
- #8 Piping Tip
- #3 Piping Tip
- Refined Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Line 1 or 2 baking sheets with parchment paper- set aside.
For the Monster Donuts:
- Melt your purple and green colored candy melts with 1 tbs coconut oil or shortening each. I recommend heating for 30 seconds in the microwave at 50% power, stirring, and repeat until melted. You can even take it out of the microwave when there are still a few lumps and let is sit for about a minute then stir. The residual heat should melt the remaining candy melts. If the candy melts are still too thick stir in more coconut oil 1 teaspoon at a time until you reach your desired consistency. If the candy melts are still too thick stir in more coconut oil 1 teaspoon at a time until your reach your desired consistency. You don’t want to overheat the candy melts and cause it to burn and get clumpy.
- Dip your donuts face down into the candy melts and then press on the eyes and sprinkle with sprinkles. Then set onto the prepared baking sheet.
For the Frankenstein Monster Donuts:
- Melt your green candy melts and 1 tbs coconut oil or shortening. I recommend heating for 30 seconds in the microwave at 50% power, stirring, and repeat until melted. You can even take it out of the microwave when there are still a few lumps and let is sit for about a minute then stir. The residual heat should melt the remaining candy melts. If the candy melts are still too thick stir in more coconut oil 1 teaspoon at a time until your reach your desired consistency. You don’t want to overheat the candy melts and cause it to burn and get clumpy.
- Dip your donuts face down into the candy melts and place on lined baking sheet. Press on the eyes. Then allow dipped donuts to dry (about 3-5 minutes). While drying divide black frosting between two piping bags, one bag with the #8 writing tip and the other with the #3 writing tip. You will need more frosting in the bag with the #8 tip.
- Pipe on the hair using the #8 tip.
- Pipe on the mouth and stitches using the #3 piping tip.
For Mummy Donuts
- Melt your white candy melts and 1 tbs coconut oil or shortening. I recommend heating for 30 seconds in the microwave at 50% power, stirring, and repeat until melted. You can even take it out of the microwave when there are still a few lumps and let is sit for about a minute then stir. The residual heat should melt the remaining candy melts. If the candy melts are still too thick stir in more coconut oil 1 teaspoon at a time until your reach your desired consistency. You don’t want to overheat the candy melts and cause it to burn and get clumpy.If using white frosting instead of candy melts no need to heat just skip to next step.
- Pour candy melts (or frosting) into a piping bag with the #104 piping tip. Place a little melted candy melt on the back of the eyes and place them on the donut.
- Then pipe on the white candy melts in strips across the donut to make the bandages. I like to start with two lines around the eyes and then criss cross the bandages from there on out.
For Dracula Donuts
- Halfway close the teeth and press them into the center of the glazed donuts.
- Place a little bit of gel on the back of the edible eyes and press them onto the donut.
- Pipe on the hair using the black frosting in a piping bag with the #8 piping tip.
- Pipe on a little red edible gel around the teeth.
For the Spider Web Donuts:
- Melt your white candy melts and 1 tbs coconut oil or shortening. I recommend heating for 30 seconds in the microwave at 50% power, stirring, and repeat until melted. You can even take it out of the microwave when there are still a few lumps and let is sit for about a minute then stir. The residual heat should melt the remaining candy melts. If the candy melts are still too thick stir in more coconut oil 1 teaspoon at a time until your reach your desired consistency. You don’t want to overheat the candy melts and cause it to burn and get clumpy.
- Pour into a piping bag with the #3 piping tip.
- Pipe concentric circles onto the donut. Then take a toothpick or skewer and drag it from the center of the circles outward.
Notes
Lisa’s Tips and Tricks
For melting the candy melts:
- Place candy melts in a microwave safe bowl with 2 tablespoons refined coconut oil. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until melted.
- By melted I mean kind of stiff and hard to stir- probably not smooth and runny. Then add in more coconut oil 1 tbs at a time until you get the consistency you want.
- Some times I've added 4 or 6 tablespoons to get the candy melts liquid enough. There is a point where you've microwaved the melts too much and they burn and become crumbly and are past the point of use, that's why I recommend only microwaving inf 30 second interval.
- I've noticed different brands and even different microwaves can melt the candies differently.
Mummy Donuts:
You want the candy melts to be on the slightly thicker side because you want it to look like strips of bandages.If the candy melts are too liquid and thin the candy melt mummy bandages will just blend together.
Black Frosting:
You can make your own from scratch using my chocolate buttercream recipe and adding black food gel or buy several tubes of premade black frosting from the store.Nutrition
Serving: 1DonutCalories: 200kcal
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Post updated on 10/8/2020
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