There’s no way around it, Halloween is going to look different this year.
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that trick-or-treaters stay home. Indoor costume parties? Pretty much out of the question.
But, the pandemic doesn’t have to suck all of the sweetness out of the holiday — you still can whip up desserts that are more treat than trick with these delicious recipes. Enjoy them yourself, or share them with your quaranteam, to make Halloween 2020 a little less spooky.
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
PUMPKIN PHATTY CAKES
These treats, made using a recipe from former Cakes & Ale pastry chef Cynthia Wong, have the scrumptious autumn touch of tender, pumpkin cookies, filled with almond mascarpone cream. The batter, cookies and filling can be made ahead of time, for super fast and easy assembling, come Halloween night, to treat kids and adults alike. They can be baked as simple drop cookies, or in sheets of individual silicone pumpkin molds, available at Target stores.
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
PEANUT BUTTER EYEBALLS
A creamy cookie that is a favorite of many hosts, including J.J. Griffin, this recipe adds a little crunch from rice cereal. You can make colored irises per the instructions below, or do as Griffin does, and leave a little of the cookie exposed by dipping it into the white chocolate using a toothpick to hold the cookie and don’t completely coat it. She then takes the top of a food coloring bottle and presses it in to make a tinted circular impression.
Adapted from a recipe by Gale Gand for the American Association of Orthodontists
Credit: Henri Hollis
Credit: Henri Hollis
TOENAIL MACAROONS
These taste better than they look!
Adapted from “The Monster’s Cookbook: Everyday Recipes for the Living, Dead and Undead.”
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