Mummy Oreo Suckers

Because, really... isn't everything better on a stick?  Heck yeah!  And how cute are these little mummy heads?  I just loved them.  

We gobbled up our Mummy Twinkie Pops (holy smokes, were they good!)  And we wanted to do another fun mummy treat this Halloween so we decided on these.  

Mummy Oreo Suckers

Source: How Does She?

* Oreos (double stuffed Oreos work best)

* White Chocolate

* sticks

* candy eyes

Melt some of the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.  

Separate your Oreos.  Dip the end of the stick into the white chocolate and place on top of the Oreo frosting.  Place the other cookie on top and freeze for about 10 minutes.  This makes sure the top doesn't plop off in the chocolate.

Melt the white chocolate and dip each Oreo into it.  Make sure you completely cover the Oreos.  Let it harden.

Melt more of the white chocolate in a small ziplock bag.  Snip off the corner and drizzle lines over your Oreos for the mummy stripes.  Add candy eyes before the chocolate hardens.

What do you think?  Totally cure and super easy.  (I like that combination!)

 

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Mummy Twinkie Pops

What do you think of Twinkies?  I think people either love them or hate them.  I love them.  I'm not sure why.  If I think about it too long I start to question my love of spongy yellow cake and frosting. So I don't think about it for too long =o)  For awhile, years ago, they made chocolate covered twinkies.  They were awesome.  Choco-diles I think they were called.  But then they disappeared like so many awesome things (Can you say Space Sticks?  Awesome.  Now gone.)

 

These aren't exactly Choco-diles (since they are made with white chocolate) but holy smokes.  Let's review this, shall we?  White chocolate.  Twinkies.  Whoo hoo!

 

I found this super cute idea on the blog Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.  LOVE that site!  Kristan has so many amazing recipes!

 

Mummy Twinkie Pops

Source: Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

 

* Twinkies

* White chocolate (I use Guittard because it's the best) =o)

* candy eyes

* sticks

I've decided I love these candy eyes!

 

Pretty simple so far, right?

 

Melt a little bit of the white chocolate in the microwave and cover about 1/3 of the stick with it.  Insert the stick into the Twinkie and place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper.
 

 

Freeze for about 15 minutes to set the chocolate.

 

Dip each Twinkie into the white chocolate.  Make sure the entire Twinkie is covered.  Place back onto cookie sheet and freeze for about 15 minutes.

 

To make the mummy stripes, I put more of the white chocolate in a small baggy and melted.  Snip off the corner of the baggie and make lines across the Twinkies.  Add candy eyes and viola!  Mummy Twinkie Pops. 
 

 

Super cute, right?

 

You can place them in small, individual plastic bags to give as gifts.  Who wouldn't love a Mummy Twinkie Pop?!

 

 

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Candy Corn Cookies

I can't believe it's the middle of October and I haven't even posted a Halloween recipe or crafts yet. Ugh. Life is a little overwhelming right now but I've decided to kick it into gear and get my Halloween on.  So the first Halloween recipe for this year is for Candy Corn Cookies.  Aren't they just adorable?!?!  I love the look of candy corn.  It just screams Halloween to me =o)

I got the recipe from my Mom's blog, Wives with Knives.  She made these 2 years ago and I have wanted to make them ever since. 

Candy Corn Cookies

Source: Wives with Knives

* 1 cup butter, softened

* 1 cup sugar

* 1 egg

* 2 Tbsp. orange juice

* 2 tsp. orange zest

* 1/8 tsp. salt

* 3 cups flour

* 1/2 tsp. baking soda

* orange gel food coloring

* yellow gel food coloring

* sanding sugar

(Note - I didn't add the orange juice or zest to my cookies because I didn't think my kids would like the orange flavor too much.  Nah, who am I kidding.  I didn't think I would like the orange flavor.)  So I added 2 tsp. vanilla in their place.)

In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add the egg and orange juice and zest (or vanilla) and mix well.  Combine flour, salt and baking soda and add to butter mixture.  Mix well.

Divide the dough into 3 equal parts.  Add yellow food coloring to one part, yellow to one part and leave the third part "normal".  Make sure you use enough of the food coloring gel to make the colors vibrant because they will fade during baking.

Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.  Press the uncolored dough evenly into pan.  Follow with the orange dough and then the yellow dough. 

Fold the parchment paper over the dough and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

When dough is thoroughly chilled, remove dough and parchment paper from the loaf pan. 

Slice into 1/4 inch slices and cut into triangles.

I just love this sanding sugar.  It gives the cookies a yummy crunch and makes them sparkly.  And who doesn't love sparkly???

Dip one side in sugar and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 7 - 9 minutes.

My pictures aren't nearly as adorable as my Mom's, but I thought the cookies were totally cute.  And they were delicious!  Totally dangerous in my house.  They are small, maybe 2 bite cookies and it was easy to eat 5 of them before even realizing it.  At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Enjoy!

 

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Don't forget to check out our other fun Halloween ideas...
Homemade Candy Corn
Candy Corn Kiss Cookies
 Homemade Butterfinger Candy Bars (made with candy corn)
 Corn Husk Cookies
 

Stained Glass Candy AKA: Homemade Jolly Ranchers

I'm not sure what the "official" name of this candy is. It totally depends on which website you look at. The site that I found called it Stained Glass Candy. My daughter said "wait a minute. These are Jolly Ranchers." (She's a genius.) =o)

This is the recipe we used for our Broken Glass Cupcakes (which were a huge hit.)

Stained Glass Candy
Source: CooksRecipes.com
* 4 cups sugar
* 1 3/4 cups light corn syrup
* 1 cup water
* food coloring (if desired)
* 1 Tbsp. flavor extract OR 1 tsp. flavored oil

Line a large baking sheet with tin foil and either spray with a light coating of non-stick cooking spray or dust lightly with powdered sugar.

In a large pan add the sugar, corn syrup and water.  Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.  Turn heat up to high and let boil (without stirring) until temperature reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer.


Immediately remove from heat and stir in flavoring and food coloring.

Pour into prepared pans and let cool.


(We used raspberry flavoring but didn't put any food coloring in the batch for our cupcakes to make  it look like actual glass.)


When candy has hardened, break into small pieces and roll in powdered sugar. 

This part is important because if you don't roll them in powdered sugar, they will all stick together.  Unless, of course, you use them for the Broken Glass Cupcakes.  Then just break them up and stick them in cupcakes.




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Pumpkin Carving: I Wish I Could Do That

Happy Halloween

If I had a ton of free time and wasn't working and raising two kids on my own, I would take a pumpkin carving class. Do they have those??? Well, they should. Because if they did I would take them and do amazing things like these.

Spider Man

ET

This one's great!

Gizmo

Totally cool eye

Jack

This is absolutely amazing!

Smile Face

Bulldog

Apple

WOW!

Winnie the Pooh

Bulldog

Frankenstein

Hamburger

Super cool, right?  We will be sticking with the basic triangle eyes, nose and a mouth.  =o)

Happy Halloween!

A Fun Halloween Meal for the Kids: Puking Pumpkins

I'm totally having fun with this whole fun food for dinner Saturday night. I love seeing my kid's faces when I put their plate on the table. I love hearing "no way. Great job, Mom." It makes my entire day!

And how could I not make this for Halloween?!?! I'm not sure where I saw it. A Heart Full of Love made stuffed pepper jack 'o lanterns but they were a little different.  Taste of Home also did something similar, but different.  But I knew my kids would love this idea.  I mean really, which wouldn't love a pumpkin barfing up spaghetti???  My son had me "fill 'er up" four times!

They were really easy.  We used orange peppers and carved little faces in them.  Then we made spaghetti and filled them up.  Take a fork or a knife and pull some of the noodles out through the mouth.  And voila!  Puking pumpkins.

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