Cupcake Haunted Houses

So here are the Cupcake Haunted Houses that the girls made at Activity Night last night.  They came out really cute!  The idea and instructions come from the cookbook “What’s New Cupcake” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson.  The instructions are long, they take up 3 full pages in their cookbook, and I just don’t … Continue reading

Ghost Cupcakes

I’ve got a quick and easy Halloween treat idea for you.  I found these Reynolds shaped baking cups at either Target or Walmart; there are 24 of them and they are ghost shaped.  Mix up a cake mix, any kind, (I did a yellow cake mix and mixed ghost, pumpkin and bat shaped sprinkles, which … Continue reading

Candy Cake

I made this cake for dessert for the fam and all the nieces and nephews visiting.  The recipe comes from the October 21, 2011 issue of “All You” magazine.  It would be a great way to use up some leftover Halloween candy in a couple of weeks! cake: 3 1/2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking … Continue reading

Halloween Cinnamon and Sugar Chips

These are already on the blog called Sugar Chips under Appetizers and Desserts along with a recipe for Fruit Salsa from my friend Tesla but I was thinking how cute they would be in Halloween shapes for my Glitter Toes Party so I experimented and the experiment went pretty well.  Here’s how to do it! … Continue reading

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes for the Sunday School class.  Recipe from “Real Simple”, they send me emails with recipes and stuff.  These were so cute!  And even the teenagers who didn’t like pumpkin ate them! 1 (18.5 oz) box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients to make cupcakes) 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree … Continue reading

Halloween Treat Ideas

Tomorrow night is our neighborhood Halloween party and I signed up to bring treats so I spent half the day today in the kitchen having fun and creating Halloween goodies.  These are all pretty easy to do so I thought I ‘d share them with you all in case you need some Halloween yummies for … Continue reading