Modern Mountain Baking Company - October 2, 2024
Top Fun & Festive Halloween Dessert Recipes
PREPARE YOUR TASTE BUDS FOR A SPINE-TINGLING ADVENTURE AS WE UNEARTH THE MOST WICKEDLY DELICIOUS HALLOWEEN DESSERT RECIPES FROM THE FAR CORNERS OF THE WEB.
Welcome, fellow epicurean explorers, to the ultimate Halloween dessert extravaganza! As the air turns crisp and leaves rustle underfoot, our kitchens come alive with the tantalizing aroma of sweet treats and spooky delights. Halloween, a time of enchantment and culinary creativity, has inspired bakers and dessert enthusiasts from around the world to conjure up the most delightful and devilish confections imaginable.
In our quest for the most bewitching Halloween desserts, we've scoured the vast corners of the internet, collecting recipes that are as diverse as the creatures that go bump in the night. From spooky cupcakes that vanish on your tongue to spellbinding cookies that cast a sugary enchantment, our curated selection encompasses the full spectrum of Halloween indulgence. Picture sinfully rich chocolate cakes, and desserts so eye-catching they could charm even the most discerning witches and wizards
But our dessert adventure isn't limited to traditional sweets. No, we've ventured into the haunted realms of innovative concoctions, where flavors dance like witches around a cauldron. Imagine savoring pumpkin-infused delicacies that embody the essence of autumn or biting into a decadent dessert that surprises with unexpected, spine-tingling spices.
So, gather 'round the dessert table, summon your sweet-toothed spirits, and prepare to be enchanted by our top picks for fun and festive Halloween desserts. Let the indulgence begin, and may your Halloween celebrations be as magical and delectable as the most enchanted potion, brewed with love, creativity, and a dash of Halloween magic. Happy haunting and even happier feasting!
Black Velvet Cupcakes
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These Black Velvet Cupcakes are a spooky twist on the southern classic red velvet cake! These cupcakes are unbelievably tender, fluffy, and moist; and full of a deep, rich black cocoa flavor and subtle hints of vanilla. Topped with a lusciously tangy black cocoa cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes are frightfully delicious!
Black Cocoa Brownies
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These black cocoa brownies are made with black cocoa powder and decorated with super easy marshmallow spiderwebs for a fun, spooky Halloween treat that both kids and adults will love!
Spooky Ghost Chocolate Cheesecake
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This decadent chocolate cheesecake with spooky ghosts on top is the perfect Halloween treat! It is made with black cocoa which gives it a deep cocoa color and a rich chocolate flavor. This spooky dessert is a chocolate lovers dream come true!
Trick-or-Treat Ghost Cake Pops
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These Trick-Or-Treat Ghost Cake Pops are a deliciously adorable addition to any Halloween spread. Made from crumbled cake mixed, frosting, and candy coating, these Trick-Or-Treat Ghost Cake Pops are the perfect, easy, make-ahead addition to your Halloween celebration.
Ruffled Pumpkin Milk Pie
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This ode to a classic Greek galatopita, or milk pie, will knock the socks off your friends who order pumpkin-spice everything. It's also the ideal project to start with if you're new to baking with phyllo: you simply brush sheets of it with clarified butter, scrunch them into accordion-like shapes, and arrange them in a spiral in the pan.
Layered Pumpkin Chocolate Scones
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I declare these layered pumpkin chocolate scones the official scones of Halloween! The orange and black combo is perfect and all natural thanks to pumpkin puree and black cocoa powder. Keep reading for lots of step-by-step photos and all my usual scone tips.
Ghosts in the Graveyard Halloween Dessert Shooters
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Chocolaty, single-serving-sized, made-from-scratch Ghosts in the Graveyard Treats. These are a perfect Halloween dessert made with an easy no-bake chocolate cheesecake filling and Oreo Cookie crumbs! Top them off with cookie “tombstones” and whipped cream “ghosts”!
Double Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins
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Happy fall in the northern hemisphere! These beautiful & delicious marbled Double Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins are the best way to kick off the season! They're like a combination of my black velvet cupcakes swirled with tasty pumpkin bread.
Black Velvet Cake
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This wickedly decadent Black Velvet Cake with Marshmallow Spiderweb is made with rich black cocoa and smooth black cocoa buttercream. A frightful tangle of sticky marshmallow spiderweb, fosters the eerie candy spider egg sacks that top this stunning and deliciously spooky black velvet cake!
Easy Candy Corn Halloween Brownies Recipe
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It’s October which means it’s almost Halloween. Where has this year gone? Like every year, life seems to keep speeding up as I get older. Days run into weeks that run into months and it sometimes can turn into one big blurp. I think that’s just what happens in life but more so when you have children. School days run into children’s parties that run into weekend activities or lessons.
Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
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These chocolate pumpkin cupcakes are moist chocolate cupcakes that are made with black cocoa powder. They're then topped with a pumpkin buttercream frosting that tastes just like pumpkin pie filling!
Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes
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These Mini Candy Corn Cheesecakes are easy to make and such a fun Halloween dessert! If you’re looking for Halloween party food ideas, these are perfect for sharing.
Pumpkin Dump Cake
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PUMPKIN DUMP CAKE is an EASY pumpkin recipe that will quickly become your go-to fall dessert! It’s made with yellow cake mix, which is a great shortcut.
Halloween Sprinkle Cookies With Black Cocoa
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Soft and fudgy chocolate sprinkle cookies made with festive black cocoa powder and holiday sprinkles. Add a few candy eyeballs to these chocolate cookies post-bake for an extra fun Halloween cookie!
Chocolate Spiderweb Cheesecake (No Bake)
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This Chocolate Spiderweb Cheesecake is not only a fantastically creepy Halloween treat, but it's also the ultimate chocolate cheesecake indulgence! That's what Halloween is all about after all - tricks and treats! I've gone all out chocolate in this cheesecake with a chocolate biscuit base, a creamy chocolate no bake filling, and on top is a dreamy dark chocolate ganache and a white chocolate "spiderweb" pattern.
Black Cocoa Halloween Layer Cake
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Looking for the perfect Halloween cake?? Look no further than this black cocoa cake covered in black cocoa buttercream and topped with marshmallow spiderwebs and ghost meringues!
Halloween Hot Chocolate
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This rich Halloween hot chocolate is a spooky version of a classic hot cocoa. Perfect for a brisk trick-or-treat night or Halloween party, this version uses black cocoa powder for an ultra-dark version that tastes like Oreo cookies.
Bleeding Black Cupcakes – Halloween Cupcakes
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These Bleeding Black Cupcakes are delicious, black chocolate cupcakes filled with a rose flavored white chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate buttercream, tinted black. They are so much fun to make and eat!
Halloween Witch Finger Cookies
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Spooky Halloween Witch Finger Cookies are a classic Halloween party treat! Delicious buttery cookies are topped with almond fingernails that are dripping with raspberry jam blood.
Spooky Spider Cupcakes
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Looking for a new Halloween recipe for some festive fun at your next fall event? These super fun, black cocoa spider cupcakes are loaded with Modern Mountain’s black cocoa powder in both the cupcake, and the chocolate frosting. Topped with a creepy spider with very long legs, these black cocoa cupcakes make the most perfect Halloween treat!
A Spooky Black Velvet Cake Recipe for Halloween
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In honor of the spookiest season of all, I’ve whipped up a cake recipe that’s sure to satisfy all the Halloween lovers: black velvet. The cake layers are pitch black, super moist and decadent, naturally colored, and taste just like the delicious shell of an Oreo cookie! Paired with my favorite black buttercream recipe and lambeth piping, this black velvet cake is a real stunner.
Black Cookies with Black Cocoa, Butterscotch & Espresso
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These Black Cookies made with Black Cocoa, Butterscotch & Espresso are more for me than for the kids if I’m honest, but Halloween is for grown ups too! Also, the kids love them anyway which is ok because i do sneak eat a lot of their Halloween candy. 😉
Ghost & Mummy Halloween Pretzels
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These ghost and mummy Halloween pretzels are perfect for Halloween celebrations! Salty-sweet combination of pretzels and white chocolate is simply delicious! Cuteness overload with a bit of spookiness – pretzels treats at it’s best!
Candy Corn and White Chocolate Blondies
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Candy Corn White Chocolate Blondies — These white chocolate blondies are studded with candy corn. They’re the perfect Halloween dessert recipe that kids and adults alike go crazy for!