Halloween treats for kids who insist on helping.

Halloween treats kids can help make

• Halloween Witch Hat CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate slice-and-bake cookies, each crowned with an orange-frosted Hershey’s Kiss and a shake of Halloween sprinkles. Hat assembly is the obvious kid job. The guide
• Vegan Oreo Bat CupcakesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate sponge, Oreo buttercream, and a chocolate-covered Oreo bat on top with white chocolate eyes and wing pieces. Vegan, and nobody at the party needs to be told. The guide
• Mummy Munch Snack Mix For HalloweenEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chex coated in chocolate peanut butter and powdered sugar, tossed with candy corn and M&Ms. The pretzel mummies, drizzled in white chocolate and given candy eyeballs, are the headline act. The guide
• Halloween Bat DoughnutsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate doughnuts dipped in black candy coating, then fitted with almond-sliver ears, handmade wings, and royal icing eyes and fangs. A small production line; someone will fight for the fangs. The guide
• Halloween Monster CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Dark cocoa dough studded with chocolate chips, topped with M&M Ghoul Mix and candy monster eyes. The dough needs chilling, so it can be made ahead. The guide
• Monster DonutsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Baked in three colors — plain, orange and green — then frosted green, orange and black. Candy eyes and sprinkles let everyone build their own monster. The guide
• Halloween cake pops recipeEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Madeira cake crumbled with buttercream, rolled and chilled, then turned into bats with pretzel wings or mummies wrapped in white chocolate drizzle. Two monsters, one batch. The guide
• Halloween Ghost CupcakesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate cupcakes, vanilla buttercream, and a marshmallow ghost in white candy coating. Candy eyes supply the expression, which is usually surprise. The guide
• Halloween Spider CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Soft peanut butter cookies with a mini peanut butter cup body, eight piped chocolate legs and candy eyes. Wobbly legs only make the spiders more convincing. The guide
• Slice and Bake Candy Corn CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Yellow, orange and plain dough layered into triangular logs, chilled, sliced and baked soft. Every slice comes out with the stripes already in place. The guide
• Chocolate Monster Halloween CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate cookies with monster ambitions, as the name promises. Open the full guide for the method and the decorating details. The guide
• Easy Halloween Rice Crispy Treats RecipeEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Rice crispy bars shaped, chilled and put on lollipop sticks, then coated in colored white chocolate and finished with sprinkles and candy eyes. Decorating is the kids’ department. The guide
• Muddy Buddy Halloween Snack MixEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Two muddy buddies in one bowl — chocolate Rice Chex and white chocolate Bugles — mixed with corn chips, pretzels, Reese’s Pieces and M&Ms. Sweet, salty, very shakeable. The guide
• Chocolate Monster Sugar CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Dark cocoa sugar cookies baked on popsicle sticks, then frosted orange and dressed with candy eyes and assorted sweets. They keep in a sealed container for several days. The guide
• Baked Halloween DonutsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — A spiced batter baked in a mini donut pan, dipped in pumpkin-spiced glaze and drizzled with chocolate. Dipping and drizzling are good jobs for small helpers. The guide
• Monster Eyeball Cookie PopsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chewy chocolate chip cookie dough topped with candy eyeballs and served on lollipop sticks. About ten pops, baked in under 15 minutes. The guide
• Halloween Snack MixEasy Treats Kids Can Make — A Halloween snack mix, which makes it about the easiest thing on this list to hand to a helper. The full guide lists what goes in the bowl. The guide
• Halloween Decorated CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Deep, dark cocoa dough cut with your spookiest cutters and iced in orange, purple and green royal icing. Crisp, not too sweet, and they hold their shape. The guide
• Jack-O-Lantern Cake PopsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chocolate cake and homemade frosting rolled into balls, dipped in orange candy coating, then given chocolate faces and a green gel stem. Face duty goes to whoever asks first. The guide
• Vegan Ghost Pop TartsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Flaky pastry filled with strawberry jam, baked golden, then glazed white with black icing eyes and mouth. Dairy-free, and the expressions are entirely up to the decorator. The guide
• Cauldron Cookie CupsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Devil’s Food cake mix baked in mini muffin pans, filled with green buttercream and stirred with a pretzel stick. Sprinkles and candy eyeballs do the bubbling. The guide
• Halloween Chocolate Chip CookiesEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Classic chocolate chip dough with festive sprinkles and optional candy eyes. The dough chills for at least an hour and a half, so start early or plan a movie in between. The guide
• Frankenstein Halloween Rice Krispie TreatsEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Rice Krispie rectangles dipped in green candy melts, with icing eyes, black sprinkles and piped stitches. The recipe itself calls them fun for kids to help make. The guide
• Witch Hat Puppy Chow Snack MixEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Bugles dipped in black candy melts become tiny witch hats, then get tossed into a puppy chow of Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo-Berry. Candy pumpkins finish the brew. The guide
• Halloween puppy chow recipeEasy Treats Kids Can Make — Chex in two coats, chocolate and white chocolate, dusted with powdered sugar and loaded with candy corn and candy eyes. No-bake, so the oven can take the night off. The guide