Candy may be what the kids want most on Halloween, with a more socially distanced holiday likely on deck for everyone this year, there may be a few other ways to let kids get their sugar rush and also express their creative sides as well.

If getting the kids more involved in the kitchen but still having the Halloween spirit is important to you this year, or you’re looking for an alternative to trick-or-treating, then look no further than these seven awesome recipes that not are not only kid-friendly but also super sweet and definitely still scary enough to keep the holiday spirit alive.

3-Ingredient Ghost Halloween Cookies: These treats are not only scary and sweet but as easy as it gets. All you need are Milano sandwich cookies, melted white almond bark and mini chocolate chips and you’ll have a treat the kids will love.

Candy Corn Cobs: Candy Corn may not be everyone’s favorite treat all the time, but it gets a great twist with this fun recipe, using actual candy corn to decorate little mini corn cobs that will surprise everyone.

Dead Velvet Cake: This play on Red Velvet cake is a perfect holiday twist.

Dracula Dentures: Creepy smiles get the best treatment with this recipe, featuring teeth, fangs and bloody gums, but in a very delicious way.

Easy Monster Cookie Bars: These treats are not only delicious but so fun to make and look at when done.

Jack Skellington Candy Apples: If you or the kids are “Nightmare Before Christmas” fans, then these candy apples will be the best thing you make and eat this Halloween. Once the coating is ready, Jack Skellington faces are easy to pipe on, making them the perfect snack for a movie marathon as well.

Marshmallow Ghost Brownies: Chocolatey and delicious brownies? Check. Marshmallow ghosts that look both scary and too pretty to eat? Check. The perfect Halloween recipe for the whole family? Check.

Halloween treats for Kids
Make some Halloween treats for the kids this year.  Elsa Rincon/Pixabay
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