Easy Halloween Treats with 4 ingredients or less: Monster Eyeballs, Witch’s Hats, Witch’s Brooms, and Bat Bites. Simple, tasty, no baking needed.

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Easy Halloween Treats

Get ready for Halloween with these super simple treats!

These festive snacks are cute, fun, and quick to make with just four ingredients or less.

Serve up Monster Eyeballs that stare right back, Witch’s Hats that are hard to resist, and Witch’s Brooms perfect for any Halloween witch-in-training. Don’t forget the Bat Bites—they’re sure to be a hit!

So let’s get started — these easy and fun recipes are sure to be the highlight of your Halloween party!

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Easy Halloween Treats Ingredient Breakdown

Here’s a rundown of all the ingredients for these treats, along with handy hints for each:

  • Oreo Thins Cookies: Use the chocolate-crème variety for a sleek look for witch hats and bat wings. For bat bites, stick to the THIN Oreos; regular ones are too heavy for Reese’s cups.
  • Cream Cheese Frosting: Homemade is best for rich flavor, but store-bought from the bakery section is fine too. Regular tub varieties work as well.
  • White Chocolate: Choose a high-quality brand for the best melt and taste.
  • Chocolate Candy Kisses: Try “Hugs” for a fun twist on witch hats.
  • Food Coloring: Gel-based colors give the brightest, vivid results.
  • Halloween Sprinkles: Look for seasonal sprinkles in stores or online.
  • Reese’s Miniature Cups: Use a fresh pack to avoid cracking. Chill them before use to keep them firm.
  • Pretzel Sticks and Pretzel Twists: Use twists for monster eyes and miniature sticks for witch’s brooms.
  • Pull-Apart Twizzlers: Fresh packs are best for soft and pliable Twizzlers.
  • Rolos: Use fresh Rolos to avoid crumbling when baked.
  • M&M’s Candies: Seasonal packs are great, but regular ones work too; sort by color if needed.
  • Edible Candy Eyeballs: Choose miniature for bats and larger ones for monster eyeballs. An assorted size pack works well for various treats.

Quick Tip

Looking for edible eyes? Check the baking aisle at local grocery stores or craft stores like Hobby Lobby and JoAnn’s. Online shopping is also a great option. 

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Tips For Success

  • Preparation: Set out all ingredients before you start to quickly assemble each treat.
  • Chilling: If candies get melty, chill easy halloween treats in the fridge.
  • Piping: Use a zipper-top plastic bag with a tiny cut in the corner if you don’t have a piping bag.
  • Handling Oreos: Gently separate Oreos for Bat Bites using a table knife to avoid crumbling.
  • Monitor the Oven: Watch Rolos closely when softening on pretzels—aim to soften, not melt.
  • Assembly Line: For large batches, lay out all Oreos and do all piping, adding kisses, and sprinkling in one go for efficiency.
  • Get the Kids Involved: Kids can help with unwrapping, sprinkling, and placing candies.
Overhead image of the monster eyeballs

Fun Presentation Ideas

  • Spooky Platters: Use platters covered with fake spider webs. Place treats on parchment paper or in cupcake liners.
  • Edible Graveyard: Crumbled chocolate cookies as “dirt,” with Witch’s Hats and gummy worms for a creepy touch.
  • Haunted Cupcake Stand: Decorate a cupcake stand with orange and black ribbons, spider webs, or Halloween stickers. Place treats on parchment paper or in cupcake liners.
  • Cauldron Bowls: Serve treats in small cauldrons with green cotton candy at the base to mimic a witch’s potion.
  • Glowing Display: Line a tray with white parchment paper and use small LED lights underneath for a mysterious glow.
  • Mummy Wrap: Wrap easy Halloween treats in small boxes with white streamers and add googly eyes.
  • Candy Corn Layers: Layer candy corn in a clear glass bowl and place treats on top for a festive look.

Variations

Get creative! Try different Oreo flavors, frosting, sprinkles, candy, or add Halloween-themed decorations like candy spiders.

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Easy Halloween Treats

Whip up spooky fun with these Easy Halloween Treats! With 4 ingredients or less, make Monster Eyeballs, Witch's Hats, Witch's Brooms, and Bat Bites—no baking required!
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 10 or however many you want to assemble/make

Equipment

  • resealable plastic bags
  • large sheet pan,
  • Parchment paper

Ingredients 
 

Witch's Hats

Witch's Brooms

Bat Bites

Monster Eyes

  • Pretzel snaps or twists not straight pretzels
  • Rolos unwrapped
  • M&M’s in Halloween colors
  • Large candy eyeballs

Instructions 

  • Witch's Hats: Divide frosting into two bowls. Dye one bowl green and the other orange. Transfer each colored frosting to separate resealable plastic bags. Remove air, seal, and snip off a corner. Pipe a generous dollop of frosting in the middle of each Oreo cookie. Gently press an unwrapped chocolate kiss into the frosting. Optionally, add sprinkles around the frosting base.
  • Witch's Brooms: Turn Reese’s Cups upside down. Push a pretzel stick into the center of each cup. Pull apart Twizzlers and cut each strand into thirds. Wrap one piece around the pretzel where it meets the Reese's cup, secure, and trim the excess.
  • Bat Bites: Unwrap each Reese’s Cup. Separate Oreo cookies and scrape off the cream. Break each Oreo in half to form bat wings (be patient here; a lot will break!) Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave in bursts of 25 seconds, stirring between each burst until melted and smooth. Transfer to a resealable plastic bag, snip off a corner, and pipe small dots on the Reese’s for the bat wings. Attach one Oreo half to each side of the Reese’s Cup to resemble wings. Pipe a small amount of chocolate below the wings and secure candy eyeballs to the Reese’s Cup.
  • Monster Eyes: Preheat oven to 250°F. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper. Arrange pretzels on the sheet and place an unwrapped Rolo on each. Bake for 2–4 minutes, or until the chocolates are soft but not melted. Immediately after removing from the oven, press M&M’s and large edible eyeballs into the Rolos. Let candies set at room temperature or in the fridge for about an hour or until the chocolate hardens.

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Recipe Notes

Oreo THINS cookies: Stick to the THIN Oreos; their thicker counterparts are a bit too heavy for the Reese’s cups.
Reese’s Miniature Cups: A quick tip: Chill these in the fridge prior to use to keep them firm and prevent melting or smudging during assembly.
Edible candy eyeballs: Size matters. Aim for miniature eyes for bats and the larger variety for monster eyeballs. This assorted size pack is perfect when making multiple of these easy Halloween Treats!
Nutrition Note: Nutrition information is not provided because of the wide variance of ingredients and quantities.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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26 Comments

  1. Jenny says:

    5 stars
    You did a great job explaining ingredients & how to assemble treats. Great website!
    Thank you for taking the time to do this for us.

    1. Chelsea says:

      Thanks so much Jenny!

  2. Jenny says:

    5 stars
    You did a great job explaining ingredients & how to assemble treats. Probably one of the most comprehensive & easy to understand websites. Thank you for taking the time to do this for us.

  3. Cheon myers says:

    These are too cute

    1. Chelsea says:

      Thank you so much! 🙂