Halloween Donuts {Spider, Monster, Mummy, Cat, Bat, Ghost}

Learn how to make quick and easy Halloween donuts in the form of spider, monster, mummy, cat, bat and ghost with simple ingredients like sprinkles, candies, crushed Oreos and melted chocolate. Fun for kids parties.

While eating snacks and candies during movie night, an idea struck which led to kiddo and I making these spooky treats. Let me know if you have any more ideas that we can try making next time. We had such an awesome time! These would also be a fun edible craft to do with kids in their schools and classes during this time of the year. If you need more party ideas, then check out this Easy Owl Cake (And Kids Halloween Party) as well as this collection of Easy Halloween Desserts {Cute & Spooky}.

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• Key ingredients
• How to make spider donuts?
• How to make ghost donuts?
• How to make mummy donuts?
• How to make cat donuts?
• How to make bat donuts?
• How to make monster donuts?
• How to make mini zombie donuts?
• Variations
• Tips and techniques
• Storage
• More Halloween desserts
• Recipe

Key ingredients

• Donuts- These can be homemade or store-bought. Make sure they are not glazed so that you can glaze and decorate accordingly.
• Candies- You will need a variety and lots of candy eyeballs.
• Oreos- You will need some that are whole and some that need to be crushed into crumbs.
• Melted chocolate- Depending on the donut design you want, you will need to use either melted white chocolate or melted semisweet chocolate. Almond bark, chocolate chips or candy melts all work well.
• Pocky sticks- If you can't find these, you can use big pretzel rods.

How to make spider donuts?

1. Make spider legs- Drop spoonful of melted chocolate on sheet of wax paper and stick 3 chocolate pocky sticks on either sides.
2. Add the spider body- By placing a chocolate glazed donut on top of the legs.
3. Add texture- By covering the whole donut in Oreo crumbs.
4. Add eyes- Use melted chocolate to stick candy eyeballs.

How to make ghost donuts?

1. Cover donut- In powdered sugar.
2. Add eyes- By pushing 2 chocolate chips on the top.

How to make mummy donuts?

1. Glaze donut- In white glaze or melted white chocolate or white ganache. Fill hole in center too.
2. Create strips- By drizzling melted chocolate randomly all over the donut.
3. Add eyes- By sticking candy eyeballs near the top.

How to make cat donuts?

1. Coat donut- In chocolate glaze and cover completely in Oreo crumbs.
2. Add features- By using candy corns for ears, eyeball candies for eyes, edible grass candy for whiskers and an orange m&m for nose.

How to make bat donuts?

1. Make wings- By splitting open an Oreo and removing the cream. Break one in half and place on sheet of wax paper.
2. Secure wings- With a big spoonful of melted chocolate.
3. Add body- By placing glazed donut that's been covered in Oreo crumbs on top of the melted chocolate.
4. Stick features- Use eyeball candies for eyes and candy corns for the teeth or fangs.

How to make monster donuts?

1. Coat donut- In melted white chocolate.
2. Give texture- By tossing some spooky sprinkles.
3. Add crazy hair- Use a knife to cut only a quarter way near the top of the donut and push licorice ropes in here.
4. Add an eye in center- Use a large eyeball gummy candy.

How to make mini zombie donuts?

1. Coat mini donuts- In powdered sugar.
2. Add Twizzler or licorice rope hair- On top of the donut by making a small cut there.
3. Add nose in center- Use a big gum ball.
4. Add eyeballs- Use a black edible marker to draw details on two m&m candies and stick them above the nose.
5. Add mouth- Stick a black sprinkle below the nose.

Variations

• Fresh homemade donuts vs. Store-bough donuts- Either can be used. Just make sure they are not glazed so you can decorate them any way you like. Try my Baked Apple Cider Donuts (Cake) or these Jelly Filled Donuts (Sufagniyot) or even these Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts (With Cake Mix).
• Vampire- Add fake plastic teeth and eyeballs.
• Spider web- Made by piping melted chocolate in a cobweb pattern. Follow my tutorial on Easy Spider Web Cupcakes {With Chocolate} if you have never attempted this before.
• Eyeball- Simply add a large gum ball candy eyeball in the center and draw a pupil and veins if you like with black and red frosting or edible markers.
• Frankenstein- Dip donuts in green glaze or green melted chocolate and add black Twizzlers or sprinkles for hair, and use melted dark chocolate to add stitches and facial features. Use mini Rolos for the ears.
• Jack-o-lantern or pumpkin donut- Dip in orange icing or melted orange chocolate and draw facial details with with melted dark chocolate.
• Get creative- With the variety of candies, cookies and sprinkles available these days, I know that you can come up with even more fun spooky ideas. I love using donuts in fun ways, as you can probably tell by these Easy Christmas Donuts (6 Designs) and these Easy Pokemon Donuts (Pikachu) and even these Snowman Cupcakes (With Donut Toppers)

Tips and techniques

• Use oil based food coloring if you are coloring melted white chocolate- Because the regular water-based food coloring will cause the chocolate to seize and therefore impossible to work with.
• How to melt chocolate? Follow package directions, and if there are none then use a microwave safe bowl and microwave the chocolate at 30 second intervals, making sure to stir between each heating to prevent burning.
• Don't decorate warm donuts- They must cool to room temperature if you have baked them at home or else you will end up with a melted sticky mess.

Storage

• Room temperature- In a covered box for up to 2 days.
• Freeze- I do not recommend freezing decorated donuts because the color of candies and sprinkles can bleed upon thawing and that won't be attractive at all.

More Halloween desserts

• Homemade Candy Eyes (Eyeballs)
• Easy Chocolate Spiders (Without Mold) 
• Easy Candy Cake (With Halloween Leftovers)
• Easy Ghost Cookies (Nutter Butter or Oreos)
• Easy Halloween Cupcakes {Monster, Spider, Mummy, Ghost, Bat)

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