More Fun, Easy Halloween Recipes for Kids

Halloween is my favorite holiday, hands down. Now that I have kiddos that also love Halloween, I'm forever searching for recipes that are fun, cheap, and easy to make. (I can't have anything cutting into my trick-or-treat time!) Here are a few more recipes I've picked up over time. My kids love them, and I hope that yours do, too. For even more ideas, be sure to check out my companion article, How to Cook a Fun and Easy Halloween Feast for Kids.

Halloween Cookie Pizza

This sweet concoction uses cookie dough and holiday candy. Courtesy of Pillsbury.

What you need: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 3 Tbsp Peanut Butter, Vanilla Cake Frosting, Candy Corn, Miniature Chocolate Chips, a Pizza Pan

- Heat oven to 350°F. Line 12-inch pizza pan with foil; grease foil. Cut cookie dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices; arrange in bottom of greased foil-lined pan. With floured fingers, press slices to form crust.
- Bake at 350°F. for 15 to 20 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Using foil lining, lift crust from pan; carefully remove foil from crust. Place crust on serving platter or tray. Spread peanut butter evenly over crust. Sprinkle evenly with candy corn and chocolate chips.
- Melt 1/4 cup frosting in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until thin and of drizzling consistency. Drizzle icing over cookie pizza. Cut into wedges or squares. Enjoy!

Bugs in Blankets

A seasonal variation on Pigs in a Blanket, these bugs are really cute and easy to assemble. Kids should love them.

What you need: 1 Package Cocktail Sausages (like Lil Smokies), 1 Tube Refrigerated Crescent Rolls, 1 Package Shoestring Potatoes, Ketchup and Mustard

Get your sausages ready, then take out the crescent roll dough. Take a bit of dough, just enough to form into a "bug body" around each cocktail sausage. Once you have as many as you need, bake them at 375°F until the dough is golden brown. Allow them to cool. Then take your shoestring potatoes and poke them into the cooked dough to make legs and antennae. Use the ketchup and mustard to draw eyes on the tips of the sausages to make bug faces. You can also draw designs on the bugs' backs with ketchup or mustard.

Super-Easy Spider Chili

Does not contain real spiders, but still delicious and fun.

What you need: Chili, Refrigerated Breadsticks, Toppings

This one's very easy. Just get your favorite canned chili (or use your own recipe to make some), and shape some breadstick dough to look like a spider. Make a round dollop of dough for the body, using thin strips of the dough to make 8 bendy legs. You can use a crumpled piece of tin foil to make the legs curve in the middle. Bake according to directions. You can use slices of green or black olives to make eyes for the spider. Then just dish up the chili, top it with cheese and other goodies, and sit the breadstick spider on the edge of the bowl. Cute, easy, and great for cold evenings.