Homemade Candies for Halloween

Looking for recipes to add a little extra “oomph” to your Halloween party? We’ve assembled a few instructions for easy homemade candy for Halloween on this blog post. From pumpkin-shaped peanut butter cups to Halloween cakesicles, now is the perfect time to get crafty and creative with your treats!

Sure, you could go to the store, grab some candy, and throw it into a bowl for a Halloween party. Really, no judgment: sometimes you just don’t know what else to do for Halloween, and candy is candy, right?

Well, that’s partially correct: we here at Sweets and Treats believe all sweets are good sweets. But if you want to wow your loved ones this spooky season, homemade candy is really where it’s at. We’ve assembled four recipes for homemade candy in this post, and they’re all:

1. Adorable,
2. Pretty simple,
3. And perfectly Halloween-themed.

It’s time to go beyond the Almond Joys and into melted almond chocolate bark. Let’s cook up some candy!

Note: Scroll down to the bottom of the post for instructions on these recipes!

Homemade Candy: Peanut Butter Cups

Listen. Who doesn’t like Reese’s? And who doesn’t want to try making them at home, especially in an adorable pumpkin shape? Let’s talk about what you’ll need…

Ingredients:

• Chocolate almond bark: You’ll melt these down to form the chocolate pumpkins.
• Creamy peanut butter: Can’t make peanut butter cups without peanut butter, of course.
• Butter, sugar, and salt: Evens out the chocolate and peanut butter flavors.

Supplies:

• Our Pumpkin Mold: Perfect for transforming peanut butter cups into peanut butter pumpkins!
• Mixing bowls: Standard for making candy like this. You’ll want to use them to melt the chocolate down.
• Plastic squeeze bottle: For drizzling the chocolate into the pumpkin molds.

Homemade Candy: Mini Candy Bars (& Full-Sized Ones!)

There’s something really sweet (no pun intended) about making mini candy bars at home. Plus, if you provide these at a Halloween party over store-bought candy? You’ll certainly be the talk of all your friends!

Ingredients:

• White almond bark: As above, you’ll melt this down to put into the chocolate bar molds.
• Candy melts: To drizzle on the bars after they’ve solidified.
• Sprinkles: For these mini chocolate bars, we recommend our Jimmies or our Nonpareils in the appropriate colors (orange, green, black, etc).
• Our Luxe Edible Glitter: For adding that sparkle effect to your Halloween candy once again! (We can’t recommend this pretty glitter enough.)

Supplies:

• Our mini Candy Bar Mold: An easy way to ensure you’ve got a nice proper candy bar shape, and not a lump of chocolate.
• Disposable decorator bag: For getting chocolate into the above mold, and also for drizzling on the candy melt after.
• Our glitter brush: Dust on our Luxe Edible Glitter using one of these brushes for a gorgeous effect!

To turn these into full-sized candy bars, you’ll use the same ingredients and instructions, but instead, pull out our larger Candy Bar Mold.

Homemade Candy: Cakesicles

Cake pops are amazing…we all know that. But if you want to take your dessert game to the next level, you’ll want to try our cakesicles recipe! These are cake pops in the oval-like shape of everyone’s favorite summer treat: popsicles. Head to this blog post to learn how to make cakesicles!

And to theme them for Halloween, try purple, orange, green, and black candy melts, along with the accompanying acrylic sticks. You can also use ourHalloween Edible Glitter or Candy Corn Cakesicles Set to bring a dash of sparkle to your homemade Halloween cakesicles.

Homemade Candy: Skulls & Crossbones

Other than pumpkins and ghosts, skeletons are probably the most ubiquitous Halloween symbol. We just couldn’t let this blog post pass by without bringing something bony to the table. And so: scrumptious little skull-and-crossbones chocolates!

Ingredients:

• Almond bark: For melting into the skull shape!
• Candy melts: For drizzling on the skulls after.
• Sprinkles: For the skulls, we recommend our Chunky Sugar Crystals in Halloween colors (orange, purple, green, etc).
• Our Luxe Edible Glitter: Optional, but honestly, who else in your friend group is going to have sparkly skull candy at their Halloween party?!

Supplies:

• Our Skull Mold: Don’t worry about figuring out how to get your melted candy into a skull-shape yourself…we have a perfect mold for you!
• Disposable decorator bag: Once again…for getting chocolate into the above mold, and also for drizzling on the candy melts after.
• Our glitter brush: Dust on our Luxe Edible Glitter using one of these brushes for a gorgeous effect!

What do you think of these ideas for Halloween candy?

Much like pizza, all candy is pretty good regardless of quality, and store-bought stuff is always fantastic. Sometimes, though, you have to do something special…and that’s where these recipes come in! Comment below on our homemade Halloween candy ideas. Which will you try? Did you have any trouble with the instructions? We love to get your feedback.

Other Halloween goodies here on Sweets and Treats…

We know we say this about every holiday, but Halloween may just be our favorite time of year. It’s the best season to really get creative with your desserts and snacks! If you feel the same way, let us show you a few more bits of Halloween and autumn goodness, like…

• Halloween Chocolate Bark
• Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats
• Halloween Snack Mix Recipe
• Spooky Cocoa Bombs
• RIP Cakesicles
• Chocolate Haunted House