Description
Celebrate Halloween with these fun and festive Halloween Donuts decorated as Monsters, Frankenstein, Mummies, Dracula, and Spiderwebs. Using colorful candy melts, frosting, candy eyes, and creative piping techniques, these no-bake decorated donuts are perfect for a spooky party or treat!
Ingredients
Scale
Monster Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts or Bars
- ½ Dozen Filled Glazed Donuts
- 6 oz Purple Candy Melts
- 6 oz Green Candy Melts
- 2-4 tbsp refined coconut oil or shortening
- Candy Eyes (various sizes)
- Sprinkles of choice
Frankenstein Donuts
- ½ Dozen Filled Donuts or Bars
- 6 oz Green Candy Melts
- 2-4 tbsp refined coconut oil or shortening
- 12 Candy Eyes
- 1-2 cups Black Frosting
Mummy Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- 12 oz Bright White Candy Melts
- 2-6 tbsp refined coconut oil or shortening
- 12 Candy Eyes
Dracula Donuts
- ½ Dozen Glazed Donuts
- 1-2 cups Black Frosting
- 12 Candy Eyes
- 6 Plastic Fangs
- Red Decorating Food Gel Icing
Spiderweb Donuts
- ½ Dozen Chocolate Frosted Donuts
- 6 oz Bright White Candy Melts
- 2-4 tbsp refined coconut oil or shortening
- 6 Plastic Spiders
Additional Items
- Piping Bags
- #104 Piping Tip
- #8 Piping Tip or a 7mm Writing Tip
- #3 Piping Tip
Instructions
- Prepare workspace. Line 1 or 2 baking sheets with parchment paper to place decorated donuts on for drying.
- Make Monster Donuts. Melt purple and green candy melts separately with 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening each. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds at 50% power, stir, repeat until melted. Allow residual heat to melt remaining lumps. Add coconut oil 1 tsp at a time if mixture is too thick to reach desired consistency without overheating. Dip donuts face down into candy melts, press on candy eyes and sprinkles, then set on prepared baking sheets to dry.
- Make Frankenstein Donuts. Melt green candy melts with 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening using the same method as before. Dip donuts face down, place on lined baking sheet and press on candy eyes. Allow to dry for 3-5 minutes. Divide black frosting between two piping bags: one with #8 writing tip (more frosting) and one with #3 tip. Pipe hair with #8 tip; pipe mouth and stitches with #3 tip for Frankenstein features.
- Make Mummy Donuts. Melt white candy melts with 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening as before. Pour melted candy melts into a piping bag with #104 tip. Attach candy eyes by placing a little melted candy on back and sticking them on donuts. Pipe white candy melts in strips around donuts to resemble bandages, starting with two lines around eyes and crisscrossing.
- Make Dracula Donuts. Close plastic fangs halfway and press into center of glazed donuts. Place small amount of black frosting behind candy eyes and press onto donuts. Pipe hair using black frosting and #8 piping tip. Pipe red edible gel around teeth to resemble blood.
- Make Spiderweb Donuts. Melt white candy melts with 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening similarly. Pour into piping bag with #3 tip. Pipe concentric circles on chocolate frosted donuts and drag a toothpick or skewer from center outward to create spiderweb effect. Place plastic spiders on donuts as decoration.
- Dry and serve. Allow all decorated donuts to dry on parchment-lined baking sheets before serving.
Notes
- Candy Melts: Different brands melt differently. Refined coconut oil is preferred to avoid a coconut flavor, but shortening works well too.
- Mummy Donuts: Keep candy melts slightly thick for bandage-like appearance. Thin candy melts cause the bands to blend instead of looking like strips.
- Black Frosting: Make your own chocolate buttercream tinted with black food gel or use pre-made black frosting tubes.
- Be careful not to overheat candy melts to avoid clumping or burning.
- Nutrition estimates vary based on donut type and decoration amounts.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Donut
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
