Halloween is expected to look a little different for many communities in 2020. Families may be looking for different ways to treat their kids and close friends this year.
If you already make chocolate-covered pretzels, truffles or marshmallow pops, the following ideas will require very little, if any, additional ingredients and minimal effort. Keep reading for five quick and easy tricks to dress up your existing treats for Halloween.
Credit (left to right):RCI member Apple Tree Chocolate and Desserts Now Dinner Later
Ghostly Pretzels
Your fans will scream with delight over these ghostly pretzels. To accomplish this look, cover bowtie pretzels with white chocolate, then pipe white chocolate into top two holes and embellish with candy eyeballs.
Truffle Eyeballs
Transform your white chocolate
truffles into eye-catching treats. Use a red edible marker to create veins all
over the white truffle. Pipe a dot of colored chocolate or coating for the iris and top with a black M&M or other candy-coated
chocolate as the pupil.
Witchy Fingers
It’s the details that transform ordinary pretzel rods into shockingly convincing witch’s fingers. As pictured, blanched almonds were painted with
black gel food coloring to achieve this look (dark-chocolate-covered almonds would work too). A toothpick or wooden skewer may be used to imitate the wrinkles of the top and bottom knuckle. Click here to
view a step-by-step tutorial.
Pumpkin Pretzels
If you’re looking for something less
spooky, these cute pumpkin pretzels are as easy as they are cute. Embellish orange coated pretzels with sprinkles and a green M&M or candy-coated sunflower seed as the finishing touch. Click
here to see how Simply As That blog, gave their pumpkin pretzels personality by
adding faces.
Spooky Sweet Marshmallow Pops
With this spooky sweet display of chocolate-covered marshmallow pops decorated as jack-o-lanterns, googly candy corn and skeletons from RCI member Bruce’s Candy Kitchen, how could you choose just one? Plus, we love how these marshmallow pops are packaged in folded acetate boxes and tied up with festive ribbons.
Even if Halloween hasn’t traditionally been a big holiday for your business, this year may be the exception. Make sure to share photos of your Halloween treats on social media and on your e-commerce site for greater exposure and sales potential.
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