Cougar Bites: Tricks, treats and sweets

Tessa Hensley | Reporter

While you may not be getting lost in corn husks or going to costume themed parties this time of year, making Halloween treats is an easy and fun way to celebrate the holiday. Without further-a-boo, here are some great treat ideas to help you get into the Halloween spirit. This is the easiest, most spooky treat of them all. What you will need for this recipe are brown chocolate chips, white Reese’s peanut butter cups and toothpicks. Melt your brown chocolate chips as directed in the Ghostberries recipe, and use a toothpick to dip into the chocolate and draw a skeleton’s Witch Hat Cookies face on the peanut butter cups. If you are in need of a magical treat this Halloween, consider this Betty Crocker Witch Hat Cookie tutorial. You will need the Betty Crocker brand devil’s food cake mix, or a similar dark brown colored cake mix, as well We hope some of these treats make their way into your homes this October. Let us know if you try any of these recipes, and have a spooky season! as some white frosting, food coloring, Hershey’s Kisses, two eggs and 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.

First preheat your oven to 350 degrees, then mix your cake batter, eggs and oil together in a bowl. Once the mix is blended, proceed by making cake batter balls and place them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, then let the cookies cool for 30 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the frosting while you wait. Mix the frosting with different food coloring and create the colors of your choice. Once the cookies have cooled, place your colored frosting in the middle of the cookies using a spoon. Then, top the cookies off with Hershey’s Kisses and prepare to be blown off of your broomstick.

Ghostberries Ghost-shaped strawberries are a deliciously frightening treat. To begin, wash and dry your strawberries completely, and separately melt some white chocolate in the microwave. Make sure to put the white chocolate in a tall and wide bowl so you can dip the strawberries and cover them completely. When microwaving the chocolate, stir every 30 seconds until it is completely melted down. Afterwards, dip your strawberries in the melted chocolate, and lay them on parchment or wax paper. Once all of the strawberries have been dipped, freeze them for 5 minutes. While the strawberries are cooling, proceed to melt some chocolate chips. Once the white chocolate has hardened on the strawberries, use a toothpick to draw faces on the strawberries using the melted brown chocolate. Refrigerate the strawberries until you are ready to serve these deliciously scary treats.