Spooky Essentials for Halloween Baking with Kids

The spooky season sure is sweet with these treats!

September 12, 2022

By: Amanda Mushro

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10 Halloween Baking Kits

Frightfully fun and devilishly delicious! It’s time to get into the laboratory — also known as your kitchen — with your mad scientists — your kids — and whip up spellbinding treats and sweets. Baking with your kids is the perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit, but we don’t want boring cupcakes and cookies. From haunted mansion cookie houses, monster-inspired sprinkles, and jack-o-lantern cake pops, these kits and baking essentials make the spooky season so much sweeter.

Halloween Haunted Manor Chocolate Cookie Kit

Here's a hauntingly fun activity for the whole family. This kit has everything you need to put together a sweet haunted manor. The parts are easy to assemble and kids will love decorating the manor with candy and icing.

BUY IT: Target, $12.99

Gross Gummy Candy Lab

Spiders and worms aren’t appetizing, but when you make your own gummy treats, they sure are yummy! This kit comes with all of the ingredients you'll need to whip up candy gummies, which are perfect for sharing this Halloween. The step-by-step directions also explain the science behind making gummies.

BUY IT: Amazon, $14.97

Halloween Sprinkles

Top off all your Halloween cookies and cupcakes with these festive sprinkles. They're a mixture of edible eyes and colorful sprinkles and candy pieces. This Monster Mash mix will give all of your Halloween treats a serious upgrade!

BUY IT: Amazon, $13.28

Color Your Own Cookie Kit

Perfect for your own little Halloween party, this kit comes with four cookies and three edible markers. Kids can get crafty and color their cookies, then enjoy snacking on their own artwork.

BUY IT: Amazon, $14.99

Martial Arts Mummies Cookie Kit

Forget boring cookies on Halloween. Instead, whip up these martial arts mummies who are ready to kick it at your Halloween bash! The kit comes with all of the ingredients you'll need to make and decorate the cookies — and since the kit comes with mummy cookie cutters, you can make these mummies again next Halloween.

BUY IT: Amazon, $14.95

Sure, regular brownies are delicious, but on Halloween, mummy brownies are even better. The kit comes with brownie mix, frosting mix, candy eyes, and a piping bag. So, make these yummy mummies in honor of Halloween!

BUY IT: Target, $6.00

Skull Silicone Cakelette Mold

Break out your favorite cake recipe and transform it into spooky skull cakes. This pan comes with space for six perfectly sized cakelettes. Now, none of your guests will have to share their skull cake on Halloween.

BUY IT: Michael’s, $11.99

Cookie Cutter and Apron Set

With 12 different Halloween cookie cutters and a kid-sized apron to catch all the spills and messes of Halloween baking, this set is a must-have for your little bakers.

BUY IT: Amazon, $14.99

Cake Pop Press

Make Halloween-inspired cake pops with this spooky kit. This one features a witch's hat, a skull, a jack-o-lantern, and a bat all in one convenient mold. The set also comes with sticks, plastic bags, and twist ties for wrapping and gifting. Just add icing and cake, then press everything into the mold with cake pop sticks. Plus, you can use the mold for chocolate lollipops too!

BUY IT: Amazon, $11.99

Cupcake Kit

Whether you are baking the cupcakes or jazzing up store-bought ones, this kit is perfect for creating the ultimate Halloween treat. With 164 wrappers and toppers, you and your kids can decorate cupcakes with a spooky skeleton, a ghastly ghost, or one of the other eight designs. If you're in charge of bringing the treats to a party, get this kit.

BUY IT: Amazon, $10.99

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