Halloween Baking Tools for Spooky Treats
Halloween baking is the easy way to look like you tried really hard. Plain cookie dough in a bat shape is a bat cookie. A box cake mix in a skull pan is a skull cake. Candy eyeballs on anything is a monster.
These are the tools that do most of the work for you.
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Nordic Ware Haunted Skull Cakelet Pan
A heavy cast aluminum pan that bakes six little skull cakes with a lot of detail. Nordic Ware pans are known for crisp shapes and they last for years. Just grease every corner well.
Best for: the showstopper on the dessert table.
Check price on Amazon Sweets Indeed Halloween Sprinkles (4-Pack)
Four Halloween sprinkle mixes, including candy eyeballs. The eyeballs alone turn plain cupcakes, brownies and rice crispy treats into monsters.
Best for: the fastest upgrade there is.
Check price on AmazonAnn Clark Halloween Cookie Cutters (3)
A ghost, a jack-o'-lantern and a bat in sturdy steel, made in the USA. Three simple shapes are all you need for a full tray of Halloween cookies.
Best for: classic sugar cookies with icing.
Check price on AmazonHalloween Cookie Cutters (12 Pieces)
Twelve cutters in four shapes, three of each. Cheap enough to let the kids each have their own set.
Best for: baking with kids.
Check price on AmazonSilicone Skull Cake Pan with Metal Frame
A silicone skull mold with a steel rim, so it doesn't flop when you move it full of batter. Works for mini cakes, ice and chocolate.
Best for: a cheaper skull option, or skull ice for the punch.
Check price on AmazonTovolo Skull Ice Molds (2)
Big skull-shaped ice for drinks and punch bowls. The slow melt keeps drinks cold and looks creepy the whole time.
Best for: party drinks.
Check price on AmazonGracula Garlic Press
Not a baking tool, but if you're cooking dinner on Halloween, Dracula should be crushing the garlic. It's tradition now.
Best for: the cook who wants a laugh.
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Before you buy
Chill cut-out cookie dough for 15-20 minutes before baking. It keeps the shapes sharp instead of spreading into blobs.
For detailed pans like the skull cakelets, use baking spray with flour and get into every corner. Let them cool about 10 minutes before you flip them out.