Halloween donuts are a blast to decorate with four fun and simple ideas, and they taste as amazing as they look!

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The different Halloween donut options—the vampire, monster, mummy, spiders, and frankenstein.

Halloween Donuts

There are few things more exciting than dressing up and eating candy ALL night long.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and has been increasing in popularity every year, becoming one of the most anticipated holidays of the calendar year.

If you’re throwing a party, Halloween is the perfect day for making themed treats that everyone will love. Halloween Donuts are some of the simplest treats to prepare. In fact the preparation is assembling pre-bought ingredients to look like vampires, spiders, mummies, and monsters. If you’re a visual learner, I recommend checking out the quick (one minute) video tutorial in this post. Below are written instructions. So, let’s get started!

Vampire variation with eye sprinkles and fake vampire teeth.

Halloween Donut #1: Vampire Donuts

Ingredients needed:

  • a dozen plain, glazed donuts (the ones pictured are Krispy Kremes®; not sponsored)
  • plastic vampire fangs, wash and dry thoroughly before using
  • edible candy eyes, I like getting the small and large for a “scarier” looking vampire)
  • red edible gel, you know, for the ghoulish dramatic effects

And now you’re in business for these donuts!

How to:

  1. Partially close and then press the fangs centered into the donut a little more than halfway down the donut.
  2. Pipe some edible gel from one side of the fangs down the donut. (Gel tends to run; use as little as possible.)
  3. Use edible gel to attach the eyes — put a little gel on the back of the eyes and press on the top half of the donut.
  4. Serve quickly after assembling. (These don’t do well being made ahead of time.)

Spider chocolate donuts with candy eyes and pretzels coming out to create spider legs.

Halloween Donut #2: Spider Donuts

Ingredients needed:

How to:

  1. Use a knife or your hands to break pretzels to look like spider legs. Heads up: there will be a lot of casualties and it’s fairly frustrating at the start, but it gets easier.
  2. Gently press the tops of the broken pretzels into the sides of the donut to look like legs.
  3. Pipe* a small amount of frosting on the back of the edible candy eyes and attach to the donut. Alternatively, you can melt chocolate and attach them that way.

*To pipe: Fill a small plastic bag with frosting or melted chocolate and cut off the very tip of the bag. Pipe frosting through the bag onto the back of the edible eye candies.

Quick Tip

When piping frosting, try these tips: (1) Fold the bag’s edge to avoid mess. (2) Twist the top to prevent leaks. (3) Make a tiny snip for better control.

Mummy variation of the dessert with candy eyes and white chocolate drizzled.

Halloween Donut #3: Mummy Donuts

Ingredients needed:

  • Mini powdered sugar donuts generally in the treats/cookie aisle of grocery store
  • Small edible candy eyes
  • White chocolate chips plus a little vegetable oil

How to:

  1. Microwave 1/2 cup white chocolate chips with 1/4 tablespoon vegetable oil for 30 seconds, stir, then 25 more seconds. Stir until melted, adding more oil if needed.
  2. Spoon melted chocolate over the top 2/3 of each donut. Tap to even out.
  3. Place donuts on a baking sheet and let dry. Repeat with remaining donuts.
  4. Put leftover melted chocolate in a plastic or frosting bag. Cut a small corner and pipe “bandages” on the donuts. Add sprinkle eyes while still wet.

The monster Halloween donuts on a plate covered with purple and green sprinkles and candy eyes.

Halloween Donut #4: Monster Donuts

Ingredients needed:

How to:

Since this one is a *tiny* bit more involved; I’ve included the full procedure in the recipe card below.

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Halloween Donuts

Get ready for some spooky fun with Halloween donuts! With four easy and creative decorating ideas, you can transform simple donuts into Halloween masterpieces.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Resting Time (For glaze to set): 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12 donuts

Equipment

  • Medium bowl

Ingredients 
 

  • 12 prepared plain glazed donuts I use Krispy Kreme
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream or whole milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Colored jimmie sprinkles I use green and purple
  • Edible eyes an assortment of small and large
  • Edible gel

Instructions 

  • For monster donuts, whisk powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and a pinch of salt until smooth. Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze, shaking off excess. Dip into sprinkles while still wet. Attach eyes with edible gel. Let glaze set for at least 20 minutes
  • In addition to the monster, you can also make vampire, mummy and spider donuts. See the post above for instructions!

Video

Recipe Notes

Nutrition Note: Nutrition information is not provided because donuts and toppings are hard to approximate. I think itโ€™s safe to say these arenโ€™t a diet treat!

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 7mg | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.02mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Meet Chelsea


Hi there! Iโ€™m Chelseaโ€“the recipe developer, photographer, writer, and taste tester behind Chelseaโ€™s Messy Apron (although my little ones help me out quite a bit with the taste testing part!). I LOVE getting creative in the kitchen and then posting my creations here for you to enjoy.

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  1. Leigh says:

    That video was so well done! What fun!

    1. Chelsea Lords says:

      Thank you Leigh!!