Jack-O-Lantern Doughnut Holes

I was pretty disappointed with the Halloween baking selection in the stores this year, so I had to rack my brain on something fun that I could make with Allison that didn't involve any holiday bake ware. As I was buying my usual Sunday doughnut after my grocery run, I looked over and saw a container of doughnut holes and thought they would make the cutest little breakfast treats if we turned them into pumpkins. I figured if we coated them in a bit of orange candy melts and added a face with black decorator icing, they'd be super easy to whip up together and would make for a fun Halloween treat.

So, I bought that container, brought it home, and we had a grand time that afternoon making our doughnut hole jack-o-lanterns.

The decorator icing ended up being a terrible idea because it was too thin and ran down the candy melt coating. So, I tinted plain cake frosting black and we drew the faces on with food grade paintbrushes. To finish them off, we put a little stem in the top by using broken pretzel pieces.

Adding to the holiday fun, I bought the seasonal Orange Scream Flavored Milk and poured it into some juice glasses that we decorated with black vinyl to look like pumpkins. You could also use orange juice, but Allison does love the milk that tastes like a dreamsicle, so we went with that instead.

Overall, we thought it was a fun way to craft together and share in a tasty Halloween treat.

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Did you make any Halloween themed treats this year?