With the Halloween season quickly approaching, many of us are searching for inspiration. We are looking for the latest costumes, best makeup looks, wigs, treats, and holiday decor. Are you looking for something to create this Halloween but don’t have tons of time to do it?

These simple marshmallow Halloween treats can be created quickly with minimal ingredients. To make this collection as simple as possible I will list the main ingredients that can be used to create a variety of the treats posted below.

Basic Grocery list

Candy Eyeballs	Marshmallows (Jumbo)
Candy Melting Chocolate	M&M’s
Cupcake liners	Oreo cookies
Foam squares	Pretzel Sticks
Food Coloring	Sprinkles
Icing Gel tube	Sugar Sprinkles
Lolipop Sticks

Quick Tip:

When choosing your candy-melting chocolates I would suggest using white melting candy wafers instead of the colored ones. This is a great way for you to save money on candies and allow yourself room to be extra creative. You can typically use anything as coloring for your candies and not just food coloring alone.

After you melt the candies you can separate small amounts into different containers. Add the food coloring and stir. You can also drop a few of the same color M&M’s into the warm chocolate and stir until all the color is removed from the M&M. Scoop the chocolate candy out of the mixture and discard.

Be very careful not to break the outer coating of the M&M. This may cause the milk chocolate to darken your melted mixture. If that is the color you are going for it will work in your mixture. Since the melter wafers are already warm the color should transfer fairly quickly.

If you want additional colors you can sort some of the colored sprinkles into piles and add them to the melted chocolate string until they melt and add pigment to the white chocolate melts.

Marshmallow Pops

These are a few of my favorite Marshmallow pops. The link will take you directly to the page which has all the instructions for creating the goodies. I did not want to type them all out because I had plenty of favorites. The same will be true for each category listed in this post.

Marshmallow Hay Stack

While searching the web for Halloween marshmallow ideas I came across a photo that gave me much inspiration. The photo was showcasing their marshmallow pops but I was more interested in the prop that they used to hold them up. The photo will b posted below with instructions on how to use your marshmallow grocery list to create a “pop prop”.

This method can be used to create a stand for your pops in case you don’t have the foam squares. You can do this with your pretzels and marshmallows. This process should be done similarly to smores but using pretzels instead of graham crackers.

Start by laying a few pretzel sticks down on a microwave-safe plate. If you are using larger pretzels I would suggest using 3 or 4. If you are using smaller ones I would suggest using about 8 to 10 placed close together horizontally. Place two or three Marshmallows on top of the pretzels.

Heat the marshmallows slightly so that they melt just enough to get a bit sticky. This will allow you to use marshmallow-like glue so that you can stick the pretzels along the front and back sides of the marshmallows to create a box-like structure. Break the pretzels in half to create a closure for the short sides of your haystack. The top portion of your haystack can be decorated to your liking.

You can add m&m’s to the top of the box for a pop of color. Sprinkle Oreo crumbs over the warm marshmallow on the inside to create a dirt box. Fill it with candy eyeballs or melted colored chocolate melts. The options are limitless. Get a jump start on your Thanksgiving and Christmas treats with this post on how to create an edible snow-covered pretzel log cabin.