Cute + easy mini Halloween donuts

Turn mini donuts into fun Halloween characters with just a few ingredients! Fast and easy Halloween donuts treat to make with your kids.

Every once in a while when I was a kid, I’d wake up and wander downstairs and find chocolate milk and mini donuts sitting out for breakfast. I loved those days, because DONUTS AND CHOCOLATE MILK, right? Also, mini donuts meant my dad was home – he traveled extensively for work while I was growing up so having him home during the week was always something special. Sometimes he’d sneak off to the store before anyone else woke up and he always brought home the same thing: a half gallon of chocolate milk and a six pack of chocolate mini donuts and a six pack of powdered mini donuts. Since there were six of us girls, we only got two mini donuts each (I think he was trying not to give us too much sugar early in the morning!), but those two mini donuts with a glass of chocolate milk was pretty amazing, especially considering the no sugared cereal rule at our house.

So mini donuts have always seemed like something of a celebration to me! This week my kids and I turned them into Halloween donuts. We made a bat, a spider, a pumpkin, and a monster.

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How to make Halloween donuts

These Halloween donut creations are super easy! Watch this quick video that shows you how to make each one (more detailed instructions follow):

Super simple! You only need three or four ingredients for each Halloween donut.

How to make a Halloween bat donut

To make the bat, you’ll need:

• a chocolate mini donut
• an Oreo
• two candy eyes
• something to “glue” the eyes on – either a bit of frosting or some melted chocolate chips or candy melts

Twist the two Oreo cookies apart. Use a large knife to slice one cookie in half, and stick each half into the donut to form wings. Put a few chocolate chips in a sandwich bag and melt them (alternately, use candy melts or some frosting – you can buy frosting in a tube near cake and cookie mixes). Snip a corner off the bag and “pipe” a little chocolate or frosting on the back of the eyes, then stick them on the donut.

How to make a Halloween monster donut

You will need:

• powdered donut
• turquoise, or purple candy melts (could also use frosting)
• one candy eye
• two candy corns

Melt the candy melts as directed on the package and spoon some onto the donut. Use the back of the spoon to smooth it. Top with a large candy eye, then stick two candy corns into the top for horns.

How to make a Halloween pumpkin donut

You will need:

• powdered donut
• orange candy melts (could also use orange frosting)
• two candy eyes
• one green M&M

Melt the candy melts as directed on the package and spoon some onto the donut. Use the back of the spoon to spread it. Top with two candy eyes and a green M&M for a stem.

How to make a Halloween spider donut

You will need:

• chocolate donut
• large pretzel twists
• candy eyes
• “glue” for the eyes: melted chocolate or frosting

Try to find large pretzel twists, not mini ones (if you can only find minis, the Rold Gold brand are a bit larger and would work well). Use a sharp knife to cut the two longest curved portions of the pretzels off for legs. Poke eight legs into the sides of the donut, then attach eyes with melted chocolate or frosting.