Halloween Tarts Anyone?

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook time: as long as your kids are having fun!

Ingredients:
Pre-made dough (I like Pillsbury, but any other brand will do)
Small tin pie plates
Pre-made mini graham cracker crusts
Pudding
Food coloring
Assorted candies

   

1. Pre-heat your oven to 375°.



2. Cut circles out of the pre-made dough to fit into your small pie plates (you should be able to make 2 pies per sheet of dough & the left over dough can be rolled out and used again). Place the dough into small greased pie dishes. Prick the dough with a fork. You can crimp the edge of your crust with the tines of a fork or use your fingers to flute the edge. Bake the crusts in a pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes. Pre-made mini graham cracker crusts work well for this recipe, too, and you don't even need to bake them!



3. Arrange candies and puddings in bowls on the counter so your kids can invent their tart creations. Here are some of our favorite candies and puddings:
   
   
   • Chocolate & vanilla pudding
   • Vanilla pudding colored with food coloring (orange, green, or red are all good colors)
   • Candy corn
   • Chocolate chips
   • Peanut butter chips
   • Black licorice
   • Gummy worms
   • Mini marshmallows
   • Grated coconut
   • Cinnamon candies
   • Graham cracker crumbs



4. Here's where the fun (and the party) starts! Have your kids choose a pudding to fill their tarts, and then decorate with the candies! So easy!



5. Here are some tart ideas:
   
   
   • Cut licorice into long spider legs and use candy corn as a spider body
     
     
   • Top the pudding with graham cracker crumbs (dirt) and squirmy gummy worms
     
     
   • Fill the tart with orange pudding then use candy corn or chocolate chips to design a jack-o-lantern face



6. And that's it! No more baking (since you've already baked the crust). The tarts are ready to eat as soon as they're decorated!



Thanks to Amanda for inspiring this recipe!




Other Horribly Wonderful Halloween Recipes:

• Family Fun Halloween Recipes - Creepy cuisine



• Hershey's Halloween Recipes - Ghostly treats



• Martha Stewart's Halloween Recipes - Devilishly delicious desserts



• Halloween Specialties - More Halloween recipes!