Frightfully Easy Ghost Cookies

We made this with CandiQuik... Came out great. We used candy googly eyes made by Whitman instead of choc chips. We also turned some on their side and colored orange to make pumpkins (used choc chips for stem); colored some green and made 3 eyed monsters, and then made mummies by drizzling additional candy coating over the already set ghosts... Possibilities are endless... And delicious!

I just made these. So easy and super cute! Thanks for sharing!

So cute! I made these for my hubby's secretaries and my coworkers. I would use more white chocolate next time, but they still turned out great! Awesome idea!

I love CandiQuik! It comes in a cardboard tray and melts beautifully in the microwave! The flavor is awesome and it is pure white (vanilla flavor) and you can color it with powdered coloring or vegetable oil based color. They also make chocolate.

You could do vanilla almond bark. It has the capability to melt in the microwave, and I love the taste. I haven't worked with candy melts at all. I don't think it tastes bad with peanut butter either.

It is very true - preventing the 'candy coating' from scorching is important whenever you are working with it! I always use an electric skillet set upon the lowest heat setting. I line the pan with a dish cloth or wash cloth (very important - no not forget - it truly prevents burning). If using a variety of colors I use a set of tall baby food jars or small jelly straight sided jars (they have screw-on tops, in order to save any leftovers - which can be reheated later). I add enough water to reach roughly 2" up the sides of the jars. If painting small candy molds - I can use the jars with the melted colors I need for the short time I need each color, use it, return it to the lined pan of warm water, and go on to the next color, etc. Remember: The water lined electric skillet gives you total control of the heat you are working with. If you take a long time, you may need to add extra water to keep the drops to stay melted, and not to burn! It's worth it! In dipping the peanut shaped & filled cookies, you need to put a small bowl (2 - 3 cups capacity) into the warm water. Fill the bottom 1/2 of the bowl from the 12oz. package of candy coating (already sold in pieces) until it begins to look melted. It doesn't require being totally smooth to begin - the pieces continue melting as you are working (just add more if you think you need them). Simply dip the entire cookie, then let the excess drip back into the dish. DO NOT tap or bang the dipped cookie on the side of the bowl - you do not want any crumbs from the cookies in the white coating. As the dipped cookies are sitting upon the waxed paper lined cookie sheets, you want a 'young' assistant to help pick up the tiny chocolate drops and put on a pair - flat side down - to create the eyes! There are other colors & kinds of tiny candies, if you are making faces or trying to create pretty patterns upon the base cookies. Someone mentioned not using a peanut cookie - due to some folks allergies to peanuts. That's fair, perhaps a PP Farm Milano Cookie would give you the needed shape. Take the time walking up-and-down the pastry isles in the grocery store, you will surely find an assortment of cookies that will work to fill the need here. If you are interested in buying the round chocolate cookies with the seasonal colored filling, you can dip them into orange candy coating. Give them the mini chocolate drops (or yellow - for lighted candle) eyes. Color the center of the top of the orange cookies with a squeeze of green icing (to form a stem & leaf; trim a jellied green leaf; or try a few green M & M's). There is no end to creating cookies into costumed Halloween Characters! It's a fun way to include a youngster into the celebration - helping to do the decorations. It's a great way to stimulate their imaginations! YUM - FUN!!!!!

Usually when you are melting candy coatings you should do it over a double boiler so that it's not straight on the heat. :-)

Hi Anon - It sounds like you may have burnt the candy coating. This could have occurred by keeping it on the stove too long or not stirring enough as it melted.

i melted the vanilla flavored candy coating on low heat and it turned brown....did i do something wrong? i'm trying to google to see what happened...but there aren't any forums that mention their candy coating turning brown....

made with milano's since so many kids are allergic to peanut butter!