Hungry Happenings

  • RECIPES
    • All Recipes
    • Dessert Recipes
    • Decorated Cookies
    • Decorated Cakes
    • Cheesecake Recipes
    • Everyday Desserts
    • Homemade Candy
    • Everyday Meals
    • Readers’ Gallery
  • HOW TO
    • Chocolate Making Tips
    • Chocolate Making Course (video lessons)
    • Make Modeling Chocolate
      • Modeling Chocolate Recipe and Tutorial
      • How to Color Modeling Chocolate
      • How to Store and Work with Modeling Chocolate
      • How to Fix Greasy Modeling Chocolate
      • How to Fix Dry Modeling Chocolate
      • Use Colored Candy Melts to Make Candy Clay
    • Candy Clay Creations
    • How To Color White Chocolate and Candy Melts and Paint Candy Molds
    • How to Use Food Coloring Markers
  • HOLIDAYS
    • ALL HOLIDAY RECIPES
    • Valentine's Day
    • St. Patrick's Day
    • Easter
    • 4th of July
    • Halloween
      • Hungry Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
    • New Year's Eve
    • MORE HOLIDAYS
      • Mother's Day
      • Father's Day
      • April Fools
      • Chinese New Year
      • Cinco de Mayo
      • Day of the Dead
      • Earth Day
      • Mardi Gras
  • PARTY FOOD
    • Super Bowl
    • Graduation
    • Birthday Party
    • March Madness
    • Summer Fun
    • Baby Shower
    • Wedding Shower
    • School/Teacher
    • Movie and T.V. Characters
    • Kid's Treats
    • Fun Party Recipes
  • MY COOKBOOKS
  • ABOUT
  • MY BLOGS
    • HowToMakeCerealTreats.com
    • HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
    • HowToMakeEasyFudge.com
    • TheSugarAcademy.com
menu icon
go to homepage
  • recipes
  • chocolate tips
  • about
  • cookbooks
  • subscribe
  • holiday recipes
  • Halloween recipes
  • party food
  • appetizers
  • decorated cheese balls
  • cute food for kids
  • dessert recipes
  • chocolate recipes
  • homemade candy
  • decorated cakes
  • cupcake recpes
  • cheesecake recipes
  • cookie recipes
  • rice krispie treats recipes
  • fudge recipes
  • modeling chocolate treats
  • ice cream recipes
  • popcorn recipes
  • everyday meals
  • recipe roundups
  • readers' gallery
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • recipes
    • chocolate tips
    • about
    • cookbooks
    • subscribe
    • holiday recipes
    • Halloween recipes
    • party food
    • appetizers
    • decorated cheese balls
    • cute food for kids
    • dessert recipes
    • chocolate recipes
    • homemade candy
    • decorated cakes
    • cupcake recpes
    • cheesecake recipes
    • cookie recipes
    • rice krispie treats recipes
    • fudge recipes
    • modeling chocolate treats
    • ice cream recipes
    • popcorn recipes
    • everyday meals
    • recipe roundups
    • readers' gallery
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×
    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls

    Modified: Oct 17, '23 · Published: Sep 30, '17 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Jump to Recipe

    Make Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls using a plastic bowl as a mold instead of a balloon. These cute pumpkin bowls can be filled with delicious no-churn orange ice cream or your favorite Halloween candy.

    pumpkin bowls made with orange candy melts with one filled with orange ice cream.

    It is so fun making chocolate bowls or cups and I was excited to create these Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls for Halloween using an easy technique.

    Last year, I showed you how to make Chocolate Jack Skellington Bowls using a balloon. You dip the balloon in white chocolate, allow the candy to harden, then pop and remove the balloon. This technique makes really wonderfully shaped chocolate bowls but many of you have expressed concerns about latex allergies so I've come up with a few other ways to make homemade chocolate bowls.

    I've already shown you how to use a half-sphere silicone mold to make Chocolate Sprinkle Bowls, silicone shot glass molds to make Chocolate Heart Cups, Zombie Candy Cups, and Frankenstein Candy Cups, as well as, plastic cups to make Chocolate Turkey Cups.

    For this project, I still wanted a bowl shape, as opposed to a cup shape, but I wanted something taller than the bowl that was created using the silicone mold.

    Pumpkin chocolate bowls can be filled with candy or ice cream for Halloween.

    Pumpkin Candy Bowls

    It's a challenge finding a mold that makes a taller chocolate bowl, but when I spotted some nicely shaped plastic bowls at the dollar store I knew they would be perfect.

    When you are looking for plastic bowls to make these chocolate pumpkins be sure to find some that curve out slightly at the top edge. That will make the chocolate much easier to remove. You want a smooth inner surface.

    Do not use glass bowls. The chocolate will not release from the glass. Also, don't use bowls that curve inwards. You won't be able to remove the chocolate if the top edge curves inwards.

    Chocolate Bowls for Halloween - Cute Pumpkins

    Ingredients

    pumpkin bowls

    orange candy melts - You can purchase bags of pre-colored orange candy melts or you can color white candy melts using orange oil-based candy coloring.

    black food coloring marker - You'll draw the Jack-O-Lantern faces onto the pumpkin bowls using black food coloring. Using a marker is the easiest. Be sure to check out my How To Use Food Coloring Markers tutorial for tips.

    Fillings

    You can fill these cute chocolate Halloween bowls with candy, nuts, or something creamy like pumpkin cheesecake mousse or homemade orange ice cream.

    Orange Ice Cream - To make an easy no-churn orange ice cream you just need heavy whipping cream, sweetened condensed milk, orange oil, and orange food coloring.

    Supplies

    plastic bowls - I found my bowls at my local dollar store but then I saw some really cool bowls on Amazon that have vertical grooves in them. I've added the image link below.

    You can find items needed to make these chocolate pumpkin bowls from amazon (commission earned for sales).

    Wilton Orange Candy Melts, ...Shop on AmazonAmericolor Black Food Write...Shop on AmazonLorAnn Orange Oil SS, Natur...Shop on AmazonWilton Right Food Color Sys...Shop on AmazonParty Essentials Deluxe/Ele...Shop on Amazon
    making chocolate pumpkin bowls and decorating them with Jack-O-Lantern faces.

    Instructions

    1. Fill a small plastic bowl with orange candy melts or orange-colored pure white chocolate.
    2. If the candy melts are really thin, allow the bowl to rest for a few minutes.
    3. Then, turn the bowl upside down and allow some of the chocolate to drip out.
    4. You want just enough candy coating the sides of the bowl to form a nice shell (about ⅛th inch thick).
    5. Scrape the dripping chocolate off the edge of the bowl then invert the bowl and place it in the freezer for 5 minutes. If you made your bowls using pure white chocolate, chill them in the refrigerator instead.
    6. Repeat, making a total of 6 bowls.
    7. Let sit at room temperature for at least 10 minutes.
    8. Draw jack-o-lantern faces on the bowls using a food coloring marker.

    Be sure to watch the video below to see the step-by-step process to make these pumpkin bowls using orange candy melts.

    Tips

    You will have leftover orange chocolate. Spread it out onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, chill it until hardened, and then break it into pieces. Save it for another project.

    Storage

    Store these orange candy bowls in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month.

    Related Recipes

    If you are hosting a pumpkin carving party or a Halloween party and are looking for more pumpkin-themed recipes, be sure to check these out.

    pumpkin rice krispie treat lollipops decorated with silly Jack-O-Lantern faces.

    Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkin Pops

    mini cheesecake pumpkins served plain or decorated with chocolate chips to look like a jack-o-lantern on a white square plate with a small spoon.

    Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins

    orange candy coated pretzels decorated like jack-o-lanterns

    Pumpkin Pretzels

    Recipe

    pumpkin bowls made with orange candy melts with one filled with orange ice cream.
    Print
    Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls & Orange Ice Cream
    Prep Time
    20 mins
    Total Time
    20 mins
     
    Orange colored white chocolate bowls decorated to look like Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween are filled with no-churn orange ice cream.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: chocolate bowls, jack o lantern bowls, orange ice cream
    Servings: 6 people
    Calories: 558 kcal
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls:
    • 16 ounces white chocolate, melted and tempered and colored orange
    • OR Orange Candy Melts, confectionery Coating, melted
    • black food coloring marker
    No-Churn Orange Ice Cream
    • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
    • 14 ounces (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
    • 1 teaspoon orange candy oil
    • orange food coloring
    • optional chocolate fudge rolls (for stems)
    Instructions
    Chocolate Jack-O-Lantern Bowls:
    1. Fill a small plastic bowl with orange chocolate.
    2. Turn the bowl upside down and allow some of the chocolate to drip out.
    3. You want just enough candy coating the sides of the bowl to form a nice shell (about ⅛th inch thick).
    4. Scrape the dripping chocolate off the edge of the bowl then invert the bowl and place it in the freezer for 5 minutes.
    5. Repeat, making a total of 6 bowls.
    6. Let sit at room temperature for at least 10 minutes.
    7. Draw jack-o-lantern faces on the bowls using a food coloring marker.
    No-Churn Orange Ice Cream:
    1. Beat heaving whipping cream until it holds stiff peaks.
    2. Add sweetened condensed milk, orange oil, and orange food coloring.
    3. Beat just until combined.
    4. Pour into a plastic tub and freeze for at least 4 hours.
    5. Scoop ice cream into chocolate jack-o-lantern bowls just before serving.
    6. Optional: add a chocolate fudge roll stem if desired.

    Recipe Video

    Recipe Notes

    You can make the white chocolate pumpkin cups up to a month in advance. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature. 

    The ice cream can be stored in the freezer for up to one month. 

    • Author
    • Recent Posts
    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
    Beth Klosterboer
    Latest posts by Beth Klosterboer (see all)
    • Irresistible Sweets with Dixie Crystals® - July 13, 2024
    • How to make peanut butter? - February 15, 2024
    • OREO Penguins - December 20, 2023

    More Halloween Recipes and Fun Party Food - Over 100 Cute & Creepy Ideas

    • cheeseburger skull on a skull-shaped homemade hamburger bun.
      Cheeseburger Skulls
    • Halloween Cookies Hocus Pocus Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
      Hocus Pocus Cookies
    • Serve up some fun for lunch this Halloween by making some homemade crackers to go along with a bowl of hot Campbell's new Slow Kettle Soup.
      Homemade Halloween Crackers
    • Halloween appetizer - Jack Skellington Chicken Dip
      Halloween Appetizer - Jack Skellington Dip

    About Beth Klosterboer

    Comments

      Please leave a comment. Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    1. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets says

      October 12, 2017 at 10:32 pm

      I have made the balloon chocolate bowls, but your idea to use a bowl for a mold is awesome! So much easier and even though I washed my balloons first, I would feel better about eating one created your way! Your videos are so well done! Love the pumpkin bowls. 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 13, 2017 at 9:19 pm

        I totally agree. This method is super easy to make and you don't have to worry about latex allergy issues. Thanks so much. I am so glad you like my videos!

        Reply
    2. T. Webster says

      October 01, 2017 at 9:00 am

      Not familiar with "orange oil". Where do you find this? PLEASE ADVISE. Thanks in advance.

      Reply
      • Beth says

        October 03, 2017 at 10:18 am

        I usually use LoRann Orange Oil. You can find it from Amazon (using this affiliate link) - https://amzn.to/2GEGmXQ.
        I can also find it at my grocery store. Some stores stock it in the baking aisle while others have it in or near the pharmacy. The oil comes in tiny little DRAM size bottles. One bottle is enough to make a batch of ice cream. You can also use orange extract. Just add a teaspoon then add more until you get a nice oranges and cream taste.

        Reply
    Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    Welcome to Hungry Happenings!

    I'm Beth. I've been a professional chocolatier & baker for over 30 years, have written 5 cookbooks, and love creating fun food for holidays and special occasions.

    Read more about me →

    Popular

    • Mini cheesecakes collage of images with plain cheesecakes, cheesecake cups with toppings, and decorated edible flower cheesecakes.
      Mini Cheesecakes
    • homemade candy bars including dark chocolate bars, milk chocolate cashew bars, white chocolate cookies and cream candy bars, and more
      The Best Step-by-Step Chocolate Bar Recipes
    • Marry a chocolate cake ball with a chocolate dipped maraschino cherry to get these amazing Chocolate Cherry Bombs.
      Chocolate Cherry Bombs - Cherry Filled Cake Balls Dipped in Chocolate
    • Giant Reese's Cup on a cake stand with a slice cut and served on a small dessert plate.
      Giant Peanut Butter Cup
    • Cakesicles with red and green drizzle, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle
      How to make Cakesicles (cake pop popsicles)
    • Delicious chocolate truffles coated in chopped cashews, shaved dark chocolate, cocoa powder, cookie crumbs, and a blend of dark and white chocolate shavings.
      Chocolate Truffles Recipe

    Buy my cookbooks

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    use policies

    • privacy policy
    • photo-use policy
    • terms of service

    join us

    • subscribe (newsletter)
    • our online courses
    • readers' gallery

    contact

    • contact
    • about Beth
    • FAQ

    As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2025 Hungry Happenings