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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Halloween

    Halloween Quesadillas

    Published: Oct 17, '11 · Modified: Feb 16, '23 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Make some of these Halloween Quesadillas decorated using a stencil! They are fun snacks to serve at any Halloween party but make a great meal for kids before trick or treating too.
    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    The first week of October, I went on my annual Halloween shopping excursion in search of new and exciting props and party supplies for our annual bash.

    I found some really cool cake stencils and I knew I could use one of the stencils which features two witches standing around a cauldron this year and the others featuring a snake, spider, and bat later on.

    Stencils can make creating fun food so easy and I have used them quite often.

    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    Last year for my Hungry Halloween blog, I painted a tortilla with food coloring and with food coloring spray using a stencil of Edward Cullen from Twilight to make a chicken and cheese quesadilla.  I also used a stencil to cut a werewolf image out of an Oreo and cream cheese dough for a Halloween cheesecake and made my Frankenstein monster dip by sprinkling crushed blue corn tortilla chips over a stencil.  So many fun uses for a craft supply in the kitchen.

    After posting the Twilight Quesadilla recipe, I received some comments about the excessive amount of food coloring used, so I thought I'd revisit that recipe today.

    On the package of Martha Stewart cake stencils, it shows how you can sprinkle powdered sugar or cocoa powder over the stencil onto a dessert, but I wanted to put the image on a tortilla filled with savory ingredients, so I searched through my pantry and decided to try using chili powder with hopes that the spice wouldn't be too strong. Happily, it worked great.

    I just made a simple cheese quesadilla and really liked the addition of the spice.

    For our party, I will fill them with additional ingredients like chicken, taco meat, refried beans, etc.  Anything you like in a quesadilla or Mexican pizza will work. You could try other spices and flavor combinations if you are a bit more adventurous and any stencil will work for this edible craft.

    Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil

    Ingredients (per quesadilla):

    2 large 10" tortillas
    4 ounces cheese (and/or chicken, taco meat, refried beans, etc.)
    egg wash (whisk 1 teaspoon water into one large egg)
    chili powder

    Special Equipment Needed:

    Halloween stencil
    pastry brush
    fine mesh sieve
    baking sheet lined with tin foil or parchment paper

    Instructions:

    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    Set stencil over tortilla. Carefully brush egg wash over the stencil.

    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    Pour chili powder into a fine mesh sieve.

    Sprinkle the chili powder lightly over the stencil.

    Carefully lift the stencil off the tortilla.

    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    Use a dry pastry brush to brush off any excess chili powder.

    Make some of these Halloween Meal - Quesadillas Decorated Using A Stencil! They add such fun to a simple treat and are great appetizers for any event!

    Set a plain tortilla on a baking sheet and fill it with cheese etc. Set the stenciled tortilla on top.

    Bake in an oven at 400 degrees for 5-8 minutes until golden brown and heated through, or place in toaster oven and toast until golden brown.

    I don't recommend heating them in a skillet with oil as the image will smear. Serve immediately.

    For a party, you can decorate your tortillas ahead of time, store them in a zip-top bag, fill them before the party, refrigerate them for up to a few hours, and bake and serve them during the party.

    Be sure to check out all the Halloween recipes here on Hungry Happenings.

    Find over 100 cute and creepy Halloween treats and snacks. Follow the Halloween recipes step-by-step & video tutorials to recreate the most amazing Halloween cupcakes, cookies, rice krispie treats, chocolates, candies, appetizers, and more. Kids of all ages will go nuts over these fun Halloween food ideas .

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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson 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
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    1. Anonymous

      September 20, 2013 at 7:34 pm

      Oh how cute. I want to do this.

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    2. Crazy busy

      September 26, 2012 at 3:18 am

      Beth, you are so clever thank you so much for sharing your great ideas! I am definitely going to use this and some of your other ideas for my party! Please keep the great ideas coming. I don't have a lot of time to be creative myself right now and this is really going to help. Thanks again.

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    3. Crafting Rebellion

      October 17, 2011 at 11:18 pm

      Great idea!

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    4. Crafting Rebellion

      October 17, 2011 at 11:17 pm

      This is super cool for a party!

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