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Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween – Sweet Ghost Crisps

Published: Oct 2, 2011 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make…they’re so easy and can be served with anything!
Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make...they're so easy and can be served with anything!

The other afternoon after I finished working on my Googly Eyed Ghost Pop post, I went to the refrigerator for something, and there on the shelf was a package of egg roll wrappers – inspiration struck. I had just finished draping modeling chocolate over rice krispies treat balls to make ghost pops and thought I could use the egg roll wrappers to do a similar thing.

I immediately got busy with my experiment. I bunched up some parchment paper, set it on an upside down muffin tin, brushed an egg roll wrapper with egg wash, draped it over the parchment paper ball, and baked it in the oven for a few minutes.  It came out crispy, held it’s shape perfectly, and looked like a ghost. I sat for a while pondering what I’d do with the ghosts. How could I fill them with something savory, or how could I make them sweet.  I decided that filling them would not work very well, however they could be sprinkled with a bit of salt, baked, and served alongside a savory dip.

I thought that was a good idea, but another one crept into my mind and I gave it a try.  I made a second ghost, this time I sprinkled it with some sugar and added a face drawn on with an edible food coloring marker before baking.  The sugar caramelized which added a cool craggly texture to the ghost and added just the right amount of sweetness. They are good enough to eat all on their own. Of course everything tastes better dipped in chocolate, so I might also choose to make some chocolate fondue to serve alongside these crispy little ghosts.

I went ahead and made up a batch, snapped some step-by-step pictures, and baked them. In less than 20 minutes I was ready to take pictures of the finished ghosts. Our dining room has already been decorated with castle wall scene setters for our party (that is less than a month away!) I thought the castle walls would make a great backdrop for an interesting picture.

I took my ghosts into the dining room to figure out how to set up the shot. The room was pretty dark and I thought I’d have to do a lot to light the scene. I set the ghosts down on the buffet which just happens to be black and a bit shiny.  I immediately noticed that the ghosts where reflected in the surface. I loved it. The eerie glow was perfect.

I snapped a few shots and was happy with the results.  I can honestly say that this was, from start to finish, the quickest I’ve ever completed a recipe and photo shoot. I wish they were all that easy.

Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make...they're so easy and can be served with anything!

Sweet Ghost Crisps (makes 12)

Ingredients:

12 egg roll wrappers
black edible food marker
egg wash – 1 egg mixed with 1 teaspoon water
1/2-2/3 cup granulated sugar

Special Equipment Needed:

parchment paper or tin foil
muffin tins/cupcake pans

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make...they're so easy and can be served with anything!

Use the black food coloring marker to draw faces onto each egg roll wrapper.

Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make...they're so easy and can be served with anything!

Brush egg wash over egg roll wrapper, but don’t brush directly over the face or the edible ink may smear.  Sprinkle a generous amount of sugar over each wrapper.

Roll pieces of parchment paper or foil up into golf ball size balls.  Set muffin tins upside down.  Place balls on top of muffin cups, leaving plenty of room in between each for the egg roll wrappers to drape (I only placed 4 ghosts on a 12 cup muffin tin, to give them plenty of room.)  Drape egg roll wrappers over the paper balls.

Bake for 5-6 minutes until golden brown.

Are you looking for a Quick and Quirky Sweet Treat for Halloween? These Sweet Ghost Crisps are the perfect treats to make...they're so easy and can be served with anything!

These will be best eaten the day they are made, but could be made up to a few days ahead of your party if stored in a cookie tin.

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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About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Halloween

    October 24, 2014 at 9:58 am

    I think this is one of the perfect Halloween foods. We like it and we may cook it soon. :)

    Reply
    • beth

      October 24, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Thanks, I do hope you make them for Halloween!

      Reply
  2. Anonymous

    October 30, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    I made these today with some leftover wonton wrappers, using a mini muffin tin and marble-size balls of parchment. Super cute and actually kind of a sophisticated taste — sweet and savory. Thanks for the great idea!

    Reply
  3. The Craft-Arty Kid

    October 30, 2011 at 11:36 am

    These are amazing! So awesome

    Reply
  4. Sharon at Momof6

    October 16, 2011 at 1:50 am

    This is a great idea- and seems simple enough that I might be able to make them for dessert one week-night after dinner! I plan to feature a picture and a link to this on my Links to Love post tomorrow over at www.momof6.com.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Meg@MegaCrafty

    October 4, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    Those are really cute. I love that they are crispy enough to stand on their own.

    Reply
  6. Mal

    October 3, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    This is such a cute idea!

    http://chicgeekery.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    October 3, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    How cool! U r awesome

    Reply
  8. Andrea

    October 3, 2011 at 10:44 am

    These are super cute! Your brain is amazing to come up with such fun and inventive ways in the kitchen.

    Reply
  9. Vanessa

    October 2, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Those are the cutest things I've ever seen! I may just have to make some some of those. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  10. Angela

    October 2, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    You are amazing! I think I need to have a Halloween bash just to try out some of your treats. These are really, really cute.

    Reply

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