Description
Create spooky and delicious Halloween Witch Apples featuring green apples topped with chocolate-covered strawberry witch hats, candy eyes, colorful icing decorations, and string cheese broomsticks for a fun, festive treat perfect for Halloween parties or family snacks.
Ingredients
Scale
Witch Hats
- 6 strawberries washed
- 6 sugar cookies
- 1 cup dark melting chocolate
- 12 large candy eyes
Witch Apples
- 6 green apples, stems removed, washed
- 6 mini yellow M&Ms
- Halloween colored sprinkles
- ¼ cup white icing
- ¼ cup orange icing
- ¼ cup purple icing
- ¼ cup green icing
String Cheese Brooms
- 3 sticks of string cheese
- 6 chocolate Twizzlers
- 6 chocolate Pocky sticks
Instructions
- Prepare Strawberry Witch Hats: Using a small knife, cut the tops off each strawberry to create a flat even surface. Place a dot of white icing on each sugar cookie, then firmly place the strawberry cut side down onto the icing, forming the witch hat base.
- Melt and Coat Strawberries: In a small bowl, melt the dark chocolate according to package instructions. Spoon melted chocolate over the strawberry hats completely, then set them on a non-stick surface. Chill in the refrigerator to speed hardening for a few minutes.
- Prepare Apples: Cut a small slice off the bottom of each green apple to create a flat base and prevent rolling. Using white icing, place small dots on the apples where you want to attach the candy eyes, then press 2 candy eyes onto each apple.
- Assemble Witch Hats on Apples: Spread a very thin layer of white icing around the top of each apple. Place a chocolate-covered strawberry witch hat on top; ensure the icing layer is thin enough to keep the hat secure and prevent sliding.
- Decorate Hats: Pipe a ring of colored icing (white, orange, purple, or green) around the base of each hat. Place a mini yellow M&M on the front of each hat in the icing, then sprinkle Halloween colored sprinkles over the icing bands. Chill assembled apples in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to set the icing.
- Create String Cheese Brooms: Cut each string cheese stick in half. Thinly slice or peel about ¾ of each half vertically to create a broom bristle effect. Insert one chocolate Pocky stick about ½ inch into the uncut end for the broom handle.
- Add Twizzler Ties: Cut each chocolate Twizzler in half lengthwise. Tie a half around the top of each string cheese broom stick, being careful not to pull too tight to avoid breaking. Trim any excess Twizzler ends.
- Serve: Serve the witch apples and string cheese brooms chilled or at room temperature for a festive Halloween snack everyone will enjoy.
Notes
- Store the witch apples in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days to keep fresh.
- You can customize icing colors to match your Halloween theme with green, orange, purple, black, brown, yellow, or red.
- Substitute chocolate Twizzlers with licorice Twizzlers if preferred.
- Chocolate-covered pretzel sticks can replace chocolate Pocky sticks as broom handles.
- Ensure the strawberry tops are cut evenly to create stable hats that sit well on sugar cookies.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 220 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg
