Halloween Donuts

Name: Halloween Donuts Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups (150 grams) sifted confectioners' sugar; 3 to 4 tablespoons water or milk; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional); 12 donuts; Various colored sprinkles; Edible gel; Edible eyes

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Celebrate the season with these scarily good Halloween Donuts! The whole family will have fun creating their very own custom Halloween Donuts using store-bought donuts and a variety of sprinkles.

multicolored DIY Halloween Donuts with monster eyes

Get into the Halloween spirit by making delicious and easy Halloween donuts the whole family will enjoy. Kids will love to decorate these Halloween donuts to make spooktacular treats. Simply decorate storebought donuts with icing, various sprinkles, and candy eyeballs.

Halloween donuts are such a fun and festive treat. Since so many people don’t want to bake, this easy recipe uses store-bought donuts, but you can certainly bake plain donuts if you prefer. Do whatever makes these easy Halloween Donuts the easiest and most fun for you and your kids.

And, why not celebrate the season with even more Halloween treats? Make this festive Halloween Fruit Tray and some No-Bake Halloween Bat Cookies. And, kids love snacking on this Monster Halloween Popcorn.

a serving platter filled with halloween donuts

The sky really is the limit when it comes to decorating Halloween donuts. In addition to sprinkles and spooky eyes, you can decorate your Halloween donuts to look like spider web donuts, or make monster donuts with fangs, chocolate candy, and more. Each donut will be unique, and each donut will be fun.

Why Make This Recipe

Scary Good Halloween Donuts – These donuts are topped with all kinds of yummy candy for your Halloween breakfast or Halloween party.
Incredibly Easy – Using store-bought donuts is the secret to this easy recipe.
No Special Equipment Needed – No donut pan? No problem. No donut pan is needed for this easy recipe.
Tasty – Kids are always drawn to decorated donuts, and these tasty donuts are even better because they helped make them.

three finished halloween donuts on a countertop

Ingredient Notes

Confectioners Sugar – Also called powdered sugar or icing sugar.
Liquid – Use water or milk to blend with the dry ingredients to make a glaze.
Vanilla Extract – this optional ingredient really brings out the flavors of the icing.
Donuts – Use plain, undecorated, and unglazed donuts.
Sprinkles – Use any color or use a Halloween mix with orange, purple and green.
Edible Gel – Available in the cake decorating section of your store. You can also use candy melts or melted chocolate chips.
Edible eyes – Available in the Halloween candy aisle or the cake decoration section of your store.

top down view of the completed halloween donuts

Ready to make this easy Halloween Donuts recipe? Gather your ingredients and I will show you…

How To Make Halloween Donuts

Get the complete ingredients list and instructions from the recipe card below.

Pour various colored sprinkles into different bowls and set them aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar with the water or milk and vanilla, stirring until smooth.
Dip plain donuts into the frosting glaze, allowing the excess to drip off.
Dip the glazed side of the donut into sprinkles and set it down on parchment paper or a cooling rack sprinkles side up.
Repeat the process with all of the donuts.
Attached edible eyes using edible gel, and let donuts sit for about 30 minutes for the glaze to set and dry.

image collage showing the steps for making halloween donuts

Pro Tips

Prep all of your decorations and candy before you start decorating.
Make the glaze last because it will thicken.
Work quickly once you get the glaze made.
Mix and match sprinkle colors.
Make sure excess glaze drips off otherwise, it gets messy and drips down the side of the donuts taking the sprinkles with it.
Fill a piping bag with frosting or melted chocolate chips and attach a thin round tip to the piping bag. Squeeze frosting through the piping bag onto the back of the edible eye candies to stick to the Halloween donuts.
Let your kids experiment with candy and decorations to design their own Halloween donut ideas.

Delicious Variations

Spider Donut – After decorating your Halloween donuts, pipe frosting on them to make them look like spider web donuts.
Halloween Cookies and Halloween Cupcakes – If donuts aren’t your thing, decorate large cookies instead, or make these Easy Halloween Cupcakes.
Black Frosting – You can create black frosting by adding food coloring to the powdered sugar frosting or melting chocolate chips or candy melts instead.

Prep And Storage

Prep Ahead – Purchase the donuts from the store or make your favorite homemade donut recipe.
Store – Leftover donuts can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Freeze – Freezing Halloween donuts is not recommended.

halloween donuts served on a white plate

FAQs

Where Do I Get Plain Donuts?

If you are having trouble finding plain donuts, glazed donuts will work for this recipe as well. Purchase donuts from Krispy Kreme or another local donut shop to decorate. You can also make your favorite homemade donut recipe.

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