[For Seniors] Handmade Halloween Treats to Enjoy: Fun Ideas with Pumpkins and Ghosts
Why not make Halloween even more exciting with homemade treats? We’re sharing recipes full of joy to make together with older adults—from the gentle sweetness of pumpkin to adorable ghost decorations.
Mixing ingredients, enjoying the aroma while they bake, and decorating together create fun moments filled with smiles and conversation.
Let’s share the joy of making and eating together, with easy doughnuts using pancake mix and the delicate flavors of traditional Japanese sweets.
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[For Seniors] Handmade Halloween Treats to Enjoy: Fun Ideas with Pumpkins and Ghosts (1–10)
Mummy Madeleine
These madeleines are shaped like mummies—cute enough to surprise even older adults.
Typically, madeleines are light cream-colored with a slight golden bake, right? But since it’s Halloween, let’s add black cocoa powder to the batter and make black madeleines.
Using pancake mix for the batter makes them easy to prepare.
Once you pour the batter into madeleine molds and bake them in the oven, you’ll have cocoa-infused, chocolate-flavored madeleines.
Draw the mummy’s bandages with a white chocolate pen, add eyes, and they’re done.
For the eyes, you could use chocolate or even little egg biscuits.
With these not-your-usual madeleines, older adults will likely have fun chatting both while making them and while eating them.
Spiderweb Halloween treats
Spider webs are a motif you often see around Halloween.
If you arrange Pretz sticks broken in half into the shape of a web, you can make a tasty edible spider web.
Use chocolate melted in a hot-water bath to stick the Pretz together.
It’s easy if you melt individually wrapped chocolates as they are in the hot water.
Once the chocolate sets, it gives the effect of spider silk.
Try adding little “ghosts” made of marshmallows or cookies to the candy spider web.
It’s a simple snack that’s perfect for Halloween.
It can be made at the table while seated, so older adults can join in, too.
With such a fun method, you can almost hear the laughter of the seniors as they make this treat.
sweet pumpkin
There are probably many seniors who enjoy sweet, fluffy pumpkin.
Here’s a sweet pumpkin treat made with just that.
Cut the pumpkin into moderate pieces, microwave until soft, and remove the skin.
Mix it with ingredients like maple syrup and butter, then roll it into balls.
Use a toothpick to score lines on the surface so they look like tiny pumpkins.
Bake them in the oven, and top with bits of pumpkin skin to finish—adorable, pumpkin-shaped sweet treats.
While they’re baking, the sweet aroma of maple syrup fills the air, making this a dish you’ll look forward to eating.
[For Seniors] Handmade Halloween Treats to Enjoy: Fun Ideas with Pumpkins and Ghosts (11–20)
Pumpkin stick pie
Pumpkin stick pies made with frozen puff pastry sheets are an easy-to-eat, recommended snack for seniors.
Because pumpkin is hard and difficult to cut, wrap it in plastic wrap and microwave at 600W for 1 minute to make it easier to slice.
Add milk, salt, honey, and white pepper to the cut pumpkin, then microwave at 600W for about 6 minutes.
Finally, transfer to a pot and warm it while adding more milk, cooking until it becomes a soft, spreadable paste.
Spread the paste thinly over the puff pastry sheet, fold, cut with a knife, twist, and bake in a toaster to finish.
It’s also fun to change up the shapes, like squares or triangles.
Skull Macaron
Mix 30 g egg whites, 60 g powdered sugar, and 30 g almond flour to make the batter, then pipe it into rounds and let them dry.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C (320°F) for 3 minutes, cover with aluminum foil, and bake a further 10 minutes at 130°C (266°F).
Once cooled, the macarons are ready.
Melt chocolate and milk over a hot water bath, chill in the refrigerator until set, and sandwich it between the macarons.
Draw skull faces on the macarons with a food pen to finish! Food pens come in various colors, so you can make colorful skulls if you like.
mummy cookie
Simple and delicious mummy cookies that will liven up Halloween.
Insert a toothpick into an Oreo cookie, then coat the entire Oreo with melted chocolate.
The key is to cover it thoroughly so there are no uncoated spots.
Once the chocolate has set, draw the mummy’s bandage pattern with a chocolate pen.
Drawing the lines a bit thicker will make the mummy pattern stand out more.
It’s a great fine-motor activity and a fun way to enjoy the season, so give it a try!
Monster Baked Donuts
Combine 120 g pancake mix, 30 g sugar, 10 g unsalted butter, 60 g milk, and 1 egg in a bowl and mix to make the batter.
Transfer the batter to a piping bag, pipe it into a lightly oiled donut mold, and bake at 180°C (356°F) for 12 minutes.
The batter will rise, so fill the molds to about 60% full, and adjust the baking time according to the size of your mold.
Once the donuts have cooled, remove them from the mold and draw eyes with a chocolate pen.
Your monster baked donuts are ready!