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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)
Oreo cat
We’re going to make the black cat you often see accompanying witches out of Oreos.
Since Oreos are cocoa cookies and have a dark color, they’re perfect for transforming into black cats.
Add marble chocolate for the eyes and chocolate chips for the ears, and your Oreo cat is complete.
This cute treat is likely to spark conversation among older adults, too.
It can be made while seated, so many seniors should be able to participate.
Besides black cats, you can also make bats and spiders with Oreos.
Let’s enjoy Halloween with a delicious snack activity.
Halloween steamed bun
Soft, chewy steamed buns are a favorite for many older adults.
Since they aren’t very hard, they’re perfect as a snack for seniors.
You can change the color of the steamed buns using ingredients like heated, mashed pumpkin, matcha powder, or food coloring.
You can make colors that match a Halloween theme, such as orange, green, and purple.
If you don’t have a steamer, you can make them by adding water to a frying pan.
Let the seniors draw ghost faces on the buns with chocolate pens.
It may even bring back memories for some of them of making steamed buns at home.
Ghost Sweet Potato Chips
The ghost faces made on the surfaces of the sliced sweet potatoes make these treats really unique.
Also, sprinkling butter and cinnamon over the sliced sweet potato surfaces makes them even more delicious.
The chips have a simple flavor, but once you eat one, you won’t be able to stop.
Since they’re easy to make, it seems like a fun recipe to prepare while chatting with people around you.
Many older adults probably enjoy the sweetness of sweet potatoes too.
Please use this as a reference and give it a try.
Pumpkin pound cake
Moist pound cake is so delicious, isn’t it? This is a recommended Halloween treat: pound cake with pumpkin.
Mix powdered pumpkin into the pound cake batter and bake it in the oven.
Using pumpkin powder is less work than using fresh pumpkin.
Vegetable powders are great for making simple snacks together with older adults.
Add little ghosts drawn with a white chocolate pen to the sliced pound cake, and you’ve got a lovely Halloween cake.
Tea time with a cake you made yourselves is sure to be enjoyable for older adults as well.
Caterpillar Monster Cookie
Cookies in Halloween colors like orange, purple, and black.
Halloween brings out witches and ghosts, so it can feel a bit spooky, right? But cute caterpillar-shaped cookies would likely delight older adults as well.
Divide the cookie dough into three portions and color them with food coloring or black cocoa.
Put the dough into a piping bag and pipe it into caterpillar shapes.
Add the eyes and you’re done.
With their round, adorable eyes, these cookies are perfect for Halloween.
Halloween pumpkin pie
Enjoy Halloween with jack-o’-lantern and ghost pies.
Use cookie cutters to cut frozen pie sheets into pumpkin and ghost shapes.
Sandwich pumpkin puree between the cut pie sheets and bake in the oven.
Then your pumpkin and ghost pies are ready.
You can also make the jack-o’-lantern’s triangular eyes and jagged mouth, as well as the ghost’s eyes and mouth, using a straw or cutters.
Adding eyes and mouths makes the pies look even more realistic.
If you have cutters for shapes like cats or bats, be sure to try those too.
With a variety of Halloween characters, even older adults may find it fresh and enjoyable.
Mummy Sausage Pie
A Halloween treat made with pie seems perfect for the cool days of October.
It uses pie dough to represent the mummy’s signature look—layers of wrapped bandages.
The step of winding the dough strips looks like a fun, hands-on activity for older adults, too.
Using store-bought frozen pie sheets makes it easy to prepare.
After baking in the oven, add cheese eyes and serve it with a pool of red ketchup, and you’ll have a treat bursting with Halloween spirit.
It’s substantial, satisfying both the heart and the stomach.