Description
These Halloween Donuts are fun, festive, and surprisingly easy! Using store-bought glazed donuts, you’ll transform them into spooky treats with a simple orange glaze and colorful sprinkles. Perfect for parties, kids’ activities, or last-minute desserts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 Glazed Donuts – use fresh ones for best results
- 16 ounces Pre-Made White Frosting – vanilla works best
- Orange Gel Food Coloring – for bold color without thinning frosting
- Halloween Sprinkles – choose mixes with orange, black, purple, or candy eyes
- Optional: Black gel food coloring – for a two-tone effect
- Optional: Candy eyeballs – to make monster faces
- Optional: Crushed chocolate cookies – for spooky dirt topping
Instructions
- Place the frosting into a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for about 30 seconds until slightly runny but not hot.
- Stir in orange gel food coloring until you get a bright pumpkin-orange shade. Gel coloring is important because it won’t thin the frosting.
- Dip the top of each glazed donut into the frosting. Twist slightly to ensure the entire surface is evenly coated.
- Set the donuts on a wire rack so the frosting can firm up. Placing parchment under the rack helps with clean-up.
- While the frosting is still tacky, add Halloween sprinkles generously. This locks them in place.
- Optional: Add candy eyeballs or use black gel icing to draw spider webs, monster faces, or jack-o-lantern designs.
- Allow donuts to set for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Use gel, not liquid food coloring, for brighter and smoother frosting.
- Chill donuts in the fridge for 10 minutes before dipping — it prevents the glaze from sliding off.
- Double-dip donuts for a thicker bakery-style glaze.
- Add candy decorations before the frosting hardens.
- Swap orange for green or purple glaze to match different Halloween themes.
- If kids are decorating, set out bowls of toppings so everyone can make their own spooky donut.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg