For children, the highlight of Halloween is knocking on doors to get something sweet. However, you can bring the spooky mood into the house from early morning by preparing a themed breakfast for the whole family. And what could be better than delicious Halloween pancakes, which also offer a fun activity for young and old. You probably have a favorite pancake recipe, but here are some unique and easy ideas for holiday decorating.
Decorate Halloween pancakes
With a little creativity and imagination, you can turn a simple breakfast into a magical experience. And the best part is that you only need a few ingredients.
For this fun idea you should firstthe pancakes as usualprepare. If desired, you can add 240 g of pumpkin puree to the simple dough to color it orange.
Then prepare a simple icing and use a piping bag to create the spider webs. You can quickly create cute spiders with blackberries, sugar eyes and black pasta for the legs.
Another variation is to add 20g of frozen berries to the pancake batter and make the spider web on top with peanut butter. For a more spooky look, you can also place banana ghosts next to it.
Make your own spider web pancakes
These spider web pancakes are an incredibly creative idea. And they are also very easy to prepare. All you have to do is pour the dough into a piping bag, add some oil to the heated pan and use it to draw the spider web. First make a simple cross, then draw two diagonal lines on the cross. Then connect the sticks together, let the spider web bake and carefully remove it from the pan.
Create scary monsters
You can easily create scary monsters with pancakes, marshmallows, a few blueberries and bananas. You can arrange the marshmallows between two pancakes as teeth and then make the eyes on them using two banana slices and two blueberries.
Or create a cute monster by using three banana slices and three blueberries for eyes, cutting out teeth from banana and making a mouth from strawberry.
Chocolate pancakes are also perfect for Halloween breakfast. Just bake a few additional smaller pieces that you can use for the hands and legs and make the mouth out of berry jam, the teeth out of apple and add rubber eyes.
Bake cute ghosts and pumpkins
Using a squirt bottle and simple dough, you can also bake these cute ghosts that your kids are sure to love. First, pour the dough into a squirt bottle and use it to create the shape of a ghost in the heated pan. Quickly fill the outline with dough.
Experiment with other fun shapes like pumpkins, witches' brooms, and a hat. Dip a toothpick into melted chocolate to create the faces.
For a better Halloween mood, you can add some color to your creations by dividing the dough and adding food coloring or cocoa before baking.
Funny owl
Owl pancakes are also a fun addition to the breakfast table and decorating them is a wonderful activity for the whole family.
- Place the baked pancake on a plate along with a peeled tangerine to serve as the Halloween pumpkin. Decorate these with eyes and teeth from the shells.
- Make the witch's hat out of plums and the eyes out of banana slices and blueberries.
- Use two pieces of apple to form the wings.
- Form the nose and legs from tangerine.
- Create a broom using a pretzel stick and cheese strips.
Prepare eye pancakes
These mini pancakes are the perfect idea for your Halloween party! You will need strawberry jam, which you should pour onto a plate to create a bloody effect. Then you should put 3 mini pancakes on shish kebab skewers, decorate them with bananas and blueberries and place them on top of the jam.
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