"Candy Corn" Pudding Parfaits

Looking for a quick and yummy dessert to feed your goblins on Halloween night?  How about Candy Corn Pudding Parfaits?

Inspired by Pinterest, my boys and I made these parfaits yesterday in seriously less than 10 minutes! I'm all about the quick treats!

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1 Package of Vanilla Instant Pudding
Milk
Orange Food Coloring Gel
Whipped Cream
Parfait Cups

HOW TO:
Following the instructions on the pudding packaging, prepare the pudding. Before placing it in the refrigerator, divide the pudding evenly into two bowls.  In one bowl, add 2-3 drops of orange food coloring gel and stir.  Refrigerate both bowls per packaging instructions.  (My pudding set in 5 minutes).

Once pudding is set, fill parfaits cups with 1/3 vanilla pudding and 1/3 orange pudding then top with whipped cream.

Ta-Da!  "Candy Corn" Pudding Parfaits!

Thank you for visiting and hope you all have a wonderful and safe Halloween!

Enjoy!

Boo-tiful Halloween Fun!

It's no secret, I love Halloween. I've loved it since I was a little girl. Remember those awful plastic mask costumes? Ya, I fell victim to those costumes every year in the 80's and let me tell you, having worn glasses since Kindergarten, they were NO BUENO. I would get so hot under those masks, my glasses would fog up and I couldn't see.  I laugh now, but it was torture to get a little candy back in the day! Thankfully, costumes have come a long way since then.

Naturally, my boys have grown up loving Halloween and we go all out. This year we decked the house out with spooky decor, pulled out the fog machines and had a blast!

The Dessert Table:
Every November 1st, I hit my favorite stores and scoop up as much Halloween decor I can find on clearance. Last year I picked up an 18 ft. outdoor Gutter Ghost and used it as this year's back drop. I set up the torches I bought for our Knights and Dragons party to add ambiance.  I made sugar Bone Cookies, cupcakes, Mummy Graves (brownies topped with mummy cake pops with a candy tombstone) and "Finger Food" pudding cups. I also filled candy jars with candy corn and gumballs. I found a silicone ice tray in the Dollar Spot at Target and made spider web, monster eyeballs and spider fondant cupcake toppers.

Above:
Finger Food  - Dollar Tree gummy fingers in vanilla pudding.
Bone Cookies - Glazed sugar cookies

Below:
Mummy Graves - Nutella Brownies topped with Mummy Cake Pops with Dollar Tree candy filled Tombstones.

The Monster Bar:
I also set up a "Monster Bar" for us to eat and hangout. Here I filled candy jars with vampire teeth, marshmallows, more candy corn and party favors.  I made jello brains and Marshmallow pops and set each table setting up with a spooky goblet, juice blood and syringe.

I LOVE these marshmallow "Brain Freeze" cones I found at the Dollar Tree. So creepy cute!

Our host, the "Mad Butcher". Don't let that boo-tiful smile fool you!

My boys..The "Mad Butcher", The "Evil Doctor" and "Flash". I just love these creeps!!!!

One of our guests....pay no attention to the "Evil Doctor" in the background.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful and SAFE Halloween!

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Styling and Photography: Michelle's Party Plan-It

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House of Spooks Halloween Party

October is my favorite month of the year and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! Since Halloween falls on a school night this year, a House of Spooks Halloween party for my sons and nieces was in order.

The Decor:

My youngest son is almost 3 and is now totally aware of the "Spookies" so I decided to go cutesy instead of scary for the little ones. My inspiration for the theme was this Haunted House I picked up at Costco. I decided to keep a modest budget for this party since we had 3 birthday parties in the last several weeks and still have another birthday and wedding anniversary to celebrate this month.

I started with my large stash of Halloween decor (which I add to every year the day after Halloween when everything is at least 50% off).  This year, I did find a ton of great items at the Dollar Tree that fit perfectly within my budget and color scheme. I also reused several elements from recent parties such as the tulle backdrop from my Seinfeld party.

LOVE these Haunted House boxes and Tombstones (filled with candy bones) that I found at the Dollar Tree and the little plastic ghosts filler found in the dollar bins at Target.

I made the sign with my Cricut and attached Peeps on to sticks with personalized ribbon I purchased last year from Pick Your Plum. The web "curtains" are actually 2 table runners I picked up last year at Michaels.

These snack cups were also from the dollar bin at Target. What a steal! 10 for $1! I added my tags and filled them with cinnamon popcorn.

The names on the tombstones are hilarious!
Diane Rott, Juan Toomany, Will B. Back, Dr. Acula, Myra Maines and Ima Ghoul. They remind me of the tombstones at the Haunted Mansion ride in Disneyland. :)

The Sweets:
We served several sweets for the sweets.  Velata caramel chocolate fondue with caramel marshmallows, candy corn sugar cookies, mummy brownie pops, cupcakes with witch hat toppers and fondont skulls, and I made a candy corn rice cereal treat bundt "cake".

My sweet friend Jamie whipped up these sugar cookies and brownie pops, aren't they adorable?

Jamie also made these pinterest inspired Witch Hats for the cupcakes.....

 

 

I made these fondant toppers using a silicone skull ice tray I found at the Dollar Tree.

I was going to make some cereal treat candy corns I saw on pinterest, but then I decided to put my own spin on it and and make a cereal treat "cake" topped with shredded coconut. When sliced, it resembled a candy corn.

 
The Party Favors and Activities:
We played Halloween Bowling, Give the Skeleton a Heart, Halloween "Twister", Bingo, Spider Web Darts and Monster Toss. I made the kids their own Trick or Treat Loot Bags which they filled with treats and prizes they won from playing games.

Party Favor goodies and candy purchased from the Dollar Tree, 99 cent store and dollar bin at Target.

Recognize the Monster Toss? It was first used at my son's Monster Bash birthday party. 

One of my favorite moments was watching the kids play a Halloween version of twister.

B-I-N-G-O!

The Food:

We made a Tostada Bar with all the fixings, rice, beans, grape punch, chips and salsa to fill the tummies!

At Nightfall:

Once the sun went down the black lights were turned on and our home became the HOUSE OF SPOOKS.

The little one wanted to change mid-party. :)

It was another great party with wonderful family!

Thank you for visiting and be sure to download your FREE Printable Halloween Tags!

VENDOR CREDITS:

Event Planning, Styling & Set Up - Party Plan-It Designs
Party Stationery and Customized Coordinating Decor: Party Plan-It Designs

Photography: Party Plan-It Designs

Chevron Nut Cups: Pick Your Plum

Treat Tubes: Party On Designs

Cupcake/Cake Pop Stand: Cupcake Stand