Easy Donut Monsters

These EASY DONUT MONSTERS are a fun, edible craft for kids & adults of all ages. A dessert & activity all in one & no baking required!

Welcome to Day 5 of #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I’ve teamed up with a great group of sponsors & they sent some free goodies to make this week of recipes happened. As always, all opinions & general chit chat is all 100% me.

This is such a fun edible craft for kids of all ages (and adults too!). My son and I had a ball making these. We had a chance to get creative, cook together, make our food talk to each other, laugh, & eat a pretty yummy dessert when we were all done. With a variety of candies, you can make a whole cast of characters! Scary donut monsters, baby donut monsters, witchy donut monsters, wonky donut monsters, anything goes – and that’s what makes it so fun!

This is one of those things that you just can’t mess up, which is absolutely perfect when you have kids! Their are no Pinterest fails here, this is just all fun and even if you mess up – it still looks cute. See the donut in the image below? The one with the pretzel stick arms & the eyes looking down? Yeah, they weren’t supposed to look down… lol.

I used a bit too much cookie frosting & my eyeballs drooped. She looks like she’s looking down at something & freaking out and I may have reenacted a play with her… complete with Mama monster donut & baby monster donuts… May have. May not have. Not admitting anything here. 😉 I put two baby donut monsters on her little pretzel arms (along with a very stylish pumpkin hat) & my mess up instantly turned into a donut monster mom freaking out over her mischievous donut kids. Haven’t we all been there?! LOL

You start off with already made donuts. I’m from North Carolina so I’m gonna tell you to get you some Krispy Kremes. Go when the ‘hot’ sign is on outside & eat all the donuts you can while they’re fresh. Really stuff yourselves y’all, those things are good… and worth it. Then, order some more donuts and take them home to make Donut Monsters with. 😉 Here’s some ideas of items to help you monsterize your donuts.

• mini donuts (we made feet out of them & baby monster donuts)
• toothpicks
• candy eyeballs (different sizes if you can – I got mine from Wilton & TreatStreet)
• food coloring (I used Adams)
• almond bark
• mini chocolate chips
• cookie frosting (I used Wilton)
• cookies, we made feet out of them (you can ‘glue’ them with icing or melted almond bark)
• frosting (make your own or use store-bought)
• candy corn
• candy pumpkins
• sprinkles (I love the variety that Sweets and Treats Shop has)
• licorice strings
• pretzel sticks

I hope y’all enjoy making these Donut Monsters as much as me and my son did.

Happy creating – and Happy Halloween!

Sponsored products used in this recipe – Wilton blue cooking icing, Wilton candy eyeballs, TreatStreet gummy eyeballs, Dixie Crystals sugar (in my homemade frosting), Sweets and Treats Shop Sprinkles 

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Easy Donut Monsters

Ingredients

• Here's some ideas of items to help you monsterize your donuts.
• mini donuts we made feet out of them & baby monster donuts
• toothpicks
• candy eyeballs different sizes if you can - I got mine from Wilton & TreatStreet
• food coloring I used Adams
• almond bark
• mini chocolate chips
• cookie frosting I used Wilton
• cookies we made feet out of them (you can 'glue' them with icing or melted almond bark)
• frosting make your own or use store-bought
• candy corn
• candy pumpkins
• sprinkles I love the variety that Sweets and Treats Shop has

Instructions

• You can get so very creative with these donut monsters & make them all sorts of ways. There really is no wrong way, use your imagination! Here are a few ideas to ideas though to get your started.
• Color frosting & melted almond bark with food coloring color(s) of your choice.
• Cut the very ends of the donuts off, making an upside down "U" shape. Use frosting or melted almond bark to glue cookies or mini donuts to the cut ends, making feet. You could stick the white part from candy corns in to give them 'toes' too if you wanted.
• Use toothpicks & gummy eyes to give eyes with height - or cookie icing along with small, candy eyeballs to put the eyes on the donut itself.
• Cut the orange & yellow off of candy corns, where only the white tips remain, and use for toes & for tiny baby donut teeth
• Use full size candy corn as teeth.
• Make candy pumpkin 'hats' for your donut monsters.
• stick in licorice strings for 'hair' or use pretzel sticks
• Use pretzel sticks for arms

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