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Jack-o'-Lantern Cream Puffs Recipe

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These jack-o'-lanterns may look spooky on the outside, but inside is a creamy, sweet treat. The classic flavor of pumpkin pie spice will have all your ghosts and goblins screaming for more! Karalee Helminak, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Jack-o'-Lantern Cream Puffs Recipe

Prep: 1 hour Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

60 30 90

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
FILLING:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
3/4 cup whipped topping
FROSTING:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 teaspoons milk
Green and orange food coloring
1 tablespoon baking cocoa

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring the water, butter and sugar to a boil.
In a small bowl, combine flour and pie spice; add to water mixture all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny.
Drop 12 rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack. Immediately split puffs open; remove tops and set aside. Discard soft dough from inside. Cool puffs.
For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar and pie spice until smooth. Pipe into cream puffs. Top each with 1 tablespoon whipped topping; replace tops.
For frosting, in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint 1 tablespoon frosting green and 2 teaspoons orange; set aside. Stir cocoa into the remaining frosting. Pipe jack-o'-lantern faces with orange and chocolate frosting. Pipe stems with green frosting. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 filled cream puff equals 152 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 57 mg cholesterol, 72 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Jack-o'-Lantern Cream Puffs in Taste of Home October/November 2008, p27

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Reviewed on Nov. 05, 2009 by mjdal

I made them for halloween for work and everybody really liked them, today I am making them for a church meeting without the faces.

Reviewed on Oct. 22, 2009 by cawernimont

Here are some tips for making these a success. You have to use real butter, no margarine. Also take the butter and water off the heat immediately when it starts boiling, if too much of the liquid evaporates they will go flat. These were excellent and I am making them again for a fall baby shower!

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2009 by karliq

I made these for a Halloween party! They turned out great! The pumpkin spice flavor was an excellent addition. I had a hard time putting the faces on. When I make them again I will make the puff shell bigger so there is more room to decorate the face

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2008 by sudav

I made them for a work Halloween Party. They turned out delicious..seotten

Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2008 by rottoni

try cooking them longer

Reviewed on Oct. 29, 2008 by mjandreasen

i tried making these 3 times and they all flattend before i could cut them open.I think their is an ingredient missing.

Reviewed on Oct. 22, 2008 by thewall

Reviewed on Oct. 22, 2008 by Paula May

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