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Marshmallow Witches Recipe

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Get ready for an assembly line, because these no-bake marshmallow witches are easy to prepare, and kids will love helping. They're perfect for gatherings because a dozen can be put together in just 30 minutes. Or whip up an extra batch, put them in plastic wrap, and tie with curly orange or black ribbon for festive party favors. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Marshmallow Witches Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup vanilla frosting, divided
36 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
12 large marshmallows
1 drop each green, red and yellow food coloring, optional
1/4 cup flaked coconut
12 chocolate wafers
12 miniature peanut butter cups
12 milk chocolate kisses

Directions

For the face of each witch, place a dab of frosting on the bottom of three chocolate chips; press two for eyes and one for nose onto each marshmallow.
For hair, combine green food coloring and a drop of water in a small resealable plastic bag; add coconut and shake well. Spread a small amount of frosting on sides of marshmallows; press coconut hair into frosting. Place 3 tablespoons of frosting in a small heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; tint orange with red and yellow food coloring. Set aside.
For hats, spread some of the remaining frosting in the center of chocolate wafers; press peanut butter cups upside down into frosting. Lightly spread bottoms of chocolate kisses with frosting; place on peanut butter cups. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert a small star tip. Fill the bag with frosting and pipe stars around the base of each peanut butter cup. Secure a hat to each witch with a dab of frosting. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 121 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 69 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Marshmallow Witches in Quick Cooking September/October 2005, p16

Devilish Decorations

A slew of simple spooky decorations can set a spirited mood at your Halloween party. In addition to pumpkins and balloons, try these tricks.

With a black marker, draw ghostly eyes and mouths on old white sheets. Drape over the bristle ends of brooms and prop up against walls.

Cut out shapes of bats from black construction paper and suspend them from the ceiling with black thread and tape.

For an eerie glow, replace some of your regular lightbulbs with green or orange bulbs, which can be found at hardware and party supply stores.

Greet guests with spooky sounds from a purchased cassette or compact disc.

Pick up a bag of spider webbing from a party supply store. Place in corners throughout the house and attach black plastic spiders. Also scatter spiders on tables, mantels and counters.

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Reviewed on Apr. 26, 2013 by janulla80

very nice and easy kids party pleaser :)

Reviewed on Oct. 29, 2012 by paulap1963

I would make this again because they are so so cute. I will need to find a way for them to stand up better. Once their hats were on...they were top heavy and fell over on the platter.

Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2012 by shermanhenryfloyd

The recipe is printed along with ingredients right below the picture!!

Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2012 by mamacad

It's a cute idea for halloween, but could you please post the recipe!

Reviewed on Oct. 11, 2012 by RockyTopp2

i used a oreo cookie for the base, used a stick lighter to melt the bottom of the big marshmellow to stick to cookie. Worked out great did the same for putting the chocolate wafer on top of marshmellow. They sit flat and stay together. And Look fantastic. Ya could use black licorice around oreo to make a tie.

Reviewed on Sep. 03, 2012 by Rockamama

A lot of trouble for unhealthy "food".

Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2011 by Azantei

A bit of an assembly line but they were fun and adorable. I didn't think the combination of goodies sounded that appetizing but they went very fast. Instead of coconut I just used some canned icing to quicken the process.

Reviewed on Nov. 22, 2011 by C.Earney

This was an adorable recipie that my 12-year-old daughter made. A few of them tipped slightly but it made it even more cute! The overall turnout was great and she will definitly be making them again!

Reviewed on Oct. 31, 2011 by hummingbirdvw

These were very easy to make. I used jumbo marshmallows and that eliminated the falling over problem. I also used homemade Royal Icing instead of canned icing, that way it hardened. The only problem I had was that the wafer cookies must have absorbed the moisture from the frosting and/or marshmallows and turned the cookies so moist that if you touched them they fell apart. I guess if i made them again, I would make them right before I was going to need them instead of a few days ahead.

Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2011 by gossmarian

it was very hard to find those thin cholcolate wafers. I had to use thicker cookies (keebler fudge covered i think), which made the marshmellows fall down. Frustrating to keep them standing!

Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2011 by BroodSquad

I wish I would have read the reviews first. I don't know how it got so many stars. My daughter and I made them for her class treat. They kept tipping over and the frosting wasn't holding anything together. I wish we had just made brownies.

Reviewed on Oct. 24, 2011 by SandiMax

Made these for a finger food potluck Halloween party last year. People lined up to first take pictures, then not a single one was left. They were a fantastic hit!

Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2011 by WhidbeyIslandGal

I wouldn't try this again. They don't look anything close to the picture and they are tipping over, etc. Cute idea, but it's hard to replicate!

Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2011 by WhidbeyIslandGal

Not as perfect as the picture. Really hard to make but it's a cute idea. Plus - it's a lot of sugar!!!!

Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2011 by cars.com

A way to keep these from tipping over might be to use a chocolate wafer cookie as a base and stick the marshmallow to it with frosting first and let it dry.

Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2011 by Barbara06512

I haven't tried making these yet so I'm reading the comments about the tipping over. I would try either a dab of frosting on the plate before placing the marshmallow on the plate or a dab of frosting on the bottom of the marshmallow and place it on another of the chocolate wafers as it's own plate.

Reviewed on Oct. 16, 2011 by bluetigereyes2

Its almost impossible to find marshmallows that sit completely flat, so these tilt to the side and are hard to keep together. The FEW marshmallows that sat flat and stayed together were adorable, but over 90% of them just tilted to the side. Cute concept, just not practical to really make

Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2011 by vbourque

I made this last Halloween for my daughters daycare. I wasn't happy with the results- they kept tipping over (anyone have suggestions for a different cookie to use that would not be too large?) but the kids loved them! I'll be attempting it again this year.

Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2011 by psygrad95

I tried to make with a group of tween girls. Used canned frosting and they just slid all over the place and didn't stay together. Had a lot of laughs and fun with them anyway. Maybe they would stick better with a better frosting.

Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2011 by Savy1621

So cute!!! I'll have to try that sometime..... :D

Reviewed on Oct. 06, 2011 by daisykent_5

I had my boyfriend try them, and he loved them because of all the different type of flavors you get out of it. (Marshmallow, Chocolate, Coconut, Peanutbutter) When I tried the recipe i didn't have everything though...I used some glitter gel icing instead of frosting and i accidentally bought the normal size mini chocolate chips (not the super mini ones) they turned out cute but were tilting over (probably due to the big chocolate chips) hopefully when i use the right stuff they will be able to stand up.. I'll let you know. But I wish i could post a picture of mine on here cause they were so darn cute!

Reviewed on Oct. 06, 2011 by Rockamama

Cute but what a bunch of JUNK!

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