Can you believe Halloween is only a few weeks away? Seems like summer lasted one moment! Now it’s almost time for tricks, treats and spooky desserts. Every year on Halloween evening, the kids and I visit one of our friends and have dinner. The kids used to go trick-or-treating afterwards, but now that they are older, they are content to pass out candy. One thing they still insist on is a spooky dessert to end their meal. I never know how much time I am going to have on the day of Halloween so I need easy dessert recipes that can be prepared in a hurry, but still tastes good. This year I’m making this cute Zombie Parfait recipe. Using one cheesecake, I was able to make six desserts in less than fifteen minutes. Even better, the recipe only has four ingredients. I’m all about those easy Halloween recipes.
How to Make the Zombie Parfait Recipe:
Ingredients:
You’ll need one frozen cheesecake, green food coloring, crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (think Oreos), chocolate syrup and zombie hands.
Instructions:
Step 1. Slice the cheesecake into six pieces. Or forgo this step and crumble the cheesecake into a large bowl.
Step 2. In a small bowl, crumble the slice of cheesecake.
Step 3. Add one to two drops of green food coloring (or more if mixing with entire cake). Mix well.
Step 4. When the cheesecake is mixed and tinted a light green, spoon it into a parfait glass.
Step 5. Top each parfait with a teaspoon Chocolate syrup.
Step 6 Top each parfait with crushed chocolate sandwich cookies.
Step 7. To give these parfaits the spooky Halloween touch they needed, add a plastic hand to the middle of each dessert.
Tips: You can find the spooky hands at dollar stores or craft stores.
If you have family members with allergies to chocolate like I do, substitute crushed vanilla sandwich cookies and caramel syrup for the chocolate sandwich cookies and chocolate syrup.
Printable Recipe
- 1 frozen cheesecake (17 ounces)
- 6 teaspoons chocolate syrup
- 12 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
- green food coloring
- Crumble cheesecake in large bowl. Add green food coloring until desired tint is reached. Spoon cheesecake into 6 parfait glasses. Top each parfait with one teaspoon chocolate syrup. Add 2 crushed sandwich cookies to each parfait to resemble dirt.
- Place one spooky zombie hand on top of each parfait.
What spooky dessert ideas are you planning this Halloween?
They are so spooky lol not sure I could eat something with a hand sticking out haha my son would love it! Such a simple but brilliant idea!
Those are wickedly cool!!! These will be perfect for a Halloween party!
This is soon cool. I’ve been seeing so many Halloween desserts, I feel like I need to throw a party for the kiddies. I am definitely surprising them on Halloween with this one!
Oh how perfect for Halloween! Definitely need to try this this year, it looks so fun to make also!
Can this be any more yummy! It’s an awesome idea, easy to make and very creative. It’s perfect for Halloween indeed and my kids will go crazy over it too.
This recipe is so cute and so scary! I cannot believe it is almost Halloween, how does time go so quickly! This would be perfect for a Halloween party.
Omg how yummy yet spooky!!! I bet my daughter would love these. Definitely have to make for her!
Fall sure happened up pretty fast this year. It always does though. 🙂 The dessert ideas are fun.
How fun and exciting! I don’t really get into the holidays that much, but Halloween is one holiday where I like to get creative with desserts. – HilLesha
Wow! This is perfect for our Halloween party with my family. I am so excited to make it!
My kids are going to love these. I will have to get the supplies I need to make some this week as a surprise.
I love this recipe, it looks soooo very delicious. I think my family will enjoy it. I’m still not sure what treats I’m going to make but it’s fun getting ideas.
Those turned out so great! Halloween will be here before we know it!
That is so fun! Halloween is a big deal at our house and this would be fun for our party!
Oh that is really cool! I would love to make this for my kiddos, they would think this is just brilliant!
That looks so decadently DELISH and perfect for a Halloween celebration! Can’t wait to whip it up with my kids! Thank you for sharing!!
Now this is my type of treat and the only trick involved is how simple they are to whip together. The spooky hand topper really adds a great touch too.
This is so fun! Love those spooky hands! Perfect for my Halloween spread!
These are so creative! Perfect for a halloween party!
This would look so good on any Halloween party spread! So simple to make, but scary delicious too!
This is awesome! I love this. It looks spooky but also fun and pretty yummy! Have to make these.
What a super cute idea, I will have to make these just for fun! I love the idea of eating a zombie parfait!
What a fun snack and a super easy way to make a spooky treat for Halloween. Who doesn’t love a good parfait!
Love this concept and I know that my daughters would get a kick out of these too. Such an cool idea especially as we get into the Halloween season!
This looks yummy! And SO easy to make! Thanks for sharing!
So cool! This would be great for a Halloween party! Thanks for sharing the idea!
This would be so much fun! It’s a great treat for Halloween before they go out trick-or-treating.
this is so cool! it looks just like a zombie and would be great to serve at a halloween party! thanks for sharing!
My kids figure out a way to make a parfait for any holiday or occasion, This is one they will love to try.
This is fantastic! I fell like the food creations for Halloween this year are better than ever. My son and his friends would flip if I were to serve them something that fun!
That looks so cute! The skeleton hand make a perfect addition to a Halloween snack.
This is a cute dessert and I love cheesecake, so this would be perfect for my family. I really like how easy it is to make. You have the best Halloween ideas and recipes.
That is so cute! The skeletal hand as a topper is a nice touch. It’s the perfect Halloween treat!