Ghosts in the Graveyard Halloween Dessert Shooters
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Ghosts in the Graveyard Halloween Dessert Shooters
Description
This recipe begins by melting semisweet chocolate chips with half of the heavy cream to create a smooth chocolate mixture, which is cooled before combining with softened cream cheese and powdered sugar. Vanilla extract and Oreo cookie crumbs are stirred in, then folded into whipped heavy cream to create a light yet rich filling. The mixture is piped into individual shot glasses as small dessert portions.
The whipped cream ghosts are made separately by whipping heavy cream with powdered sugar and vanilla to stiff peaks, serving as a decorative topping that adds lightness. Additional cookie crumbs are sprinkled over the shooters to resemble a graveyard setting. Optional cookie tombstones and black frosting can be used for extra decoration, enhancing the Halloween theme.
This dessert is visually themed for Halloween, making it a fitting choice for parties or gatherings where single servings are convenient. The creamy chocolate and cream cheese balance the crunch of the cookie crumbs and provide contrasting textures and flavors.
Substitutions include using Cool Whip in place of whipped cream for the filling or ghosts if desired. The recipe yields enough for about 10-12 ghost toppings but can be doubled for more servings. The shot glasses used are typically disposable and available online via affiliate links.
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups heavy cream divided
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 28 Oreo cookies pulverized in food processor
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Whipped Cream Ghosts**
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Other optional toppings
- 12 Milano sandwich cookies
- 1 tube frosting black, premade, for writing
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup chocolate chips and ½ cup of the heavy cream over medium-low heat, stirring frequently until chocolate chips are completely melted and mixture is smooth.
- Remove from heat and pour into a heatproof bowl.
- Allow mixture to cool completely before continuing.
- In a clean, medium-sized bowl, use an electric mixer to beat remaining 1 ½ cups heavy cream to stiff peaks. Set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer, combine cream cheese and (cooled) chocolate mixture, stirring until completely combined.
- Gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
- Stir in vanilla extract and 1 ½ cups of the Oreo crumbs (reserve remaining crumbs to sprinkle over tops of shooters).
- Fold in whipped cream and then stir on low-speed until completely combined.
- Set out 24 disposable shot glasses.
- Pour mixture into large Ziploc bag, snip off one corner and pipe filling into shot glasses, filling about ¾½ full.
- Cover tops of each shooter with remaining Oreo crumbs.
- Prepare Milano cookies buy using black frosting to write "RIP" on upper half of cookie.
- Press Milano cookies firmly into half of the shooters so that only the half of the cookie reading "RIP" is protruding (like tombstones).
Ghosts
- Prepare whipped cream ghosts by combining heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla in clean medium-sized bowl and whisking until stiff peaks form. (You may instead skip this step and use Cool Whip).
- Pour whipped cream (or Cool Whip)into large piping bag fitted with a large round tip and pipe ghost-shaped swirls on top of the remaininghalf of dessert shooters.
- Use black frosting to gently draw eyes and mouths on ghosts
- Serve & enjoy!
Notes
- You can substitute 12 oz of Cool Whip for the 1 ½ cups whipped heavy cream in the filling if preferred.
- Additional Cool Whip can be used to form the whipped cream ghosts as an alternative.
- This recipe yields about 10-12 ghost toppings, accompanying the rest topped with cookie crumbs.
- Consider doubling the recipe to decorate all shooters with whipped cream ghosts if desired.
- Disposable shot glasses are practical for serving and can be purchased online.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24dessert shooters
Amount Per Serving
Calories 273 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1shooter | |
| Calories | 273kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 52mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 111mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 65mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 581IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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