Halloween treat bags & packaging
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Trick or treat! When little witches, ghosts and monsters in their most frightening costumes go from door to door on 31 October and orange, black and purple colour the streets, they need something to collect their loot in, and hosts need pretty packaging for homemade treats. Halloween treat bags and matching packaging are much more than an afterthought: they turn a handful of sweets into a little gift, make eyes light up at a children's birthday when the party favours are handed out and bring spooky drinks and desserts to the table in style. And if you would rather stay at home, you can welcome the little monsters with lovingly filled bags.
Treat bags, buckets and tins: the selection
For collecting sweets when you go trick or treating, the pumpkin bucket is the classic companion on every Halloween round. For portions at the front door and as party favours you will find treat bags with a spider, with pumpkins and skulls or shaped like a hand, bat sweet bags, wizard party bags, resealable sweet bags and clear bags with a Halloween design. Give cookies as gifts in the pumpkin cookie tin measuring 130 x 115 x 70 mm, and for a cosy horror film night there is the Halloween popcorn box. For spooky drinks and treats there are blood bags in a set of 5, test tubes and bulb pipettes.
Ideas for trick or treat and party favours
- For the front door: fill a few treat bags in advance so you have a portion ready straight away for every monster that rings the bell. Pumpkins, lanterns and a few bats on the door show that people are welcome to ring your bell.
- Party favours for a children's party: write names on the treat bags and fill them with sweets, tattoos or small surprises. The wizard party bags are perfect for a wizard party.
- Bloody drinks and treats: serve blood-red drinks not in a glass but straight from blood bags or mysterious test tubes: a fruity syrup with a hint of spice, perhaps with a little extra for adults. Stick bulb pipettes filled with red fruit syrup into cupcakes or desserts so guests can drizzle the blood over their dessert themselves.
- Movie night: fill the Halloween popcorn box with sweet or salted popcorn and choose an age-appropriate scary film.
- A gift from the kitchen: layer Halloween jam biscuits with pumpkin faces in the pumpkin cookie tin, a lovely gift for hosts, neighbours or the teacher. You will find suitable shapes in Halloween cookie cutter.
Tips for filling and packing
- Packing home bakes: Halloween cookies such as jam biscuits with pumpkin faces look especially good in clear bags. Only pack them once they have cooled completely, otherwise condensation forms.
- Giving cakesicles: Halloween cakesicles, cake on a stick in ice-lolly style, for example with caramel cheesecake, cinnamon apples and cookie crumbs and a coating of Deco Melts in Halloween colours, look shop-bought in a clear bag.
- Keep soft and crunchy apart: soft cookies release moisture and quickly make crunchy ones soft, so pack them separately.
- Seal well: resealable bags keep popcorn and cookies fresh for longer.
- The right mix: add something homemade to shop-bought sweets to make every bag personal.
What should you look for when buying?
Small bags that can be filled and handed out quickly are ideal for the front door. Party favour bags can be bigger so that a cookie or a tattoo fits in alongside the sweets. Resealable bags are worth it for anything that should stay crunchy, clear bags when colourfully decorated bakes should be seen. And because children like to keep nibbling after their round, a sturdy bucket for collecting is worth its weight in gold.
Frequently asked questions about Halloween treat bags
How many portions do I need for Halloween?
That depends on your neighbourhood. In residential areas with many families it is worth having 30 to 50 small portions ready. For a children's party, allow one bag per child plus a few spares.
What can I give apart from sweets?
Homemade cookies, popcorn, small chocolate pumpkins or Halloween tattoos are popular alternatives. Small sugar-free surprises also delight children who are not allowed sweets.
How long do cookies stay fresh in clear bags?
Well sealed and stored in a dry place, dry cookies usually stay fresh for one to two weeks. Soft or filled cookies are best given within a few days.
How do I fill bulb pipettes?
Squeeze the bulb, dip the tip into the syrup and let go: the pipette fills itself.
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