Gingerbread Graveyard Dessert

Gingerbread Graveyard Dessert

You may think that this dessert is a bit tricky, but you can score most of it in the supermarket and a good baking supply shop. You only need to bake the cookies yourself, but they are also ready within half an hour. And then you can dig your graves. Well, figuratively, then.

Sugar decorations

Of course, I make many of these recipes from scratch, but some things are beyond my reach (I know my limits). Such as hands and mini roses are challenging decorations that are not the things I'm good at.

Fortunately, baking supply shops offer a solution, and these sugar figures come from there. They are from Wilton, and they have a lot of Halloween in the assortment (and no, it's not advertising because I don't get paid for this). I only mention it, so you know where to look.

And therefore, it is a recipe that, after baking the cookies, you put together in a few minutes and therefore really ideal for, for example, the closing of a real Halloween party.

What do you need for Zombie Desserts for Halloween?

To prepare these Gingerbread Graveyard Desserts, you need the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:

• Butter - Unsalted butter at room temperature.
• Dark brown sugar - For sweetening cookies, brown sugar gives a light caramel flavor.
• Flour - You can use all-purpose flour for this recipe.
• Speculaas spices - Also called gingerbread spices. It is a spice mixture containing cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, mace, cardamom, coriander, allspice, white pepper, and sometimes aniseed powder.
• Chocolate Mousse - Want to make it easy on yourself? Buy a ready-made chocolate mousse at the supermarket. But this recipe for a simple chocolate mousse is delicious and easy to make too!
• Zombie hands and sugar roses - Are for sale in (online) cooking stores. These Zombie hands are from Wilton.

How to prepare Graveyard Cookies Dessert

You can find a printable recipe with a step-by-step description at the bottom of this blog.

1. Beat the butter with the sugar until airy. Then add the gingerbread spices and flour and mix again for 1 minute. Press the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Put that in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. This way, the dough will get cold and won't stick as much.
2. Roll out the dough to a thickness of ¼ inch (0.5 cm) with a rolling pin. You can do this easily by placing the dough between two sheets of baking paper. Then, with your rolling pin, roll until it gets the desired thickness. Next, you can carefully peel off the top parchment paper from the dough. This way, you get a flat dough that does not stick to your rolling pin. Now cut out the dough with a cookie cutter. But you can use a sharp knife to cut out the form if you don't have one. Afterward, scrape/write the letters into the dough with a skewer. Next, place the cookies on the baking tray, at least 1 inch (2 cm) apart, and bake in a preheated oven at 320 °F (160 °C) for 12 minutes. After baking, let the cookies rest for 5 minutes and then cool them on a wire rack.
3. Spoon the chocolate mousse into the glasses and top with chocolate sprinkles.
4. Just before serving, put a homemade gravestone cookie in the mousse and decorate with sugar flowers and a zombie hand.