Gingerbread Graveyard Dessert
Gingerbread Graveyard Dessert that's a nice ending to a Halloween dinner. Decorate these cemetery desserts with homemade tombstone cookies. A delicious and easy-to-make Halloween dessert with chocolate mousse.
Ingredients
Tombstone gingerbread cookies
- 1 stick butter room temperature
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon speculaas spice mix
Halloween dessert
- 7 oz. chocolate mousse
- 8 tablespoons Chocolate sprinkles
- 1 box decoration kit zombie hand Wilton
- 8 sugar decoration roses Wilton
- 4 Tombstone gingerbread cookies (made above)
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Tombstone gingerbread cookies
- Preheat the oven to
320 °F or 
290 °F - Cover a baking tray with baking paper.
- Beat the butter with the sugar until it is soft and creamy (2 minutes).1 stick butter, ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- Stir in the flour and speculaas spices and mix for 1 minute.1¼ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon speculaas spice mix
- Wrap the dough in plastic foil and let it rest for 30 minutes in the fridge (that way, the dough will stick less).
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of approximately ¼ inch (0.5 cm) and use a tombstone cookie cutter to cut out shapes from the dough. If you don't have one, cut the shapes out of the dough with a sharp knife. Make a text on the tombstone with a satay stick, such as R.I.P.
- Put the cookies on the baking tray.
- Bake the cookies in the oven for 12 minutes.
- Allow cooling on a rack.
Halloween dessert
- Spoon the chocolate mousse into four glasses.7 oz. chocolate mousse
- Top the mousse with dark brown chocolate sprinkles.8 tablespoons Chocolate sprinkles
- Take the zombie's hand and stick it in the middle of the mousse.1 box decoration kit zombie hand
- Add the tombstone cookie to the back of the glass.4 Tombstone gingerbread cookies
- Dress the tombstone with red roses.8 sugar decoration roses
NOTES
1. Sugar Decorations: You can get the , sugar roses, and cookie cutter at bakeries or online.
2. 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!
3. Storage
Once the Halloween Desserts are decorated, they don't keep very long (several hours). Store in a fridge.
Once the Halloween Desserts are decorated, they don't keep very long (several hours). Store in a fridge.
Nutrition
Calories: 676kcal | Carbohydrates: 107g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 896mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 727IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Iron: 3mg
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