Witch-Themed Halloween Ice Cream Sundaes Recipe Guide

These charming Halloween witch ice cream sundaes come together with just a few simple ingredients and about 10 minutes of hands-on prep. They’re a fun, interactive treat that kids can help assemble—each child can design a silly, grumpy, or spooky witch face on their own sundae.

Quick note: this recipe first appeared in 2019 and was updated in 2020 with clearer instructions and new photos.

Halloween is almost here! If you need a festive, cute, and very easy treat, try these Halloween Witch Ice Cream Sundaes. They’re adorable, simple to make, and require only about 10 minutes of active prep (plus about 30 minutes of inactive setting time for the chocolate hats).

You can build these sundaes from a handful of everyday ingredients and invite family or guests to join the fun. Arrange an assortment of candies and nuts and let everyone create their own witch face using licorice, mini candies, nuts, and candy eyes.

Recipe ingredients

Ingredient notes

• Pizzelle cookies: Chocolate Pizzelles work great for dark witch hats; plain Pizzelles are fine too if you don’t mind a lighter underside.
• Chocolate chips: Any variety will do—milk, dark, or semi-sweet—use what you prefer.
• Ice cream: The example here uses chocolate for the body scoop and pistachio for the witch face. If you want a green face, pick green pistachio, mint chocolate chip, or lime sherbet, since some pistachio can be pale rather than green. Use whichever flavors you like best.
• Assorted candies and nuts: For faces, use whatever you have—pistachios for noses, thin black licorice for hair or eyebrows, mini M&Ms or chocolate chips for mouths, and candy googly eyes if you like.

Step by step photos

1. To make the witch hats, place your hand inside the hole of an ice cream cone to hold it. With a pastry brush or spoon, coat the cone with a thin layer of melted chocolate, leaving the very tip unpainted so you can hold it while assembling. Don’t forget to paint the underside edge of the cone.

2. Set the cone into the center of a Pizzelle cookie. Add chocolate around the top and outer edge of the Pizzelle, filling the gap between cone and cookie with a generous amount so the joint seals well. Paint the cone tip as well so the hat looks finished.

3. Let the chocolate on the hats set until firm, either at room temperature or in the fridge.

4. Once the hats are set, assemble the sundaes. Place a scoop of chocolate ice cream in the bottom of a sundae glass or narrow mug, top with a scoop of pistachio (or your chosen green flavor) and decorate the top scoop with candies and nuts to form a face. Finish with the chocolate witch hat and serve immediately.

Tips and tricks

• Make sure the melted chocolate has cooled enough before handling—if it’s too hot it can burn your fingers.
• Work on parchment paper to prevent the hats from sticking and to keep cleanup easy.
• Allow the hats to set about 90 minutes at room temperature or about 30 minutes in the fridge, depending on how thick your chocolate layer is.
• If chilling the hats, place the parchment on a small tray first so you can move them into the fridge without disturbing the wet chocolate.

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