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Name: Pumpkin Dump Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: 1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin puree; 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk; 3 large eggs; 1 cup light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 box pumpkin cake mix OR spice cake mix; 1 cup butter (2 sticks)

Monster Mac and Cheese

Angie — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:42:11 +0000

Monster Mac and Cheese – a semi homemade, fun and savory Halloween recipe using macaroni and cheese, green food coloring and candy eyes! This Monster Mac and cheese is the perfect Halloween lunch or Halloween dinner!

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Most Halloween recipes that you find these days are sweet and meant to be for dessert. It seems to be a lot harder to find fun savory Halloween recipes!

That is why I love this easy Monster Mac and Cheese! It is a savory Halloween recipe that it great to make with and for the kids.

You can use boxed mac and cheese for a semi homemade version or you can use a homemade mac and cheese recipe!

Why You Should Make this Monster Mac and Cheese…

great for a Halloween dinner
fast to make
fun for all ages

QUICK GLANCE AT INGREDIENTS:

boxed mac and cheese
green food coloring
candy eyeballs
butter

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How to make Monster Mac and Cheese:

Bring a large pot of water to a boil.

Add pasta and cook for 13 minutes or until tender.
Drain water and place pasta back into the pot.
Add cheese packet and butter.
This is my favorite way to prepare boxed mac and cheese. Don’t follow the package directions for this part. You’re going to toss the butter and cheese powder into the hot pasta and stir.

My friend, David, taught me how to make it like this!
Stir until butter is melted and cheese is combined with pasta.
Add a few drops of green food coloring and stir until pasta is green. I use liquid food coloring but you can use gel food coloring as well.
Spoon pasta into bowls and top with candy eyes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of food coloring should I use for this monster mac and cheese?

I use liquid food coloring for this particular recipe but you can also use green gel food coloring for this Halloween pasta.

Do I have to use Kraft Mac and Cheese?

Of course not! You can use any kind of boxed mac and cheese OR you can use a homemade mac and cheese recipe and tint the cheese sauce green.

Where do you find candy eyes?

I got these on amazon but you can also find them at places like Walmart, Target (during Halloween), Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

More great Halloween recipes:

Monster Mac and Cheese

Yield: 6 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 13 minutes

Total Time: 18 minutes

Monster Mac and Cheese - a semi homemade, fun and savory Halloween recipe using macaroni and cheese, green food coloring and candy eyes! This Monster Mac and cheese is the perfect Halloween lunch or Halloween dinner!

Ingredients

1 box kraft mac and cheese*
4 tablespoons butter
green food coloring
candy eyeballs

Instructions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
Add pasta and cook for 13 minutes or until tender.
Drain water and place pasta back into the pot.
Add cheese packet and butter.
Stir until butter is melted and cheese is combined with pasta.
Add a few drops of green food coloring and stir until pasta is green.
Spoon pasta into bowls and top with candy eyes.

Notes

* you can use any kind of mac and cheese that you love

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Easy Pumpkin Dump Cake

Angie — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:48:00 +0000

This Easy Pumpkin Dump Cake is one of the easiest fall desserts ever. This cake is a mix and dump type cake, it takes about 1 hour to bake and it taste like an upside down pumpkin pie!

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I never thought that I would be posting a dump cake recipe on the blog. The title alone as drove me away countless times, but this year is all about trying new things and new recipes so dump cake made it to the list.

After tasting this cake, I KNEW that I had to post it. This Easy Pumpkin Dump Cake taste just like an upside down pumpkin pie. I was unbelievably surprised at how good this cake was considering how simple and easy it is to make.

Why is this called a dump cake? It’s mainly called that because you dump everything together, stir and bake. Anyone with any baking skill can make this easy fall dessert.

What you’ll need to make Pumpkin Dump Cake:

pure pumpkin puree
evaporated milk
eggs
light brown sugar
pumpkin pie spice
ground cinnamon
pumpkin cake mix OR spice cake mix
butter

How to make Pumpkin Dump Cake:

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a medium bowl, combine pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. Mix well.

Pour pumpkin pie mixture into a 9×13 baking dish.

Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top of pumpkin pie mixture.

Slice butter sticks into pieces and carefully lay thinly sliced of butter over dry cake mix

Bake for 1 hour.

Cake will still be jiggly in the middle when removed from oven.

Let it cool for for 30-60 minutes before serving, as cake will thicken as it cools.

Once the cake is slices, serve as is OR it’s also perfect with whipped cream or ice cream!

I also added some cute fall leave sprinkles to decorate this little cake but it’s perfectly fine without them. You could also sprinkle on a but of cinnamon or pumpkin spice over the whipped cream before serving.

I like this cake served at room temperature but I know a lot of people like to have it warmed up before serving.

Pumpkin Dump Cake FAQ

1. If I can’t find pumpkin cake mix or spice cake, what can I use? If you can’t find those cake mixes, you can also use yellow cake mix.

2. I can’t find pumpkin puree, what can I do? I know that sometimes there is a pumpkin puree shortage. First, make sure you’re looking for “Pure Pumpkin” because sometimes it’s not listed as “Pumpkin Puree”. Also, if that is all gone, you can make your own pumpkin puree using this method here.

3. Can I make other flavors of dump cakes? I haven’t made any others but I plan on it! Cherry Dump Cakes, Bluberry Dump Cake, Apple Dump

More pumpkin recipes:

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Dump Cake, Easy Pumpkin Dessert, Easy Pumpkin Cake

Dessert, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving

Yield: 12 SERVINGS

Author: Angie

Pumpkin Dump Cake

This Easy Pumpkin Dump Cake is one of the easiest fall desserts ever. This cake is a mix and dump type cake, it takes about 1 hour to bake and it taste like an upside down pumpkin pie!

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Ingredients

1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin puree
1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk
3 large eggs
1 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 box pumpkin cake mix OR spice cake mix
1 cup butter (2 sticks)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a medium bowl, combine pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. Mix well.
Pour pumpkin pie mixture into a 9×13 baking dish.
Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top of pumpkin pie mixture.
Slice butter sticks into pieces and carefully lay thinly sliced of butter over dry cake mix
Bake for 1 hour.
Cake will still be jiggly when removed from oven.
Let it cool for for 30-60 minutes before serving, as cake will thicken as it cools.

Notes:

Use pure pumpkin for this recipe and not pumpkin pie filling.

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