These are super easy to make ghosts. Oreo cookies filled with dulce de leche and coated with white chocolate. Great for Halloween if you add candy eyes and the rest of the year if you leave them plain.
A unique treat
I used to make these white chocolate cones with a homemade shortbread base. I still do sometimes, but I wanted to share something simple for Halloween with you.
So I used Oreo cookies.
Our Halloween treats recipe archive is growing; this update was long overdue.
I use dulce de leche for the filling because I'm in Argentina, and we eat it like there's no tomorrow. But you can use buttercream, marshmallow, or peanut butter.
If you have leftover Oreos, you can also make Halloween spiders.
Ingredients
- Cookies: use store-bought or homemade Oreos. They need to be small. You can also use shortbread cookies, chocolate chips, or peanut butter. They all work. Make sure they're not large.
- White chocolate: the type used for candy is the best as it melts well, such as Merckens coating melting wafers. I also have great results with Callebaut white chocolate callets.
- Dulce de leche: it's a sweet milk jam, a caramel-type spread popular in Latin America and easily available online. I use Vacalin dulce de leche repostero, thicker and made especially for fillings. For options, read below.
- Candy eyes: they're edible and available online like Festival candy eyes treat toppers.
Quantities are listed in the recipe card towards the end of this post. The Ingredients page has more details and lists the brands we use.
The filling
We have a popular candy bar similar to these called dulce de leche cones. They're coated with dark chocolate and have a vanilla cookie on the bottom. They are the most amazing thing.
These ones today are made with Oreo cookies and white chocolate to resemble ghosts because, you know, Halloween.
Other options: use marshmallow fluff, peanut butter, or any type of buttercream you like with the cookie you choose.
How to make Halloween ghosts
I posted a short step-by-step reel making white chocolate oreo ghosts.
Pipe the filling of choice on the cookies, making a cone.
Dip it into the melted white chocolate, letting the excess drip before placing it on the wire rack to cool.
Kitchen Notes
Candy eyes: add them after the coating has cooled down but before it dries completely. They won't stick if the chocolate is too warm.
When to eat them: the coating has to be dry and solid before you can eat these Halloween ghosts. You can place them in the fridge to speed up the process.
Storage: keep them at room temperature if the room is cool and in the fridge if not. Don't stack them.
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White Chocolate Dulce de Leche Cones
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Ingredients
- 24 small Oreo cookies
- 2 cups dulce de leche, marshmallow fluff or buttercream.
- 6 ounces white chocolate, melted and warm, such as Merckens coating melting wafers. I also have great results with Callebaut white chocolate callets.
- 48 candy eyes, like Festival candy eyes treat toppers
Instructions
- Fill a piping bag with a wide plain tip with 2 cups dulce de leche or filling of your choice.
- Have ready a wire rack with 24 small Oreo cookies.
- Starting in the middle, squeeze the dulce de leche until it almost reaches the edges, and then keep squeezing as you lift the piping bag until you reach the desired height.
- Melt 6 ounces white chocolate in the microwave or over a pan of hot water.
- If the filling is soft, put the cones in the freezer or refrigerator until they are firm enough to turn upside down.
- Dip them upside down into the melted chocolate until completely coated.
- Let the excess drip and place them on the wire rack.
- Let cool until you can place 48 candy eyes without them falling because the chocolate is too warm.
- Let dry completely until the shell is firm before eating. You can put them in the refrigerator to speed up the process.
- Store at room temperature or in the fridge.
Nancy @ gottagetbaked says
O-M-G!!! Not only are these totally adorable but my God, shortbread topped with a huge dollop of dulce de leche? Be still my beating heart (and my greedy belly)! I'd inhale a dozen of these in no time.
Cocoa and Lavender says
This is really clever and, really, who needs crafty when something tastes this good! I made the brown butter shortbreads using your recipe and totally agree - the best shortbreads ever! ~ David
Kim Bee says
Honestly these are so adorable. One of those recipes you just keep looking at again and again.
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
I don't care what they are, I want them! Look at all that dulce de leche in the center - yum!
Baker Street says
white chocolate + dulce de leche?! Yes, please! And you did a fantastic job despite not being crafty! 🙂
Brandie @ Home Cooking Memories says
Oh my...that 3rd shot makes me want to eat everything on that photo! Such a great idea!!
CrispyBitsnBurntEnds says
The ghosts look pretty creative and craftly to me Paula. It takes alot of work to make something like that. I tried making dulce de leche too and it was hard to do.
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says
Paula! These look delicious! Love the inside shot- YUM!!!
Cindys Recipes and Writings says
Tasty little ghosties! 🙂
Gina says
That is so cute... I bet white chocolate and dulce de leche is a fine combination!
Jennie Phaneuf says
OMG, Paula, I'm drooling! These are so cute and look absolutely delicious. Happy Halloween! Pinned.
Laura Hunter says
These looks so amazing and gooey, and they are also cute. I thought they looked like ghosts the first time I saw them
Andrea_TheKitchenLioness says
Paula, these are totally adorable Halloween treats and my kids would love them! I am most thankful for the tip with the ddl and the cornstarch to thicken it up, that is really smart and will most certainly come in very handy in the future! Thanks for sharing these wonderful treats!
Medeja says
These ghosts look so nice and cute! Great idea!
german in pdx says
I like your description "...just shortbread with dule de leche..." you must not know just how much I love dulce de leche :))) BTW - they look beautiful ~ Bea
scrambled megs says
these are too cute! love your blog layout too, very fresh x
Karen Hartzell (@InTheKitchenKP) says
One word....YUM! They look sooooo good!!! Get in my belly! lol
yummychunklet says
I've seen these ghosts! Very tasty!
The Wimpy Vegetarian says
Genius! And so cute. I love dulce de leche!!
Tara says
Those look sinfully good!!