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When it is time to say goodbye to summer and say hello to fall, I welcome it with open arms. While I am not a fan of the cold winter, I love what the fall season has to offer. From apple harvests to pumpkin patches to school carnivals, it becomes a fun time to celebrate.
It is easy to celebrate Halloween when you have kids. They enjoy this simple holiday so much. Imagine being something else for an evening and getting candy for just knocking on a door and saying “trick or treat?” It is no wonder they love the magic.
For the last couple of years we’ve celebrated with a Halloween party. This year for treats we put together pudding parfaits that the kids could built themselves.
With some simple plastic pedestal cups, this simple dessert transformed into something more elaborate. Top them offf with some chocolate cake rolls such as Hostess Ho Hos to create fun monster eyed parfaits! Simply slice and add some chocolate candies. You could easily get more elaborate with different candies to add a full face, hair and horns.
Thanksgiving will be upon us before we know it. When I think of this holiday one thing that always comes to mind is pumpkin pie. If you are looking for a easy, no bake dessert, this Pumpkin Twinkie Layered Dessert is a great option! I recently made this and it was a hit with my family. Would you believe the entire base is made up of Twinkies cut in half?
I halved the recipe for my family and included the changes below.
- 6 Hostess® Twinkies®, sliced lengthwise
- ½ package (4 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/c cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup frozen nondairy whipped topping, thawed, divided
- 1 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup milk
- Additional pumpkin pie spice
- Lay twinkies creme-side up, in single layer in 8 – x 8-inch square baking dish.
- Mix cream cheese, sugar and ½ cup whipped topping with mixer until smooth.
- Drop by large spoonfuls over Twinkies and spread evenly.
- In medium bowl whisk pudding mix, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and milk util well-blended.
- Drop by large spoonful and layer over cream cheese mixture.
- Gently spread remaining whipped topping over pumpkin.
- Lightly sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice.
- Refrigerate several hours or until set. Overnight is best!
For the full recipe and more dessert options with Twinkies, check out Hostess Cakes!
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How fun! It sounds delicious.
These are so cute! What fun!
This sounds so yummy! I haven’t had a twinkie in forever. I love anything with pumpkin too.
The pumpkin twinkie dessert looks yummy! definitely will be trying this!
Thanks for the recipe! Looks yummy!
I collect recipes so these are good ones for me. Thanks for the recipes. I especially like the pumpkin twinkie one. I cant wait to make this one for us. It will be something different than the famous pumpkin pie. The kids will go wild over the eyes on the
monster eye pudding parfaits , great for Halloween time
I want to try the twinkie pumpkin dessert, that looks super yummy!
I’m digging the pumpkin recipe this time of the year but never thought I’d find one with TWINKIES !
haha love it !
The monster pudding would have been a great addition to my sons monster bash he had back in Oct. So cute & I never thought of using Hostess treats in other ways. Great ideas!
I do not know where I can find some Twinkies, but I really love this recipe! It is so cute. There is Cream Cheese and Pumpkin and Pumpkin Spice, it is everything I dream about in a dessert! Thanks for the recipe!
wow looks delicious, haven’t had a twinkie in years!
my grandsons would love that,an my husband would too,,ill have to make this for sure
My boyfriend would love Pumpkin Twinkies, I’m so glad that Hostess will start producing Twinkies again. I’ll definitely make them for Halloween treats.