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Get ready to scare up some fun this Halloween—no tricks here, just delicious treats! Wrap your favorite pie dough in a spooky mummy disguise and unleash your inner ghoul with these adorable Halloween mummy hand pies. They make a great treat for any Halloween party and everyone will want one! Use readymade pie dough and you’ll find the recipe quick and easy. The pastry is filled with raspberry jam and decorated with drizzled melted marshmallows. You can add some candy eyes to make them even more fun. These delightful handheld desserts will outshine the candy and leave your taste buds howling with delight!
Not only are these hand pies the perfect Halloween treat but they’re quick and easy to make. Think flaky pastry, a raspberry jam filling and sweet marshmallow drizzle.
You might also want to whip up Snickers mummy treats, ectoplasm syringe shots, or chicken jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers.
Why You’ll Love It
They’re incredibly easy: Using readymade pie crust dough makes this recipe so simple.
Super-cute Halloween treats: You don’t need to buy Halloween treats when you can make your own, and these are really cute and fun.
Perfect for a party: Arrange these in large jars for a Halloween party centerpiece everyone will love.
Mummy Hand Pies Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Premade pie dough: Puff pastry works well for this recipe and you can use store bought pie crust, or make your own if you prefer.
Raspberry jam: For the filling. Red-colored jam looks like blood!
Mini marshmallows: When melted, these make a simple drizzle to go over the mummies and resemble bandages.
Egg: Egg wash adds a nice golden brown color to the pastry.
Powdered sugar: To dust the baked mummy hand pies.
How to Make Spooky Hand Pies
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Assemble the hand pies: Roll out the puff pastry rectangles and cut out an even number of shapes with a cookie cutter. Arrange half on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Add some jam to each and top with the other half of the pastry cutouts, pressing down with a fork to seal all around.
Bake them: Brush over some beaten egg wash and bake until golden brown.
Decorate the mummy hand pies: While they’re cooling on a wire rack, melt the marshmallows and then drizzle them over the pies to make thin strips that look like mummy bandages. Add candy eyes and/or dust with powdered sugar, if liked.
Substitutions and Variations
Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version, use gluten-free pastry sheets.
Extra decorations: Add chocolate chips with colored frosting to make eyes for the mummies, or just use candy eyes.
Pastry alternative: Use thick flour tortillas instead of a puff pastry sheet. Handle them carefully so they don’t tear.
Another jam: Swap the raspberry jam for another flavor, perhaps blueberry, peach or strawberry jam instead.
Warm spicy taste: Add a pinch of nutmeg or cinnamon to the jam.
Homemade pie crust: If you prefer, you can make the pie dough yourself. Just roll it out and proceed with the recipe.
Not a marshmallow fan? Drizzle over melted white chocolate instead.
Cinnamon sugar topping: Sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar over the marshmallow drizzles (before it fully dries, to make it stick).
Serving Suggestions
Spooky snacks: This 2-ingredient Halloween skull platter is another super-easy dish, or try this black charcoal crust pizza.
Ghoulish desserts: Pair your mummy hand pies with pumpkin mini bundt cakes and pot de creme desserts.
Something scary to sip: This Halloween eyeball punch is fun and fruity, these eyeball jello shots are tasty, or try some spooky ice cream floats!
How to Store Mummy Pastry Pies
Store: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator and eat within 3 days. It’s best to add the marshmallow drizzle just before serving.
Freeze: Freeze them assembled but unbaked. First freeze them on a baking sheet and then transfer into a freezer Ziploc bag for up to 3 months. Bake them from frozen, adding some extra time to the baking time. You can also freeze cooked pies.
Thaw: You can thaw them in the refrigerator or simply reheat from frozen.
Reheat: You can warm these back up in the microwave, air fryer or a warm oven.
Top Tips
Marshmallow drizzle consistency: Let the melted marshmallows cool a bit before drizzling. You need them thick but still pourable. If they’re too liquidy give them a little while longer to cool and they’ll thicken.
Let them cool completely: Don’t add the marshmallow drizzle until the pies are cool, otherwise the heat from the pies will make the marshmallow drizzle melt and look messier.
Make plenty: Double or triple the recipe to make a batch, because leftover mummy hand pies will definitely get eaten (and they freeze well!)
Raspberry Jam Mummy Dessert FAQs
Yes, assemble these perfect Halloween treats ahead and keep them refrigerated until baking. They’ll be good for up to 24 hours in the fridge before baking.
That depends on the size of your cookie cutter. The more people you want to feed, the smaller you can make the hand pies. They will taste delicious any size! If you invest in this set of gingerbread man cookie cutters, you have the choice of 4 different sizes.
Sure! Swap the gingerbread man cookie cutter for a pumpkin or or maybe a skull one! You can still drizzle over marshmallows for decoration. Pumpkin-shaped hand pies would be good with orange frosting and the skull ones with white frosting (adding black candies for the eyes!)
Raspberry Halloween Mummy Pies
Halloween Mummy Hand Pies
Equipment
- Disposable Piping Bag or Spoon
Ingredients
- 15 Ounces pie crust dough, or 2 readymade pie crust sheets
- 1 egg, beaten
- ½ Cup raspberry jam
- 1 Cup mini marshmallows
- powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Roll the pie crusts out on a floured surface if they are not already rolled out.
- Use the cookie cutter to cut out as many shapes as you can from the pie crusts. You need to make an even number of shapes as you’re making both tops and bottoms.
- Arrange half of the cutout shapes on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Spoon a little jam in the center of each one, leaving a border around the edges.
- Add the remaining shapes on top of the jam-covered ones and press together the edges using fork to seal them.
- Brush the hand pies with the beaten egg so they’ll have a golden finish.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- Remove the pies from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
- Microwave the marshmallows in a bowl in 15 or 20 second intervals, stirring between each one until smooth and completely melted.
- Let the melted marshmallows cool slightly so they’re thick enough to drizzle over the pies without running too much.
- Using a spoon or a small-tipped piping bag, drizzle the marshmallows over the cooled pies to make a wrapped mummy effect. If you like, also add small dots of melted chocolate or use little candy pieces to make mummy eyes.
- Dust the finished mummy pies with powdered sugar if liked or decorate them with edible eyes (both optional).
Notes
Let them cool completely: Don’t add the marshmallow drizzle until the pies are cool, otherwise the heat from the pies will make the marshmallow drizzle melt and look messier.
Make plenty: Double or triple the recipe to make a batch, because leftover mummy hand pies will definitely get eaten (and they freeze well!)
Nutrition
Halloween mummy hand pies are a great recipe for Halloween. They make yummy finger food or you could serve them for dessert in a bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. There are only a handful of recipe ingredients required and this is such a straightforward recipe you don’t need any baking expertise to make them.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
These Halloween mummy hand pies are a hit! Super easy to make, and so fun!
The pie crust is unbelievable. Such a great addition to the Halloween party table.
Saving these for Halloween! They will be perfect for my party. I really like the marshmallow on top.