This creep crawly Gummy Graveyard is a super fun Halloween dessert and a great recipe to get your kids invoved!
Halloween is one of my favorite times of year to get super goofy in the kitchen coming up with all kinds of fun and spooky recipes. We always start early in October making a bunch of Halloween inspired recipes. The kids look forward to making DIY edible crafts like Tangerine Pumpkins and Banana Ghosts or Mummy Dogs in their classrooms, Pizza Mummies which I make for 40 kids at my friend’s trick or treat party or this addictive Caramel Corn made without corn syrup the day we head to the pumpkin patch.
This year I’m adding a special recipe to the mix that you can and should try making with your kids! It’s totally addictive and will be the centerpiece and most talked about dessert on your Halloween buffet. If you make this Gummy Graveyard you have to share it on Instagram tagging @weelicious and put your own spin on it! It’s really simple to whip up and has tons of steps that get kids involved in the process of making it with you. The only trick with this treat will be getting your kids to hold back from stealing all of the gummy spiders, worms and other goodies before they end up on top of the luscious chocolate ganache pie.
Plus there are so many fun cooking techniques for kids to do in this recipe! You can have them crush the chocolate wafers in a zipper bag before mixing with butter and then press into a pie plate. They can stir all of the irresistible ganache ingredients, pour it into the crust and then top with all of the adorable gummies. I’ve always been an advocate of dye free candies as we know dyes aren’t good for growing bodies and minds. I love that the kids can enjoy one of their favorite spooky treats, but without all of the colored dyes that are added to a lot of candies.
Let me know if you make this spooky Halloween dessert!
Photos by Gerry Speirs

Gummy Graveyard
Ingredients
- 25 chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 7 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 cup creme fraiche
- 1 egg yolk
- gummy candies
Instructions
- Crush the cookies in a food processor until very fine (you can also place them in a ziploc bag and use a rolling pin to crush them.)
- Combine the crushed cookies, sugar and melted butter and mix well. Press into a 9inch pie pan and bake at 450 for about 5-7 minutes.
- In a bowl combine the egg yolk and creme fraiche together.
- Warm the milk in a small pan on the stove and add the chopped chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted and is smooth.
- Add the creme fraiche mixture to the chocolate and mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the cookie crust and bake at 325 for about 30-35 minutes. The top will still be slightly jiggly but will firm up as it cools. (Quicker in the fridge and easier to slice)
- Place the gummy rings in the pie to form gravestones. Decorate the pie with assorted gummy worms, bears, spider etc to look like a graveyard.
I have 2.5 year old twins they love the gummies. They are going to be milk and cookies for halloween.
Wow…that looks good! Why didn’t They have this when I was a kid?
Hello!! Attempting to make this tonight with what I have at home. Would you suggest sour cream or siggis vanilla yogurt instead of the creme fraise?! Thank you!
We will be dressing up like Cinderella and Prince Charming
A mermaid. Great prize!
Love these. Hard to find halloween themed treats without artificial yuckiness!
awesome contest
My 4 girls are going to be witches, and one has a severe peanut allergy so we left surf sweets candies!
My girls are dressing up as a bumblebee and a witch! We would love to win this fun prize!
I’ve never heard of this brand. Will be sure to try them out! Love that there are companies who choose better ingredients.
My niece and I are dressing up as spooky princesses together 🙂
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I have never tried your candy but all of your products look very tasty would love the chance to win this.
Spooky fun!
My littlest one (girl) is dressing up as Ana, the middle child (girl) is going to be the Mad Hatter and my eldest (boy) is going to be a psycho clown for this Halloween!
I have their gummy bears but didn’t know they made spiders and worms?! We’d love to win!
We have a woodland fairy, a Pokémon, and a zombie hunter in our house this Halloween!
I’ve never heard of these before and I’m pretty sure they’re not sold in my area. I love gummy candy!
Why have I never heard of this brand? I would love to win some and try some and share some!!!!! Fingers crossed!
My family loves gummies! And I love finding ones that are a little less bad for them…surf sweets are awesome!
My daughter would love these. I’m definitely going to have to be on the lookout for Surf Sweets!
We would love these! My boys would go crazy for the spiders.
I would love to hand out semi-healthy treats this Halloween!
Yummy!
Someone from Minnesota like me should win this because having a Surf Sweet is the closest we will come to surfing.
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This candy looks so yummy! Thanks for the chance to win.
One mermaid and a bug 🙂
How fun! I’m always looking for better Halloween options for the kids.
We love Surf Sweets! Jelly beans are the best!
I love surf sweets thanks for the recepie
We plan to be for Halloween: Super Girl (3 year old), Pink Robot (6 year old), and Doctor (me). Gummies are my kids’ favorite Halloween treat!
I love surf sweets! My son has multiple severe food allergies and this is the only company I know of that has treats like gummies and jelly beans, that are safe for him…he gets to feel like a typical kid!! So great!!
I love Surf Sweet! And this looks like a fun recipe.
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I think this is a great way to give kids healthy snacks
He will be dressing up as a donut. One of our guilty pleasures.
I love these Halloween Treats!
Happy to know that this type of candy exists. I will be checking out Surf Sweeta.
great yummy halloween ideas!
Love this idea and glad to know about Surf Sweeta. My 3 year loves gummy worms but I don’t allow it for the reasons you list, the food dye and other junk in them. Now we have an alternative. We make dirt worm pudding cake or cups. This year we will try your pie, for something different.
Love this recipes. Can’t wait to make this with my daughter. Thanks!
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We are going as mad scientists! This give away would be great for a year at the mad scientist birthday party we are having soon!
Super Mario Bros, the whole family!
This looks yummy, kids will love it!
What a great idea! now I can take the kids Trick or Treating.
I am going to be Minnie Mouse! The pie recipe looks great, too!
Love it!
I love your blog and recipes. We cook out of your cookbook more than any other. One of my favorites. 🙂 hoping to win some serious sugar today!
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This is so cute! Reminds me of the “dirt” pudding my sister and I loved as kids.
These look like fun and yummy snacks!
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A bubblegum machine~ These gummies look great!
I don’t know if you have Sprouts there but I found mine there. I bet Whole Foods has them too!
I have never seen these gummies. Where can I find it?
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I love the witch!
We (Mom, Dad, and Grandma included…) are all dressing up as characters from How to Train Your Dragon. We would love to try surf sweets!
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My kids will love this!
That dessert looks delicious, my kids would love it!
I have got to try this recipe for Halloween.
Mmmmm, that dessert looks so delicious. I love chocolate!
i love the gummy worm graveyard pie! super fun
My daughter will be a garden gnome. Going to go check out surf sweets now.
Never heard of the brand before…definitely interested in trying them!
My son is going to be a shark. Excited to try surf sweets!
We love surf sweets gummies!
My daughter loves Surf Sweets candy! She is going as Scooby Doo for Halloween.
This looks tasty.
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My kids and their friends would enjoy this candy.
We’ve got a black cat and a green monster planned for this year.
A mermaid and a ninja!
How fun, can’t wait to try this. My family would love it!
Would love to win this for my friend who loves this stuff!
We will be dressing up as fruit!
Yummy! My family would love this.
To enter the giveaway, we are dressing up like cats. It’s easy and my daughter loves cats.
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So cute and gummies are yummie 🙂
awesome! love the recipe
Rey from Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Anna from frozen
So neat
My kids will enjoy making this pie! They’re dressing as Sesame Street characters.
Our three year old will be Snow White and our one year old will be Dumbo if the costume still fits him (it’s hand me down and he’s gotten so big!). I love gummies and I’m excited to introduce them to my three year old. Dye free is a must!
We love anything Gummy!
This is Spooktaskular for the season
l love the witch holding the candy.
My 5 year old daughter wants to be Penny from Inspector Gadget. So, she’ll be that, and my 18 month old daughter is going to dress up as Brain, Penny’s dog. 🙂
We are going to have a butterfly princesses, a ghost, Princess Leia, and max from where the wild things are.. They love treats!
My kids love surf sweets.
Wow, I need to check these candies out!
We will all be going as superheroes!
I’ll have to check them out for my little one. Artificial colors are very spooky!
I just pinned this on Pinterest!
This looks so yummy! I think we might try to make it this weekend! We are all dressing up as Ghostbusters this year!!
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Your Gummy Graveyard Pie looks squeamishly delicious 🙂 I have a couple of Gummie loving Grandkids who’d love it!!
i love gummies!
love surf sweets
I love surf sweets! I just bought 4 packs today – so I was thrilled to see this when I got home. Looking forward to making this pie 🙂
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My girls want to be zombies!!
We love how allergy friendly these treats are too!
those look so tasty and the witch is really cute
How have I not heard of this before? Yum! 🙂
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this is my kind of giveaway! thank you for the chance
Would love to win!
Kiddo is going as a mermaid
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My kids love these!
I will have a Cinderella and a sparkly shiny hot pink witch in my house
Cool idea!!
What a great giveaway!
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My kiddos are dressing up as Snow White, a dinosaur, a cupcake, and a skunk!
We will have a black cat, and also Dash from the Incredibles!
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What a fun recipe for Halloween! So cute and festive! Thanks for hosting the giveaway. My son is dressing up as Harry Potter this year! He fell in love with the books and finished them all over the summer. 🙂
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I love halloween and gummy candies.
My kids love Surf Sweets. My youngest son is going to be a pilot from the last Star Wars movie.
My daughter will be dressing up as a pioneer girl this year. I like that Surf Sweets uses natural dyes. Can’t wait to try them.
A Pink Lady and a Greaser!
I love gummy candies!
What a fun giveaway!
My 3 year old is going to be an astronaut and my 8-year old is going to be a New York Giant! They would love to make this with me!
Yum! We love Halloween treats!!
Moana
Wonderful feature and giveaway.
My son who has food allergies is able to eat Surf Sweets so we love this brand!
looks really good. thanks
Adorable and delicious!
Like gummies worms – hope for a win
My son is going to be a Ninja.
This looks so yummy! It would be great at our halloween party. My daughter is dressing up as a zombie this year. Thank you!
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Gummies are my kids’ favorite candies!
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Fun giveaway! Looks yummy
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One of my grandsons wants to be a Transformer this year.
Can’t wait to make this pie! And I’d love to win the giveaway – it’s really hard to find SurfSweets in my area. Thank you!.
ohh we love surf gummy candies yes please!
My 2 year old daughter will be a monarch butterfly. My three year old son will be a knight and my 5 year old a girl leopard.
I love making fun Halloween recipies!! My son wants to be a Pokemon trainer and have our dog dress up as a Pikachu!
My son will be a Star Wars character, still deciding which one and my daughter will be Minnie Mouse!
Last yr we were R2D2 and Princess Leia. Not sure what he’ll choose this year.
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Our daughter wants to be a pirate prisoner..things she comes up with…:)
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Love this idea!
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This looks delicious!!
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My son wants to be the grim reeper- again!
The grandkids sure would have fun with this.
I can’t wait to make this pie for Halloween.
Hope I win!
Awesome giveaway! My son is going to dress up as Yoda.
We love Surf Sweets – especially my PN/TN allergic little guy!
My son wants to dress up as a bat this year.
My son is going to be Elmo! Or as he calls it, “Na Ne”. He’s 2 and Elmo is his favorite!
My kid has decided she’s going to be a ninja. For the third year in a row. *sigh*
Yummy, yum, yum! I love these sweets, so wonderful to have this choice of sweets for our precious little ones!
I’m going to make this for our Halloween work potluck!!!!!!
Yum
Happy Halloween everyone! Love to all the cute trick-or-treaters on Halloween. So far, the ideas floating around are mermaid, princess, and Dorothy.
I love this, cant wait until halloween
My son wants to dress up as a lawyer :). He has the fancy shirt, tie and leather briefcase ready. We are still looking for the right jacket that fits.
My daughter is going as Harley Quinn and my son wants to be a cookie!
My daughter is going as Harley Quinn and my son wants to be a cookie!
Need this!!! Want to use at bday party!! We only eat surf n sweets!! Bringing into his class to show how they dissolve quickly and gmo doesn’t !
These treats would be so great to bring to my son’s school Trunk or Treat. I love that they are free of allergens. I have no idea what my son is going to be for Halloween yet.
Cinderella
My daughter is really into My Little Probably Ponies right now so she is going to be Rainbow Dash!
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A fireman!
the baby is going to be Nemo and my 2 year old is going to be a pirate!
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I have never seen this brand before. I can’t wait to try it and I would love to win!
Sir Lancelot!
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Oh my gosh these sound perfect to try with my granddaughter, She is going to be Winnie the Pooh bear and I know she would love to hand out these candies!
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I love this candy! Our whole family does. I love that recipe.
My two kiddos are Hulk and a Strawberry for Halloween!
We have these at our local co-op and they are awesome!