This year for Halloween I wanted to do something that was really simple. As well as something parents can easily do with their kids. So this year I decided to do something where all the ingredients are easily obtained at your local Walmart so anyone can do this.

Supplies

1 box cake mix (I used a Halloween funfetti mix)
2 cups cinnamon applesauce
1 container of frosting (I used a black Halloween frosting)
Food dye (I chose orange to match the black frosting)
Black cookie Icing
White cookie Icing
Extra sprinkles (optional)

Step 1: Mixing Ingredients

Place the box of cake mix into a medium bowl.
Measure out 2 cups of apple sauce (mine is homemade so it's a bit chunkier then store bought)
Pour the apple sauce into the cake mix and add a small amount of orange food dye (the orange dye is only needed if the cake mix is yellow or white.)
Mix till all ingredients are combined (Don't overmix as it will turn out rubbery)

Step 2: Piping Bag

Take a large ziplock bag and a tall glass
You are going to place your hand in the bag and put the bag inside the cup
This will make it easier to put your dough in the bag
Slowly place the batter in the bag.
You will not have enough room to put it all in there so save the rest for when you use up what you have
Take you bag out of the glass and tightly turn the bag around at the top so the batter will flow better when you pipe it out

Step 3: Piping

Take your doughnut pan and spray with cooking spray (I do this even though my pan is silicone. I have better luck with them coming out of the tray perfectly.)
Take some scissors and cut the tip of the bag (start out small as you can always cut more off)
Pipe your batter into the pan so it comes to the top.
Heat your oven to 425°F and place the pan in your oven (I use a metal sheet pan so the silicone doesn't warp while cooking.
Bake for 7 - 8 minutes
When the time is up take a toothpick and poke the doughnut. If the toothpick comes out clean they are done
Set these aside to let them fully cool about 1 hour

Step 4: Eyeballs

Take your white cookie icing and start to make small and large filled in circles
Once you have a decent amount take your black icing and start to put on the pupil
Use a toothpick to help you as I found they whip up so the toothpick helps you make it lay flat.
Once you have that done you can make other spooky decorations for your doughnuts as well.
These are going to need to dry out because we need them to be hard when we put them on the doughnuts. You can do this by waiting at least 6 hours or you can set your oven to the lowest setting. Once the temperature is reached turn off your oven and place them on a cookie sheet in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Step 5: Icing

Take a few scoops of your frosting and put it in a microwave safe bowl
Microwave at 10 second intervals, stirring between each 10 seconds till it runs smooth.
Dip your doughnut into the frosting and pull it out and put it on some parchment paper.
You will need to let the frosting solidify for at least a half an hour before you decorate them otherwise the eyes will run down the side.