You don’t have to visit Dracula’s castle to get a taste of Transylvania this Halloween.

A 200-year-old family recipe for a popular pastry from the spooky region of Romania is served up by a resident of the Queens area — and by all accounts, it’s definitely something to sink your teeth into.

“This is real Transylvanian stuff,” says Radu Sirbu, 51, who is selling the twisted cakes, called Kürtöskalács, from his food truck this holiday.

“Of course I’m going to be dressed as Dracula.”

Sirbu, an immigrant from the storied Romanian province, has been making the cakes in his mobile Twister Cakes Bakery for more than a decade – adapting them for Halloween in America by topping them with bat and pumpkin sprinkles.

They were so to die for that the crowds sometimes waited up to three hours.

The cakes — also called chimney cookies because of their hollow shape — are made fresh in about eight minutes, he said, with sweet pretzel-like dough rolled in sugar and baked in his custom-built propane oven.

The street foods – which are especially popular at European Christmas markets and have been enjoyed for almost 400 years – sometimes get a unique twist from Sirbu, who sometimes fills them with ice cream or toppings with flavors like pumpkin spice, coconut or even bacon. .

“A lot of people first ask ‘what is this?’” says Sirbu, noting that much of his regular customer base comes across his booth at food festivals from April to November, such as the Queens Night Market and various Eastern European cultural festivals.

“Social media also plays a big role (in the business),” he said. “(Customers) then come back, they bring their friends. That’s how I grow.”

The Middle Village resident, who was more than 20 years old, first started baking twister cakes with his grandmother in Romania when he was about 12 years old, he told The Post.

After immigrating to the US, he started baking twister cakes as a hobby in 2010 – which grew into a full-fledged bakery thanks to his success as one of the first vendors at the Queens Night Market in 2016.

He now regularly visits the seasonal night market and sends out an email newsletter to let loyal customers know where he will be next, including the Sunnyside Night Market and Sunnyside Christmas Market. For those who don’t want to wait, orders can be placed for delivery in New York City or for pickup at Sirbu’s Middle Village residence.

“We have expanded considerably,” he says. “Hungarians and Romanians became a minority (customer base).”

Demand for authentic pies reached an all-time high in 2022 when Sirbu began offering nationwide shipping – and an expanded menu of sweet and savory offerings. Many of his orders now come from pockets in New York, Arizona and California, he said.

Despite Transylvania in the US’s association with vampires and Halloween, Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year in Sirbu, with about 200 monthly orders of other Eastern European treats ranging from savory breadsticks to cheese pretzels and babka to plum dumplings.

“They are all simple products, but people love them,” says the owner.

Sirbu plans to open a brick-and-mortar store somewhere in Queens in the next year, which will carry his famous twister cake, as well as nearly two dozen other Transylvanian delicacies that he ships online.

In the meantime, the Queens native reports that he is fully embracing the Halloween season and is looking forward to more events in New York to share his authentic snacks.

“I have no competition, no one (else) comes here,” Sirbu said. “It’s a tough job, but I enjoy doing it.”