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Halloween treats: recipes for spooky snacks
With Halloween almost upon us, it’s time to start thinking about how to best to spend the evening of October 31st. If you’re planning on throwing a Halloween party, then as well as finalising your fancy dress plans and any party games you’re planning to play, you’ll also want to have a think about some suitably spooky snacks for your guests. Here are a few ideas:
Edible eyeballs
These effective little nibbles look incredibly creepy but are in fact nice and quick to make.
| Ingredients: Carrots Cream cheese Black pitted olives |
Time: 10 minutes |
- Simply slice some carrots into 2cm pieces
- Add a generous blob of cream cheese on top of each
- To finish off, add a pitted black olive on top of the cream cheese to act as the eye’s pupil. Simple but effective!
Bat biscuits
| Ingredients: 100g unsalted butter 100g of caster sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 275g of plain flour |
Time: 30 minutes |
- Beat 100g of unsalted butter together with 100g of caster sugar in a bowl
- Adding a beaten egg and a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- When the mixture has combined, add 275g of plain flour and stir
- Roll the resulting dough out on a flat surface, about 1cm thick
- Use a bat-shaped cookie cutter to cut your biscuits
- Bake them on a tray for 10 minutes in an oven preheated to 180C
- The icing: To make your icing, sift 400g of icing sugar into a bowl and stir in just enough water to create a smooth mixture before adding three drops of black food colouring. Add the icing to the cookies when they’ve cooled
Worm burgers
This is another simple recipe that’s sure to cause a stir.
| Ingredients: Hot dogs Bread rolls Ketchup |
Time: 15 minutes |
- Cut hot dogs into thin slices lengthways then, add a few cuts down the side of each slice to score the edges
- Add them to boiling water until they start to curl and resemble wriggly worms
- Place four ’worms’ into a bread roll and add a small dash of ketchup
Pumpkin soup
| Ingredients: Small pumpkin 125g butter Cinnamon stick Nutmeg 1.7litres Chicken or vegetable stock |
Time: 2.5 hours |
- Cut the top off a small pumpkin and scoop out the insides leaving around 2cm of flesh around the inside
- Melt 125g of butter in a medium saucepan on a low heat before adding two chopped onions and cooking for 15 minutes
- Chop up the scooped out pumpkin flesh and add it to the pan along with a cinnamon stick and some nutmeg
- Turn the heat up to medium, add a lid to the pan and cook for 45 minutes stirring occasionally
- Next, add 1.7litres of chicken or vegetable stock and bring to the boil
- Pour the soup into a food processor and blend
- Pour the soup back into the pan and simmer for half an hour
- When it’s cooled, pour the soup into the pumpkin and replace the lid
- Place on a baking tray in a preheated oven (180C) for around 40 minutes
Meringue ghosts
| Ingredients: 6 egg whites ½ tsp cream of tartar 80g sugar ½ tsp almond extract Chocolate chips |
Time: 2.5 hours |
- Beat six egg whites along with half a teaspoon of cream of tartar until the mixture is foaming
- Add around 80g of sugar gradually, beating the mixture until you can form stiff peaks
- Add half a teaspoon of almond extract and beat until blended
- Place your mixture into a plastic sandwich bag with one corner cut away
- Pipe the mixture into ghost shapes on a lined baking tray
- Add two mini chocolate chips for eyes and bake for two hours at 200C
- Allow to fully cool inside the oven once you’ve turned off the heat
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