Slime Soup
Despite the name and appearance, this is merely a pea soup which I thought would be perfect for Halloween served in these little black cauldron cups. I can picture a witch stirring a cauldron full of this. A pity that I couldn't have some dry ice giving off an eerie air on top!
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Pumpkin Cheese Dip with Witches' Broomsticks
This Pumpkin Cheese Dip is one of the tastiest dips you can serve at your Halloween party. This makes 2 whole pumpkins that are easy to prepare and bake with the dip in the whole pumpkin. You can easily halve this and just make one pumpkin but two sometimes makes party sharing and dipping easier.
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Blood Clots and Pus
This Halloween dessert is simplicity itself! It uses packet jelly for an effective looking "Blood clot and Pus" dessert that can be served in a large bowl or individual bowls.
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Tarantula Spider Cupcakes
One of the easiest things to do when baking is using clever cupcake wrappers. Slipping them into these laser cut wrappers pretty much takes care of the presentation. When I saw they had a Spider's Web wrapper I knew it called for a visit!
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Cupcakes already baked (I used the ones I had made for the Eyeball cupcake although to keep it black you may want to do a mocha mud cupcake recipe here)
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Jaffas
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Black tube icing with a star tip nozzle
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Licorice twists or straps cut into small, thin legs, 8 for each spider
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Spider web cupcake wrappers (see here)
Step 1 - Pipe black stars all over the top (to simulate Tarantula fur)
Step 2 - Place licorice legs on each side of the spider radiating out from the centre.
Step 3 - Add two jaffa eyes
Step 4 - Assemble Spider's web cupcake wrappers and slip cupcake into wrapper et viola!
Ghost Meringues
How adorable are these Ghost Meringues for Halloween? These are an effective and very easy Halloween party food. All you need is some egg whites, sugar and silver cachous for the eyes! They can be made ahead of time and you can serve them with cream and "bloody" strawberry sauce for an Eton Mess too.
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Coffin and Ghost Cookies
These Ghost and Coffin Cookies are such a classic Halloween cookie. They're easy to make and everyone loves a sugar cookie! I made these ghost cookies in tandem with the Coffin Cookies because I was making white and black royal icing and this combination of two cookies uses both.
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Sour Bloody Mary
I always enjoy serving a Halloween cocktail and the Bloody Mary cocktail lends itself so aptly to Halloween. This is easy to mix up, you don't really need a shaker, you could certainly just stir all of the ingredients together. The grapefruit vodka lends it a slight puckery flavour but not too sour, despite the name.
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Some photos with all of my fellow ghouls, ghosts, goblins and witches!
Aiyana the Bat takes flight. Photo by Onni
Anneli pulling a scary face. Photo by Onni
Photo by Onni
Photo by Onni
Photo by Onni
Figaro pulling his scariest face. Photo by Onni
Photo by Onni
Little Vampire contemplates the food. Photo by Onni
The Ugly witch casts a spell. Photo by Onni
Me playing Murder in the Dark. Photo by Onni
Me as Corpse Bride crossed with The Ring. Photo by Onni
Pops makes his presence and stomach known. Photo by Onni
Pops is "murdered in the dark" Photo by Onni
Queen Viv's gorgeous Pumpkin Cheesecake. Photo by Onni
The Assman as Frankenstein
Anneli hypnotises with her hands
Witchypoo casts you under her spell
Witchy pulls her scariest face
A ghoul's scariest face
Little Devil and his pitchfork
The Little Vampire got bitten!
Croatian tourist shark attack victim!
The Shark Attack victim shows his kidney
My handsome husband