What’s Halloween without the right kind of food? If you are looking for something other than punch with gummy worms, this is the list for you! Be it sweet or savory, or creepy drinks, here are 10 recipes to spice up your Halloween.
Mac O’ Lantern and Cheese Bowls
Put those pumpkin-carving skills to work in this simple recipe. It is an orange bell pepper as a bowl, filled with creamy mac n’ cheese and capped with a pepper top. The best thing is, you can make your jack o’ peppers as creepy as you want. Cyclops, anyone?
Pizza Skulls
Yes, we all love pizza. And for Halloween, we love skulls too. All you need is a skull pan (found on Amazon), pizza dough, cheese and whatever toppings you like. They are basically skull pockets, so although it is tempting, try not to overfill them! These skulls can be frozen for later and are perfect for Halloween parties.
Candy Corn Cheese Tower
Think of this as an advanced version of ‘cheese and crackers’. You’ve got blocks of cheese stacked up on each other brushed with red wine and paprika, plus crackers surrounding the tower. What’s not to love? Don’t forget your cheese knives!
Halloween Popcorn Treats
Now we move on to the sweet stuff. This recipe is like making your own bite-sized version of Rice Krispies, except they are sprinkled with M&M’s, salted nuts and crumbled cookies. Making
these bites takes 10 minutes at the most and drying the marshmallow mixture takes an hour. All in all, a pretty simple treat!
Spider Web Cake
Chocolate cake lovers, this one is for you! This recipe might look complicated, but it is a piece of cake. Grab a chocolate cake mix, whip up a marshmallow frosting and top it off with a chocolate ganache. For the spidery effect, frost spirals over the ganache and use a toothpick to make cobwebs.
Blood Drip Cupcakes
We have covered skulls, spiders and jack o’ lanterns so far. How about vampire-inspired treats? Buttercream frosting is piped onto these chocolate cupcakes, finished off with a glass shard and dripping blood. A sweet yet gory treat.
Witches' Finger Cookies and Red Velvet Hot Chocolate
It is not Halloween without witches’ fingers to munch on! Made from a buttery shortbread and brushed with cinnamon ‘dirt’, these fingers are topped with almond “nails”. This sweet treat is served with “blood” red velvet hot chocolate, which could be a drink or a dipping sauce. (Hint: try using green food coloring in your fingers instead of red to get zombie fingers!)
Creepy Shirley Temples
A party is incomplete without drinks, alcoholic or not. This mocktail is a take on the classic Shirley Temple, complete with a Jello shot syringe. Ginger ale or lemon lime soda takes the spotlight with maraschino cherries in this fizzy drink. It is so simple, you probably do not need a recipe.
Dragon’s Blood Punch
On to another mythical-creature-inspired recipe! This drink is non-alcoholic, but it is so fizzy you probably will not care. If you want a cocktail, all you have to do is add berry vodka and orange liqueur. It is much better than a simple bowl of fruit punch.
Blood Bones Cocktail
Forget spider cakes and witch fingers; here is a real spooky treat. Whipped cream Jello shots shaped like bones are creepy enough. Pairing them with a blood red cocktail compliments the creepiness.
