Although my (fairly minimal) Halloween decorations are up again this year, they haven't changed one bit from last year's Halloween decor post. Writing a feature for WOW247 about the 5 best Halloween inspired sweet treats on offer in Edinburgh last week inspired me to trawl Pinterest and compile a list of the most creative and cutesy Halloween party food I could find for this year's themed blog post.
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It's pretty much unheard of for me to choose the healthy option when it comes to snacking, but I have to admit that these are some awesome looking fruits and vegetables. At least the fruit kebabs have marshmallows on them (which, as far as I'm aware, haven't yet been classed as a fruit) along with the melon pumpkins and kiwi Frankensteins. I also think the idea of hollowing out a pumpkin and using it to serve dip with vegetable crudités was genius and definitely worth a mention. And I'm not sure who could really find the time to dye rice orange using carrot juice to make the jack o' lantern rice balls, but don't they look adorable?
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I think these poison toffee apples look so cool, even if their blackest black colour makes me a little bit nervous. (If you're wondering, the secret is black food colouring, presumably in industrial quantities!) The eerie eyeball cocktails are actually just lemonade with green sweets to give the colour and a floating eyeball cake topper, but I bet they would benefit from adding some alcohol for a 'grown up' party. Marshmallow pops coated with festive coloured sprinkles look great and also seem pretty easy to make!
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How blooming cute are these chocolate owl cupcakes, decorated with a separated Oreo biscuit and M&Ms? Again, they look fantastic but probably wouldn't take too long to put together, especially if you cheated and used store bought cupcakes - I promise I won't tell if you don't. Everyone loves a donut, so who wouldn't want to include some monster donuts on their Halloween party buffet table? Just be sure to remind everyone that the plastic vampire teeth are not edible... Last, but certainly not least, the ingredients for spooky boo brownie bites - chocolate brownie and marshmallows - are an unbeatable combination, and these wee ghostly faces prompted screams (of delight) from me on first sight.
Sadly I won't have time to try my hand at making any of these terrifying treats for myself in the next few days, although Craig and I will be having friends round for a traditional scarefest movie marathon over the weekend. Are you baking anything for a Halloween party this weekend?
Those ghost brownies are on my to-bake list this evening - they look easy enough not to totally mess up, right?
ReplyDeleteI have every faith that you will master them! I'm sure I would find a way to mess them up though... Take photos!
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