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How's this for a quick and easy Halloween treat?! Halloween is just days away, and if you are like me, intricate Halloween treats are not happening this year. To quote my little brother, "Ain't nobody got time for that!" I guarantee you will have time for these though. Heck, you can even make them in the car on the way to the party! Not that I did that... Grown ups love these because they are doughnuts, kids love them because they look awesome and have plastic vampire teeth and because they are doughnuts. I love them because I can make them in the car.
Vampire Doughnuts
Doughnuts
Plastic Vampire Teeth (don't use real ones, the vampires might get mad)
Red and Brown M&Ms
Place the doughnuts on a serving tray (or leave them in the box!) Place a set of vampire teeth in the hole of each doughnut. Place two M&Ms on the doughnut to make eyes.
Enjoy! -Cardamommy
I have a last minute, mid week, Halloween treat to share with you today. I'm posting these super last minute, because they were totally unplanned! I saw the idea, and had to make them right away because Halloween is tomorrow!!!! My Hungry Puppies loved this little kitchen craft, and it was fast and easy! A perfect craft for some last minute Halloween fun!
Spooky Owl Pretzels (Angry Birds)
8 Giant Pretzels (I used Snyder of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels)
12 ounces (1/2 package) vanilla almond bark
8 Oreo Cookies, split in half
Chocolate licorice
16 white M&Ms
16 chocolate chips
8 black jelly beans
Cut the chocolate licorice into 2 1/2 to 3 inch lengths with one end cut diagonally. With another piece of licorice, cut thin slices to use for the owl's toes.
Carefully melt the vanilla almond bark in a bowl in the microwave, heating in 30 second intervals and stirring after each until smooth. Dip the pretzels in the white chocolate, coating them evenly. Press 2 Oreo halves onto the top of the pretzel. Using the white chocolate as glue, attach the white M&Ms to the Oreos, and the chocolate chips on top of the M&Ms. "Glue" (with white chocolate) the licorice pieces at the top of the Oreos. Press a black jelly bean in the middle between the Oreo eyes to make the nose. Arrange the thinly sliced licorice at the base of the pretzel owl to form its toes. Makes 8 spooky owls.
Enjoy! -Cardamommy
My last guest post involved a recipe from an interesting blog that I follow called “Confections of a Closet Master Baker.” This post will involve another of her creations.
I am a sucker for cute baked goods. I love to deliver diabetic coma inducing food to friends and family. Take these cute creations that Gesine posted on her blog: http://confectionsofamasterbaker.blogspot.com/2011/09/wanted-candy-corn-dead-or-alive.html
Candy corn covered ghostly cupcakes!! So cute! I thought I should give it a try, so I dutifully requested her book “Sugarbaby” from the library and found the required recipes. I will not be reproducing the recipes here. (You should check the book out at the library).
I must admit that I used a cake mix to make the ghost bodies. I was extremely intimidated when I realized that I would have to make three different recipes and make my kitchen a disaster three different times in order to complete these creations. So, I got lazy. My attempt is feeble, when compared with the real deal. I know that I should have put the tops of the cupcakes on these ghost bodies so that they would be less block-headed.
The ghost bodies are two cupcakes, whose middles have been hollowed out and filled with deliciously sugary nougat. The nougat that I made was quite wonderful, and I was happy to eat it with a spoon, but it did not have the fluffiness and loft and shape holding powers found in the original post. I was already invested, though, so I dutifully filled the cupcakes with the sticky mess and smashed them together.
The ghost shroud was easier to make, but incredibly difficult to work with. I either had too much powdered sugar on the table, and a huge mess, or too little powdered sugar on the table, which also resulted in a huge mess. These were a bit of a disaster. Again, I could have eaten the finished product all day, it was that delicious. By the time I had completed the ghosts, I and my kitchen were covered in sugar, so I copped out and painted the eyes and mouths on with melted milk chocolate.
These took a lot of time, and I was tempted to sell my house afterward so that I wouldn’t have to clean the kitchen. They did elicit “wows” when I delivered them to my neighbors, however.
-Chemist Cuisinier, PhD
